Swedish Evangelical Mission

Not to be confused with Evangelical Free Church in Sweden.
Swedish Evangelical Mission
Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stiftelsen
Möllebacken Church in Karlskrona.
ClassificationProtestant/Lutheran
OrientationLow church Lutheran/Evangelical Lutheran
Origin7 May 1856 (1856-05-07)
Other name(s)Fosterländska stiftelsen för Evangelii befrämjande
PublicationsBudbäraren [sv]
Official websitehttps://www.efs.nu

The Swedish Evangelical Mission (SEM) (Swedish: Evangeliska Fosterlands-Stiftelsen 'Evangelical Homeland Foundation', EFS) is an independent, low-church, New Evangelical (Swedish: nyevangelisk) movement within the Church of Sweden. Described as "middle-of-the-road" due to maintaining its independence within the church while not separating from it,[1] the association emphasizes the importance of lay involvement and is rooted in 19th-century Swedish revivalism and the Mission Friends movement.

  1. ^ Bakke, Johnny (1987). Christian ministry: patterns and functions within the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. Oslo: Solum Forlag. pp. 100–101. ISBN 9780391035447.