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The Church Exists In Being Sent

The Church Exists In Being Sent. Meidän kirkko – Ykseyttä etsivä yh. Mission and International Diakonia of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in 2010. Mission of the Triune God. “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” John 20:21

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The Church Exists In Being Sent

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  1. The Church Exists In Being Sent Meidän kirkko – Ykseyttä etsivä yh Mission and International Diakoniaof the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in 2010

  2. 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 nologerknwonustais 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 Office for Global Mission2

  3. Our calling We participate in the action of the Triune God in the world – we invite people to salvation through Christ.

  4. Changes in the proportionalnumbersof Christians in eachcontinent In the 2010s, about 1/3 of allChristians live in the northernhemisphere, i.e., in Europe and North America, and 2/3 in the southernhemisphere, i.e., Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. The changes in the proportionalnumbersof Lutheransfollowthe general trends. Mission is fromeverywhere to everywhere.

  5. 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.

  6. 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. Office for Global Mission 6

  7. 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. Office for Global Mission 7

  8. 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.

  9. 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 kirkon of the Church.

  10. 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 (SLEAF, FLM, FLOM, SANSA) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary (SANSA)

  11. Asian partnership churches involved in the mission organizations Mongolian Lutheran Congregations (FLOM) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (FELM) Japan Ev. - Luth. Church (LEAF) West Japan Ev. - Luth. Church (FLM, FLOM) Church of Pakistan / Diocese of Peshawar (FELM) Ev. – Luth. Church in Bangladesh (FLOM) China Christian Council (FELM, FBS) Ev.- Lutheran Church in Thailand (FELM) Lutheran Church of Taiwan (FELM) Ev. - Luth. Church in Hong Kong (FELM)

  12. African partnership churches involved in the mission organizations and FinnChurchAid Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (FELM, FLM, FLOM) Ev. – Luth. Church in Sudan (LEAF) Sudan Ecumenical Forum (FCA) Ev. – Luth. Church in Kenya (LEAF, SLEAF) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Senegal (FELM) Church of Uganda (FCA) Liberian Council of Churches (FCA) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (FELM) Ev. – Luth. Church in Malawi (FELM, LEAF) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon (FCA) Lutheran Evangelical Church of Africa, Zambia (LEAF) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola (FELM) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (FELM) Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (FELM)

  13. South American partnership churches involved in the mission organizations Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela (FELM) Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia (FELM)

  14. 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 BibleSocieties (FBS) Regionalcooperationagreements (FLM, FLOM) in the Middle East and South West and Central Asia • Ecumenicalagreements of the EvangelicalLutheran Church of Finland. • Partnershipagreements of parishesthroughout the world. • Cooperationbetween the mission organizations and the Church´sministry to Finnsabroad. . .

  15. Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Lutheran World Federation Most of the partnershipchurchesinvolved in the mission organizationsaremembers of the Lutheran World Federation. The FinnishEvangelicalLutheran Mission and FinnChurchAidhavecooperationagreementswith the Lutheran World Federation. Mission document: ”Mission in context” 2004 www.lutheranworld.org

  16. Documentsrelated to the mission of the Church • Theologicalfoundations of the mission strategy • Church Life is AboutBeingSent • The Mission of Our Church – Vårkyrkas mission -lehti • Journal of Mission Theology • Our Church: A CommunitythatSeeksUnity • Good to Know: InterreligiousDialogue • The Peace of God (in variouslanguages) Office for Global Mission 16

  17. Photos and Maps - Slide 1 A crossabove a French city, photo: Maila Racken, FELM. • Slide 2 Senegaleseboys in the village of Aaba, SaidouSall (left) and Malick Dia, Ndioum, photo: Paula Laajalahti, FELM. • Slide 3 People in the street in HongKong, photo: Ari Vitikainen, FELM. • Slide 4 After a worshipservice in the Chinese countryside everyonereceivedhis/herownBible, photo: FBS. • Slide 5 Indian peoplelistening to the Good News, photo: TWR-India, SANSA. • Slide 6 Mission in Bangladesh, photo: FLOM. • Slide 7 Map of Europe, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe • Slide 8 Map of Asia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia • Slide 9 Map of Africa, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa • Slide 10 Map of South America, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America • Slide 11Changes in the proportionalnumbers of Christians in eachcontinent, Jaakko Mäkelä, OGM. • Slide 13 Mission in Thailand, photo: Pekka Y. Hiltunen, OGM. • Slide 14 Mission in Thailand, photo: Pekka Y. Hiltunen, OGM. • Slide 15 City of Bangkok, photo: Ari Vitikainen, FELM. The producercanbefound at: http://sakasti.evl.fi/klk Office for Global Mission 17

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