Evangelical Free Church of America | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Evangelical |
Theology | Radical Pietistic[1] |
Polity | Free Church and Congregationalist |
Associations | |
Region | United States |
Headquarters | Bloomington, Minnesota, US |
Origin | June 1950 Minneapolis, Minnesota, US |
Separated from | Lutheranism |
Branched from | Mission Friends |
Merger of | Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association |
Separations | Evangelical Free Church of Canada |
Congregations | 1,600[2] |
Members | 180,000[2] |
Official website | efca |
Slogan | Multiplying Transformational Churches Among All People |
The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an evangelical Christian denomination in the Radical Pietistic tradition.[1] The EFCA was formed in 1950 from the merger of the Swedish Evangelical Free Church and the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association. It is affiliated with the International Federation of Free Evangelical Churches.