Association of Peace
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An Association of Peace is an official grouping of conservative laestadians
Conservative Laestadianism
Conservative Laestadianism is a Lutheran revival movement and the biggest branch of Laestadianism. It has spread to 16 countries. There are about 90,000 – 110,000 Conservative Laestadians in the world, most of them in Finland and Scandinavia...

. In Europe
Europe
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 there are 214 Associations of Peace: 199 in Finland
Finland
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, eight in Russia
Russia
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, five in Sweden
Sweden
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, one in Norway
Norway
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 and one in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. There are also three central organizations: SRK
Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys
The Central Association of the Finnish Associations of Peace is a conservative laestadian organization in Finland. SRK is abbreviation from Finnish "Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys". It is part of Conservative Laestadianism and its sister organization in North America is Laestadian...

 in Finland, SFC
Sveriges fridsföreningarnas centralorganisation
SFC is The Central Association of the Swedish Associations of Peace. It is part of conservative laestadians organization. It has five associations of peace in Sweden and one in Norway...

 in Sweden and Eesti luterlik rahuühendus in Estonia. The Laestadian Lutheran Church
Laestadian Lutheran Church
The Laestadian Lutheran Church is a religious Christian movement, its teachings based on the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. From June 9, 1973, the organisation was name the Association of American Laestadian Congregations , before the association changed its name in 1994 in order better to...

 does mission work worldwide in collaboration with Association of Peace organizations.

See also

  • Conservative Laestadianism
    Conservative Laestadianism
    Conservative Laestadianism is a Lutheran revival movement and the biggest branch of Laestadianism. It has spread to 16 countries. There are about 90,000 – 110,000 Conservative Laestadians in the world, most of them in Finland and Scandinavia...

  • Laestadianism
    Laestadianism
    Laestadianism is a conservative Lutheran revival movement started in the middle of the 19th century. It is strongly marked by both pietistic and Moravian influences. It is the biggest revivalist movement in the Nordic countries. It has members mainly in Finland, North America, Norway, Russia and...

  • Laestadianism in America
    Laestadianism in America
    The Laestadian church arrived in North America with Nordic immigrants in the latter half of the 19th century, many of whom arrived to work in the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula...

  • SRK, Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys
    Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys
    The Central Association of the Finnish Associations of Peace is a conservative laestadian organization in Finland. SRK is abbreviation from Finnish "Suomen rauhanyhdistysten keskusyhdistys". It is part of Conservative Laestadianism and its sister organization in North America is Laestadian...

  • SFC, Sveriges fridsföreningarnas centralorganisation
    Sveriges fridsföreningarnas centralorganisation
    SFC is The Central Association of the Swedish Associations of Peace. It is part of conservative laestadians organization. It has five associations of peace in Sweden and one in Norway...

  • Eesti luterlik rahuühendus
  • Laestadian Lutheran Church
    Laestadian Lutheran Church
    The Laestadian Lutheran Church is a religious Christian movement, its teachings based on the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions. From June 9, 1973, the organisation was name the Association of American Laestadian Congregations , before the association changed its name in 1994 in order better to...


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