The Swedish Mission church has existed in Finland for over 120 years. They are a group of independent churches that relate by friendship and values to the Swedish speaking Finnish population. There are over 700,000 Swedish speaking Finns in the country. I was asked to speak to the pastors of this movement in January, and for three days we had a great time looking at church building and Apostolic-Prophetic foundations. It was a rich time of fellowship, even though the weather was biting cold with temperatures under -22 C. Some of these brothers and sisters I had met before, while others were a new opportunity to make new friends. it was great to see the inside leadership of this movement and encourage them in their building the kingdom process. Actually, they blessed me greatly with their wisdom and hospitality. The last week in February, Tom Bedford (kirksville Missouri-Life Church) and I, flew to Jakobstad for a conference at Ebeneser church. Accompanying us was Trey Allemang also from kirksville, and my good friend Anders Trolin from Älmhult, Sweden. Stefan Löv, the pastor of Ebeneser is a good friend, and the church is a growing fellowship of dedicated Christians. It was Tom and Trey's first visit to Finland, and they fell in love with the people which is easy to do. We also showed them the local sites (Halpa Halli and Korv Göran), Tom even found a great place for his coffee mocha. Take a look at some pictures from the Finland photo albums in the sidebar.
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