Equmenia, officially written equmenia, is a Sweden, Swedish Christianity, Christian youth organization founded in 2007 as a merger of the three previous organization ''Mission Covenant Youth of Sweden'' (SMU), ''Baptist Union Youth of Sweden'' (SBUF), and ''United Methodist Church Youth of Sweden'' (MKU). Equmenia has approximately 39,000 members, which makes it one of the largest youth organizations in the country. 18,000 of these are members of Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout (SMU-scout), the second largest Scouting, Guide and Scout organization in Sweden, outnumbered only by the Svenska Scoutförbundet, Swedish Guide and Scout Association. Equmenia is, through SMU-scout, one of five members of the umbrella organization Svenska Scoutrådet, which is a member of World Organization of the Scout Movement and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
Equmenia is the youth organization affiliated with Equmeniakyrkan, former Mission Covenant Church of Sweden, the Baptist Union of Sweden, and the United Methodist Church of Sweden.
Name and logo
The name ''equmenia'' stems from the word (English: ecumenism) and the abbreviation ''EQ'', emotional intelligence. The logo of the organization takes the form of a Christian cross, cross to denote the Christian connection of Equmenia. The name is supposed to be spelled in only lowercase letters.
Om equmenia
at equmenia.se (in Swedish)
See also
*Svenska Missionskyrkans Ungdom Scout
*Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
*Baptist Union of Sweden
References
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Christian youth organizations
Youth organizations based in Sweden
Scouting and Guiding in Sweden
Christian organizations established in 2007
2007 establishments in Sweden