Missionsprovinsen

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The Mission Province
Missionsprovinsen
Confessional Lutheran
PolityEpiscopal
PrimateBishop Bengt Ådahl
AssociationsInternational Lutheran Council
RegionSweden
HeadquartersGothenburg, Sweden
Separated fromChurch of Sweden
Congregations23
Official websitemissionsprovinsen.se
Clergy of the Mission Province

The Mission Province (

International Lutheran Conference.[2]

History

The Province was founded as an alternative ecclesiastical jurisdiction in order to support the establishment of new free

Schartauan, Confessional and Evangelical expressions found in the Church of Sweden on the doctrinal basis of the Book of Concord
.

On 5 February 2005, The Most Reverend

Ordinary
for the Mission Province.

In April 2006, Bishop Arne Olsson consecrated pastors Lars Artman and Göran Beijer as assistant bishops for the Mission Province. The alternative hierarchy of the Mission province ordains candidates for the priesthood who are not in favour of the ordination of women and who are therefore not accepted for ordination in the national Churches of Sweden or Finland. In Sweden there are 25-30 congregations led by Mission Province priests, in addition to 30-35 congregations in Finland.[1]

Though the Mission Province holds itself to be a non-territorial diocese within the Church of Sweden,[3] bishops of the Church of Sweden do not acknowledge the Mission Province as a part of the Church of Sweden and Bishop Arne Olsson was defrocked soon after his episcopal ordination as were Lars Artman and Göran Beijer.

Since 2015 the Mission Province has been in fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland and the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of Norway.[4] The Mission Province is also, as of 2018, a member of the International Lutheran Council. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Missionsprovinsen tar steg mot eget samfund". Kyrkans Tidning. 2013-05-21.
  2. ^ Block, Mathew (13 June 2019). "Swedish Lutherans consecrate new bishop". International Lutheran Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  3. ^ Väisänen, Matti; Anttinen, Jyrki (15 August 2010). "Finnish Lutheran Bishop defrocked; defenses offered". LOGIA. Retrieved 7 May 2021. Missionsprovinsen defines itself as a non-geographical diocese in the tradition of the churches of Sweden and Finland.
  4. ^ Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland. Retrieved: 11 November 2015.
  5. ^ Missionsprovinsen i Sverige. Retrieved: 3 March 2019.

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