Tampere Baptist Church

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Tampere Baptist Church
Tampere Baptist Congregation
Finnish: Tampereen baptistiseurakunta
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61°29′57.06″N 23°49′12.51″E / 61.4991833°N 23.8201417°E / 61.4991833; 23.8201417
LocationKissanmaa, Tampere
CountryFinland
Membershipc. 140
Websitetampere.baptisti.fi
History
Founded21 December 1890; 133 years ago (1890-12-21)
Administration
DioceseFinnish Baptist Church

The Tampere Baptist Church (also known as the Tampere Baptist Congregation; Finnish: Tampereen baptistiseurakunta) is a Finnish Baptist congregation in Tampere, Finland. It belongs to the Finnish Baptist Church and was founded in 1890.[1][2] The current congregation building is located in the Kissanmaa district of Tampere.[1]

History

The

inventor Jonas Andersson [fi] came to faith and offered the hall of his apartment to the congregation. Andersson became the preacher and leader of the congregation, serving in the years 1891–1921.[3][4] The congregation in Tampere soon became the center of Finnish baptism.[5]

The congregation got its first

youth club of the Baptist congregation was founded, which grew into a 72-member association in ten years. The Tampere congregation did rural work in Forssa, Toijala, Viiala, Ryttylä and Kangasala, later also in Vesilahti, Hauho and Visuvesi.[5]

At the beginning of the 20th century, many members joined the congregation. Up to 300 children attended the congregation's Sunday school on Sundays. Many came to faith and joined the church. Events were also held regularly in the surrounding municipalities. In Ryttylä, there was successful sewing circle work, and a spiritual congregation was founded under the Tampere congregation in 1909. The Baptist congregations in

Multia and Keuruu also got their start from the work of the Tampere congregation.[6]

See also

Sources

Further reading

  • Huhtala, Raili (1980). Tampereen baptistiseurakunann 90-vuotistoimintakatsaus 1890–1980 (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen baptistiseurakunta.
  • Toivola, Veikko (1983). Suomalaisen baptismin tienraivaajia (in Finnish). Tampere: Kodin Ystävä.
    ISBN 951-99490-1-1
    .
  • Lohikko, Anneli (2006). Baptismi Suomessa 1856–2006 (in Finnish). Tampere: Kharis Oy.
    ISBN 951-97895-4-5
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "Historia" (in Finnish). Tampereen baptistiseurakunta. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ Lohikko, Anneli (2015). 125 vuotta Jumalan uskollisuuden varassa : Tampereen Baptistiseurakunta 1890-2015 (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen baptistiseurakunta.
  3. ^ a b Huhtala 1980, p. 6.
  4. ^ Toivola 1983, pp. 5–6.
  5. ^ a b Lohikko 2006, pp. 39–42.
  6. ^ Lohikko 2006, p. 54.

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