About Us

The roots of First Evangelical Free Church go back to a religious revival that swept through Sweden starting in the 1840’s. First Free’s founders were among the first to establish an independent Swedish mission congregation here in the United States. In the fall of 1880, a group of 17 Swedish immigrant believers…
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First Free’s Statement of Faith is that of the Evangelical Free Church of America, an association of autonomous churches united around these theological convictions.
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We’re located in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood on the north side of the city.
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Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ locally and globally by proclaiming the Gospel in Word and deed.
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