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Scandinavian Trip
Jun 8th
I write as I wait for the bus to the airport. Yesterday, we held round two of theological discussions between the Lutheran Church in Norway and the LCMS in Oslo, Norway. Round one was held on 15 April 2011 in Saint Louis.
The discussions went well and there is great unanimity in doctrine. Some further work needs to occur to determine the next course of action.
The previous day, Daniel Preus and flew to Götenborg to meet with Bishop Gustafsson, Rev. Dr. Bengt Birgersson, and Rev. Jakob Appell of the Mission Province of Sweden and Finland. The outcome of this brief meeting was that there should be further discussions between the Mission Province and the LCMS.
This trip to Scandinavia was very edifying and productive. We had opportunity to meet with other fine Confessional Lutherans such as Rev. Jan Bygstad of DELK (Norway) and Rev. Dr. Fredrick Sidenvall of Sweden. In fact Dr. Sidenvall hosted us at his home in Götenborg on the Swedish national holiday on June 6.
On my way to the airport I reflect on how the Lord has preserved his church through out the world utilizing the confession of his faithful people.
A quick return to the USA and then off to South Korea and Japan.
“Built on a rock the church doth stand… Even when steeples are falling…”
Rev. Albert B. Collver, PhD
Director of Church Relations-
Assistant to the President
Confessional Lutheran leaders from Sweden, Norway and Finland Visit International Center
May 6th
Confessional Lutheran leaders from Sweden, Norway and Finland visited the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod International Center May 6 to meet with the CTCR. The 38 Scandinavians also will visit both LC-MS seminaries and several congregations. They are interested in the Missouri Synod as a church body that seeks to be faithful to the apostolic and Reformation heritage in a postmodern age, and to realize the vision of the Church that the late Bishop Bo Giertz described in The Hammer of God. The Scandinavian leaders are from a number of Confessional Lutheran movements, but might all be fairly described as in the Giertz tradition.
The group includes Bishop Roland Gustafsson of the Mission Province in Sweden and Finland, Rector Johannes Hellberg of the Lutheran School of Theology in Gothenburg, leaders of four Norwegian Confessional Lutheran movements, and ordained and lay leaders of several other Confessional movements.
It was a great honor and privilege to have this group with us today.
