Transcript Kirkon-elama on lahetettyna olemista engl

The Church Exists In Being Sent
Meidän kirkko – Ykseyttä etsivä yh
Mission and International Diakonia of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Finland in 2010
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Mission of the Triune God
“As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” John 20:21
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will
be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth.” Acts 1:8
We go there where Christ is not yet – or
no no loger knwon usta
is no longer – known, and we help those
who
that are in need of support.
Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-16,
Luke 24:45-49, John 17:18, 20:21-23, John 14:6
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Our calling
We participate in the action of the Triune God in the world – we invite
people to salvation through Christ.
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Changes in the proportional numbers of Christians in
each continent
In the 2010s, about 1/3 of all Christians live in the northern hemisphere, i.e., in
Europe and North America, and 2/3 in the southern hemisphere, i.e., Africa, Asia,
Oceania, and Latin America. The changes in the proportional numbers of Lutherans
follow the general trends. Mission is from everywhere to everywhere.
80
70
Asia
60
Africa
50
North America
40
30
Latin America
20
Europe
10
Oceania
0
1900
1970
2000
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Mission of the Church
Mission has been given to the Church. Mission means sharing the Gospel in
words and deeds. Local parishes implement their mission together with the
mission organizations of the Church and FinnChurchAid.
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Church Law, Chapter 4
• 1 §. Duties of a parish. In order to implement
the mission of the Church, a parish arranges
services, conducts baptisms and eucharists
and other pastoral acts, implements Christian
education and teaching, counseling, diakonia
and mission, as well as other aspects of
proclamation and service, based on the
Christian message.
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Church Statutes, Chapter 4
• 4 §. A parish and its members will promote
the mission, the purpose of which is to share
the Gospel among those who are not
Christians. These actions are specified in the
guiding principles for the mission approved by
the church council or the parish council.
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Office for Global Mission and Mission Organizations
The Office for Global Mission, as part of the Department for International
Relations (OGM; www.evl.fi/kkh/kuo/klk), develops, coordinates, and
guides the mission of the Church together with its parishes, dioceses, and
mission
mission organizations.
The Synod of the Church has
admitted seven organizations as
mission organizations of the
Church. They differ in structure,
size, and history.
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Mission Organizations of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Finland
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
http://www.mission.fi/
Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland (LEAF)
http://www.sley.fi/
Swedish Lutheran Evangelical Association in Finland (SLEAF)
http://www.slef.fi/
Finnish Bible Society (FBS)
http://www.bible.fi/
Finnish Lutheran Mission (FLM)
http://www.sekl.fi/
Finnish Lutheran Overseas Mission (FLOM)
http://www.flom.fi/
The Messengers (SANSA)
http://www.sansa.fi/
FinnChurchAid (FCA) cooperates with the mission organizations
of the Church.
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European partnership churches involved in the mission organizations
and FinnChurchAid
Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Ingria
in Russia
(FELM, LEAF, FLOM,
SANSA, FLM, FCA)
Estonian
Evangelical
Lutheran Church
(FELM, LEAF, SLEAF,
FLM, SANSA,
FCA)
Russian Orthodox
Church
(FCA)
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church of
France (FELM)
Moldovan
Christian Aid
(FCA)
Evangelical
Church in
Croatia (SANSA)
Evangelical
Church in Slovakia
(SANSA)
Istanbul
Lutheran
Church
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Hungary
(SANSA)
(SLEAF, FLM,
FLOM, SANSA)
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Asian partnership churches involved in the
mission organizations
Mongolian
Lutheran
Congregations
Evangelical
Lutheran Church
in Jordan and the
Holy Land (FELM)
(FLOM)
Japan
Ev. - Luth. Church
Church of
Pakistan /
Diocese of
Peshawar
(LEAF)
West Japan
Ev. - Luth. Church
(FELM)
(FLM, FLOM)
Ev. – Luth.
Church in
Bangladesh
China
Christian
Council
(FLOM)
(FELM, FBS)
Ev.- Lutheran
Church in
Thailand
Lutheran Church of
Taiwan (FELM)
(FELM)
Ev. - Luth. Church
in Hong Kong
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African partnership churches involved in the mission
organizations and FinnChurchAid
Ethiopian Evangelical
Church Mekane Yesus
Ev. – Luth. Church in
Sudan (LEAF)
Sudan Ecumenical
Forum (FCA)
(FELM, FLM, FLOM)
Ev. – Luth. Church in
Kenya (LEAF, SLEAF)
Evangelical
Lutheran Church of
Senegal (FELM)
Church of Uganda
(FCA)
Liberian Council
of Churches
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Tanzania
(FCA)
(FELM)
Ev. – Luth. Church in
Malawi (FELM, LEAF)
Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Cameroon
(FCA)
Lutheran Evangelical
Church of Africa, Zambia
Evangelical
Lutheran Church
of Angola (FELM)
(LEAF)
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Botswana
Evangelical
Lutheran Church
in Namibia (FELM)
(FELM)
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South American partnership churches involved
in the mission organizations
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church in
Venezuela
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church of
Colombia
(FELM)
(FELM)
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Other cooperation agreements of the mission
organizations and FinnChurchAid
Far East Broacasting Company
(SANSA)
World Council of Churches
(FELM, FCA)
Lutheran World Federation
(FELM, FCA)
Mission Aviation Fellowship
(FELM, FLM, LEAF)
SAT -7
(FELM, FLM, SANSA)
Trans World Radio
(SANSA)
Wycliffe Bible Translators
(FELM, SLEAF, FLM, FLOM)
United Bible Societies
(FBS)
Regional cooperation agreements
(FLM, FLOM)
in the Middle East and South West and Central Asia
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Ecumenical agreements of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
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Partnership agreements of parishes throughout the world.
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Cooperation between the mission organizations and the Church´s ministry to
Finns abroad.
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Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
and the Lutheran World Federation
Most of the partnership churches involved in the mission
organizations are members of the Lutheran World Federation.
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission and FinnChurchAid
have cooperation agreements with the Lutheran World
Federation.
Mission document:
”Mission in context” 2004
www.lutheranworld.org
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Documents related to the mission of the Church
• Theological foundations of the mission strategy
• Church Life is About Being Sent
• The Mission of Our Church – Vår kyrkas mission -lehti
• Journal of Mission Theology
• Our Church: A Community that Seeks Unity
• Good to Know: Interreligious Dialogue
• The Peace of God (in various languages)
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Photos and Maps
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Slide 1 A cross above a French city, photo: Maila Racken, FELM.
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Slide 2 Senegalese boys in the village of Aaba, Saidou Sall (left) and Malick Dia, Ndioum, photo: Paula Laajalahti, FELM.
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Slide 3 People in the street in Hong Kong, photo: Ari Vitikainen, FELM.
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Slide 4 After a worship service in the Chinese countryside everyone received his/her own Bible, photo: FBS.
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Slide 5 Indian people listening to the Good News, photo: TWR-India, SANSA.
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Slide 6 Mission in Bangladesh, photo: FLOM.
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Slide 7 Map of Europe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
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Slide 8 Map of Asia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
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Slide 9 Map of Africa, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
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Slide 10 Map of South America,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America
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Slide 11 Changes in the proportional numbers of Christians
in each continent, Jaakko Mäkelä, OGM.
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Slide 13 Mission in Thailand, photo: Pekka Y. Hiltunen, OGM.
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Slide 14 Mission in Thailand, photo: Pekka Y. Hiltunen, OGM.
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Slide 15 City of Bangkok, photo: Ari Vitikainen, FELM.
The producer can be found at:
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