The History of the Georgetown Evangelical Free Church

History of the Evangelical Free Church of America The Evangelical Free Church of America observed its 125th Anniversary across the United States and Canada in 2009. This celebration was to rejoice in the goodness of God; the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the Church. To respect the faith of our fathers; the fruitful labors of our past and present leaders and the significances of missionary work at home and abroad. To recognize the heritage of sound doctrine; the need for Christian fellowship and the promise of Christ's Second Advent. The Evangelical Free Church of America was formed by the association of two church bodies, the Swedish Evangelical Free Church, which had 185 congregations, and the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church Association with ninety churches. This merger took place in at a conference in June 1950 at the Medicine Lake Conference Grounds near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Both the international and national offices of the EFCA have been located in Minneapolis since the merger. The Swedish church dates its formal beginnings to a conference held in Boone, Iowa in October 1884 when approximately twenty-seven churches joined forces to unite under one accord. The Norwegian-Danish church was established by two churches in 1884: one in Tacoma, Washington and the other in Boston, Massachusetts. However, their national organization was not incorporated until 1912. Over the past 125 plus years, The Evangelical Free Church of America has grown from 275 churches to nearly 1,500 autonomous churches united by a mutual commitment to serve our Lord Jesus Christ with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the obedience to the Word of God. The organization is committed to cooperate with one another in ministry and fellowship as it seeks to fulfill the Great Commission which Christ has entrusted to His Church. The EFCA's growing ministry currently serves forty-five countries. What does "Evangelical" mean? The term Evangelical refers to the church’s commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel and to the authority of Scripture as being inerrant in the original writings and the only safe and sufficient guide to faith and practice.