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	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is the Lutheran national church of Finland (The Finnish Orthodox Church is also recognized as a state church).
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a successor to the Church of Sweden of which it was a part until 1809, when the Grand Duchy of Finland became a part of the Russian Empire.
		Because the church has the position as a state church it is able to collect membership fees in the form of taxes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_of_Finland (473 words)

	Churches and religion — Virtual Finland
		The church ministered to the destitute and infirm by maintaining houses for the poor and hospitals.
		The diverse activities of the Lutheran Church are reflected in the structure of its personnel.
		The Olaus Petri Congregation (a Finland-based congregation of the Lutheran Church of Sweden)
	virtual.finland.fi /finfo/english/uskoeng.html (3137 words)

	Archbishop of Turku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Archbishop of Turku, or the Archbishop of Åbo is the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		As a result of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the Catholic Church had to give way for the Lutheran state church which was established by Gustav I of Sweden, whose principal reformer in Finland was Mikael Agricola and from 1554 also the Bishop.
		Upon independence in 1917 the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland became a state church of Finland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Archbishop_of_Finland (211 words)

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		Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - Orthodox Church of Finland
		On the other hand, the Lutherans brought in the conception of sanctification, or the insight concerning the presence of Christ in faith, from their tradition and used it to argue that the Protestant doctrine of justification is also familiar with the idea of participation in divine life.
		D8 confirms that the proclamation of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments by the ordained ministers are essential for the being of the church.
	www.helsinki.fi /~risaarin/lutort95.html (4708 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - ELCIC Directory
		Denmark ~ Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark (ILC)
		Finland ~ Finnish Lutheran Free Church/Confessional Lutheran Church of Finland (ILC)
		Germany ~ Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD; The EKD is composed of the Evangelical Church of the Union and 24 regional churches)
	www.elcic.ca /direct/lutheran.html (728 words)

	religion: christianity: denominations: lutheran: synods: europe Spirit And Sky
		Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic
		Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria
		Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
	www.spiritandsky.com /religion/christianity/denominations/lutheran/synods/europe (214 words)

	LWF - News - Ethical guidelines for Lutheran church investments in Finland
		According to the ELCF Church Information Center, the ethical evaluation of investment in companies is highlighted as part of the investment portfolio of the whole church and its economically independent parishes.
		The 4.5million-member ELCF, representing 86 percent of Finland’s population, is one of the first institutions in the country that have addressed the ethical principles of investment.
		While the ELCF notes that the goal of the church is to gain sufficient profit from ethically acceptable investment interests, it underlines that the investment interests must be selected in such a way that in addition to profitability, important societal values are enhanced.
	www.lutheranworld.org /News/LWI/EN/719.EN.html (659 words)

	church messages to US churches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In several churches around Finland prayer services are being arranged to remember the victims of the attacks and to pray for those who have lost their relatives and friends.
		The central office of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland has recommended to all local parishes to put out flags at half-mast on Friday, which the EU has announced to be the public day of mourning.
		Archbishop Paarrna has sent his condolences to the Finn Church in New York, to the Lutheran bishops in New York and Washington, to the presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and to the Council of American Churches.
	www.wcc-coe.org /wcc/behindthenews/us18.html (302 words)

	FAST-FIN-1 Finnish Institutions Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The matters of the whole church are dealt with and decisions made in the Assembly of congregations, which holds the highest authority in the Free Church.
		In the Lutheran Church all of the ceremonies, including baptism and Holy Communion, must be performed by a pastor (Rintala 04 March).
		The strengthening of the sister churches means that the Free Church co-operates in the areas of education and finances, while the evangelising and missionary work is done by the national congregations.
	www.uta.fi /FAST/FIN/REL/jt-free.html (5941 words)

	Church of Finland - OrthodoxWiki
		The Church of Finland is an autonomous Orthodox church whose primate is confirmed by the Church of Constantinople.
		It is the second official state church of Finland, beside the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		Church Slavonic, Swedish, English) and the transfer of the Archepiscopal seat from the multicultural city of Viipuri to the Finnish speaking city of Sortavala.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Finland (511 words)

	ELCA Global Mission - Lutheran churches in Europe
		Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland
		Representation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in Almaty, Kazakstan
		Representation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod in Bishkek, Kyrghystan
	www.elca.org /companionsynod/europe.html (420 words)

