Evangelical Free Church of America
The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) is an evangelical Christian denomination in the Radical Pietistic tradition. 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.
| Evangelical Free Church of America | |
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Evangelical |
| Theology | Radical Pietistic |
| Polity | Free Church and Congregationalist |
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| 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 |
| Members | 180,000 |
| Official website | efca |
| Slogan | Multiplying Transformational Churches Among All People |
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