The Evangelical Reformed Church in Sweden ( sv, Evangelisk-reformerta kyrkan i Sverige, ERKIS) was formed with help from
Mission to the World missionaries of the
Presbyterian Church in America. There is one congregations in
Tranås. The church became part of the
Presbytery of the
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales in 2009.
The work was started in 2000 by Rev. Gary Johnson from the PCA and Rev. David Bergmark a Swedish native
Sweden
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trained in the
Reformed Theological Seminary in
Jackson, Mississippi. Rev Gary Johnson and his family moved from Sweden and the work in the church in Tranås in 2010.
The church has contacts with the
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) and the
Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to:
* Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical
* Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...
.
The
Westminster Confession of Faith is the official statement of faith.
References
External links
Immanuel Church
{{Christianity in Sweden
Reformed denominations in Europe
Protestantism in Sweden
Christian denominations in Sweden