Finland
FINLAND
A. THE COUNTRY
The Republic of Finland, in northern Europe, is 70% forest and the
majority of people reside in the southern part of the country. Finland
consistently ranks high in global surveys that measure civil liberties,
education, peace, income, stability and environmental issues. The
government is a stable multiparty democracy. A specialized and
primarily high-tech export-orientated economy is supported by the
traditional wood products.
B. THE PEOPLE
The population is ~5,346,000 and the official languages Finnish,
Swedish, Saami and sign language.
~97.6% are Finno-Ugric, ~0.9% Other European, ~1.5% Other (Immigrants
mainly from Middle East and East Asia).
C. RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY/PENTECOSTALISM
The Evangelical Lutheran and Finnish (Greek) Orthodox Churches are
recognized as national churches. Spirituality has more or less become
privatized as church attendance is low. The society is effectively a
secular one. Islam and the fringe religious movements are currently the
fastest growing.
~83.75% claim to be Christian, ~15.54% Non-religious, ~0.56% Muslim,
~0.11% Other, ~0.02% Jewish, ~0.01% Hindu, ~0.01% Baha’i.
In the Christian category:
~83.25% are Protestant, ~1.11% Orthodox, ~0.18% Catholic, ~0.03%
Independent, <0.01% Anglican, groups originating in western society
considered ‘marginal’ are ~0.56%.
Evangelicals represent ~12.1% of the population.
Charismatics represent ~6.2% and of those ~1.9% are Pentecostals.
Donna Siemens
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org
Operation World, Jason Mandryk. Colorado Springs: Biblica Publishing, 2010.
I am a chritian man living in Tanzania.Asking to join and establishing Zion Christian Ministry
Kimdly looking foward to hear from you.
I love to do God’s ministry.
Dear Servants of God !
Our hearts is spiritually touched with your encouragement readings
from your website and kindly please share more with us and help us
with your ministry’s printable teaching materials for they will help
us in our fellowship to grow spiritually and win more souls to come
nearer to our Saving Lord Jesus Christ.
GOOGLE : [ MATONGO CHRIST FAITH FELLOWSHIP ]
We humbly pray and request you to help us to know more about God and His will.
Please my dear servants, share the word of God with us and we kindly
hope that God bless us sharing more in His Kingdom.
We are happy to read from you in Jesus name.
Yours in His service,
Brother Lawrence Machuk .
Hi Lawrence:
I am thankful to read that you have been encouraged by our website.
Are there specific booklets, teachings that you are interested in receiving from us?
May the Lord bless and guide you.
Sincerely,
Ramona Stevens
Dear Sunil:
I pray the Holy Spirit will guide you in service for God.
Sincerely,
Ramona Stevens
Hi Venance:
It is nice to hear from you. We don’t feel to join with any international ministries at this time but pray God’s blessings on your life.
Ramona Stevens