Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland information
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The Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland
Orientation
High Church Lutheranism Lutheran
Theology
Confessional Lutheran
Leader
Bishop Juhana Pohjola
Associations
International Lutheran Council
Region
Finland
Headquarters
Helsinki
Origin
16 March 2013
Separated from
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Congregations
32
Members
1,952 (end of 2017).[1]
Official website
www.lhpk.fi/en/
The Mission Diocese, officially the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, (Finnish: Suomen evankelisluterilainen lähetyshiippakunta, Swedish: Evangelisk-lutherska missionsstiftet i Finland) is an independent confessional Lutheran "ecclesial structure"[2] in Finland. The Mission Diocese considers itself to be "part of ‘the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church’" to be "truly a church" and to act "fully independently as a church", although it has not applied for state-recognition as a registered religious community.[3] The Mission Diocese has its origins in the conservative movements of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) and it self-identifies as existing in the same continuum of Lutheran faith and congregational life of the ELCF whose spiritual heritage it cherishes, yet not being part of its administrative structures.[4]
The Mission Diocese was founded in March 2013. Its first bishop, Risto Soramies, was consecrated on 4 May 2013.[5][6][7]
The Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland shares altar and pulpit fellowship with those in the Communion of Nordic Lutheran Dioceses, in addition to being a member of the International Lutheran Council.[8]
^Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland. Retrieved: 3.10.2018.
^"Diocesan Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, I:1:2" (PDF).
^"A church growing into a church? | Lähetyshiippakunta". Lähetyshiippakunta. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^"Diocesan Order of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, I:1:3" (PDF).
^Etelä-Suomen Sanomat: Vanhoillinen Luther-säätiö valitsee tänään piispansa Lahdessa. Retrieved: 17 June 2015.
^STT. "Soramies vihittiin Luther-säätiön piispaksi". savonsanomat.fi – Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^"Naispappeutta vastustavien lähetyshiippakunta vihki oman piispansa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^Block, Mathew (13 June 2019). "Swedish Lutherans consecrate new bishop". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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