Korskyrkan, Baptist church at Birger Jarlsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden
Korskyrkan is a Baptist church located on Birger Jarlsgatan in Stockholm, housed in a former cinema building. The interior has been adapted with modern elements designed to serve worship services and community gatherings.
The congregation was originally founded as Stockholms fria baptistförsamling and relocated to its current location in 1962. The name Korskyrkan comes from an illuminated cross that once marked its previous meeting place.
The name Korskyrkan was adopted in 1948 after people nicknamed the congregation's Döbelnsgatan chapel "the church with the cross" because of a neon cross on its facade. The congregation then lent the name to many Swedish free churches, mainly within the former Örebromissionen, now Evangeliska Frikyrkan.
The church occupies the former Arcadia cinema at Birger Jarlsgatan 66, in central Stockholm. Richard Hultmar has served as pastor and congregation leader since autumn 2015. Check the congregation's own channels for current service times before visiting.
The name Korskyrkan was adopted in 1948 after the congregation's earlier premises on Döbelnsgatan displayed a neon cross and a sign with the long name Stockholms fria baptistförsamling; people simply called it "the church with the cross", and the congregation took up the nickname. It was the first church in Sweden to bear the name, later used by many free churches.
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