	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark joins the Leuenberg Church Fellowship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Liturgist was Bishop Niels Henrik Arendt, Diocese of Haderslev, and pastor Sabine Hofmeister from the Reformed Church in Fredericia preached.
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark stresses the importance of the doctrinal dialogues that have been conducted between the signatory churches since 1973.
		In the ELCD the ministry of oversight is exercised by the bishops.
	www.leuenberg.net /english/en-a-020.html (928 words)

	Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Finland got its first eastern boundary in 1323, when the Peace of Nöteburg (Pähkinäsaari) was signed between Sweden and Russia.
		From the 16th century onwards, the majority of the Finnish population have belonged to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		The church in the centre of the village
	www.hs.fi /english/article/1101978954967 (529 words)

	Facts about the Lutheran Church :: Lutheran Church of Joensuu
		In 1249 a Dominican monastery was established at Turku and the Dominican liturgy adopted by the Finnish church.
		Since 1948 the Church of Finland has been a member of the World Council of Churches and has engaged in ecumenical dialogue with other Protestant traditions.
		The revised order of service of the ELCF was officially taken into use in December, 2000, with a special service taking place in churches to celebrate the occasion.
	cs.joensuu.fi /~amoreno/church/facts-church.php (751 words)

	Adherents.com: Largest Religious Bodies
		Examples include the Lutherans, which have completely autonomous churches such as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark, the Church of Sweden, etc. Such churches are generally united in a communion, for example, the Lutheran World Federation.
		The Kimbanguist Church (primarily in central Africa), Balinese Hinduism (primarily in Bali, Indonesia), Lingayats (primarily in southern India), Tenrikyo (primarily in Japan), Druze (primarily in Lebanon, Israel and Syria) and the Anglipayan Church (primarily in the Philippines) are other examples of this type.
		Although the church at Constantinople is called the "first among equals," in a very real sense it is the highest seat of leadership for the entire Orthodox Church, and the archbishop there is the spiritual head of this worldwide organization.
	www.adherents.com /adh_rb.html (5270 words)

	Ministry: Church affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition, the members of these Churches pay an income-based church tax, which is collected in connection with the municipal tax.
		The status of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (c.
		In future, he or she has to have taken the courses on religion included in the class teacher or subject teacher training, or he or she has to have corresponding qualifications in the religion to be taught.
	www.minedu.fi /minedu/ministry/church_affairs.html (443 words)

	The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Outi is a Deacon with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and a public health nurse.
		The church also would not have grown without the personal and institutional commitment of the Church of Sweden Mission, FELM (the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission) and VELKD in Germany.
		Lutheran pastors in Jerusalem recently met and discussed a very helpful new resource examining these issues called "A Lutheran Response to the 'Left Behind' Series," developed by the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.
	www.holyland-lutherans.org /newsletters/september2004.htm (1881 words)

	The Primate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Visited the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to ...
		On 20 November 2003 the Archbishop of Turku and All Finland Jukka Paarma and the delegation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland visited the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions in Brussels.
		In the Church of the Holy Trinity the Archbishop and his delegation were greeted by the Representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Austria (see the text of his welcome address below).
		The Secretary of the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions Priest Anthony Ilyin, and members of the Representation Hierodeacon Alexander (Siniakov) and Dmitri Ageev were present during the discussion.
	orthodoxeurope.org /page/2/24.aspx (1086 words)

	The President of the Republic of Estonia: The President of the Republic met the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran ...
		The President of the Republic of Estonia: The President of the Republic met the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
		Their meeting addressed the cooperation between Estonian and Finnish Lutheran Churches and the prospects of the Lutheran Church to have a say in society.
		According to Archbishop Paarma, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, having due to common Finno-Ugrian heritage a particularly strong affinity for the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, had followed closely their development and worked with them together in different fields.
	www.president.ee /en/duties/press_releases.php?gid=38548 (207 words)

	Adherents.com
		Lutheran clergy baptize four out of five Danish children, perform half of the marriage ceremonies, and conduct most funerals.
		This can be accounted for by the fact that the Lutheran Reformation was especially strong among the German and Slovak population in the northern villages and towns of the country in the first half of the l6th century...
		"One othe most publicized movements in the 1970s was the formation of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, a theologically liberal denomination involving 245 local congregations, which emerged in 1976 after a conservative faction captured control of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and forced a number of the denomination's liberal seminary professors to resign their positions.
	www.adherents.com /Na/Na_281.html (1954 words)

