Modern alchemy: making white black and black white

A guest post from my friend, Samuli Siikavirta: The biannual Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) voted today for the approval of a prayer with and for registered same-sex civil partners (78 for - 30 against). This compromise view was said not to create a new rite or to signify an actual…

Mission Province Ordination: Video and More Pictures

Reflections on the situation in Finland

It's odd ... A) How someone is still, 20 years ... B) How someone is still, 2000 years ... A) ... after the General Synod's democratic decision ... B) ... after the common history of the Church arising from the Bible ... A) ... knowing that the nation may abandon the church ... B) ...…

Finnish “Lutheran” “church” elects first female “bishop”

LWF General Secretary Congratulates Helsinki Bishop-Elect GENEVA, 3 June 2010 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko today congratulated Rev. Irja Askola and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) on the election of pastor Askola as the bishop of Helsinki. She becomes the first female bishop in the…