Hi, you never forget your first time… Something from the Swedish front. It´s really interesting to recogise the unity of the church in Sweden at the moment. Almost every church from the official Swedish Lutheran church to the Pentecostal are participating in a huge “Easter Appeal” regarding immigrant children. The thing is that we have lots of children of immigrants who have become apathetic due to the time it takes to receive the permission to stay (or not to stay)in the country. This is not good for a country which regards itself as a human country… Churches of Sweden have reacted in relation to this together – maybe it will be several thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) who sign will this appeal. I really like this because when we have this real question – we see some kind of unity between the churches for the sake of humans!!! It gives me hope!
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Richard Passmore said…
Thanks fredrik it is interesting how quiet the church is in England on the election. I have never heard the uk church speak with a unified voice on anything. It is great to see that the heritage that church in sweden and denmark of often being a united voice is coming to the surface again.
1:26 PM
Mark Porthouse said…
I’ve just read, in Stuart Murray’s ‘Post-Christendom’, that the established church (Swedish Lutheran) in Sweden split from the state in 2000. I wonder if this ‘repositioning’ away from state priviledge has meant that the church is more likely to unite?
11:07 PM
Fredrik Wenell said…
I don´t really know because what I think we have seen is a split also in the swedish lutheran church after it was freed from the state (you see my valuation…). We have this new bishop starting a new kind of lutheran church. Mybe the luthteran church could be a little bit more free in political questions – in that case it is really good. My hope that we can dicuss theology with integrity and contribute to each other but be honest to our own tradition and also stand up together in society in areas we think we must challenge the common. Peace!
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