	The Evangelical Lutheran Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lutheran women from Amman and the ELCJHL churches in Palestine worked hard together to develop ways to enhance the role of women and their leadership in the church.
		It was particularly meaningful for Christmas Lutheran Church because it was the first time they were able to actually confirm young people in 5 years due to all of the closures, curfews and chaos that kept interrupting normal life.
		Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala was filled to overflowing on April 4, Palm Sunday 2004.
	www.holyland-lutherans.org /news.htm (11186 words)

	Finnish Lutheran Church of North Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Finnish Lutheran Church of North Texas is a Worshiping Community authorized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
		It is also possible to attend the ordinary confirmation instruction of the Lutheran Church of Finland, either in a small group or privately.
		Pre-confirmation education for children of 8-13 years of age is meant to substitute some of the religious education that is given in the elementary schools in Finland.
	www.finnishlutheran.org /engl.htm (255 words)

	lutheran church
		The official general-purpose publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; the largest protestant denominational magazine in the United States.
		In the Lutheran church this begins a period of reflection and repentance...
		As the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada states it: "We derive our teachings from the Holy Scriptures and confess...
	www.cell-church.org /g/lutheran_church (181 words)

	European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy Ethical Guideline in finalnd
		HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY IN THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF FINLAND
		The Lutheran church employs 136 hospital chaplains, of which 121 are full time and 15 part time employees.
		The Principles of Hospital Chaplaincy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, on the other hand, were adopted in the autumn of 2003.
	www.eurochaplains.org /finland.htm (553 words)

	Pope John Paul II - Address to an Ecumenical Delegation from the Lutheran Church in Finland - 19 January 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Jubilee was also the occasion to ensure that issues of justice for the poor and marginalized become more central not only to Christians in Finland but to Finnish society as a whole; and this too was an area in which Christians in your land worked together effectively.
		As we enter the Third Millennium, we are conscious of the need to commit ourselves ever more deeply to the task of restoring full and visible unity among all the disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the saving truth of the Gospel may be preached more effectively to the people of Europe today.
		With happy memories of my visit to your beloved country eleven years ago, I invoke upon you and the people of Finland the abundant blessings of Almighty God, "to whom be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0264lz.htm (389 words)

	Welcome to International Evangelical Church in Finland
		The International Evangelical Church in Finland invites you to share with us in fellowship, worship and service in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ.
		Jesus says that the church is like a fold of sheep.
		Church is those sheep which listen to the voice of the Good Shepherd and follow him (John 10:1-15).
	www.church.fi (324 words)

	Places of Worship of the International Evangelical Church in Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and its parishes have graciously made their own churches and chapels available for use by the International Evangelical Church in Finland.
		Temppeliaukio Church is among the most frequently visited tourist attractions in all of Finland.
		Temppeliaukio Church is the main sanctuary of Taivallahti Finnish Lutheran parish.
	www.church.fi /places_worship.html (256 words)

	Porvoo
		The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it 'to share a common life' and 'to pray for and with one another' (commitment (i)).
		Jonas Kalvanas, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania
		Please pray for the Church of Denmark, whose Bishops have not been able to endorse the Porvoo Declaration but nevertheless wish to maintain and develop their links with the churches which have signed it.
	www.svenskakyrkan.se /PORVOO/prayer2000.htm (1663 words)

	The Confessing Reader » Blog Archive » The constraints of the Porvoo Common Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Be sure to read the comments of Sven-Olav Back, a Finnish reader of this weblog, on the response of a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland to last week’s approval of same-sex blessings by the Church of Sweden.
		The Bishop of Borgå/Porvoo (the Swedish speaking diocese in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland), Erik Vikström, today (Nov 3rd) offers his comments on the decision of the Church of Sweden to start blessing homosexual civil unions.
		This entry was posted on Thursday, November 3rd, 2005 at 10:14 pm and is filed under Anglican Crisis, Lutheran Churches, Church of Sweden, Episcopal Church.
	reader.classicalanglican.net /?p=331 (539 words)

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