{"id":1669539,"date":"2022-10-03T08:04:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1669539"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:07:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T12:07:24","slug":"council-of-pastors-elects-persecuted-european-bishop-to-preach-christianity-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/council-of-pastors-elects-persecuted-european-bishop-to-preach-christianity-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Of Pastors Elects Persecuted European Bishop To Preach Christianity To The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcouncil-of-pastors-elects-persecuted-european-bishop-to-preach-christianity-to-the-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1669539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/2022-World-Conference-board-1200x675-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"international lutheran council\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n        <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n        <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Image courtesy LCMS Communications\/Erik M. Lunsford\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first pastor in the post-Soviet Union West to be hauled into court for affirming the Bible\u2019s teachings on sex was elected chairman of the International Lutheran Council, an association of orthodox churches. Bishop Juhana Pohjola of Finland was unanimously elected by his fellow pastors at the ILC\u2019s triennial world conference, held in Kisumu, Kenya, last month.<\/p>\n<p>Pohjola has been interrogated multiple times by Finnish police and kept in court for three years so far by the Finnish prosecutor general for an alleged \u201chate crime\u201d: publishing a theological pamphlet called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/media.lhfmissions.org\/file\/lhf-missions\/pdfs\/English-Male-and-Female-He-Created-Them.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Male and Female He Created Them<\/a>.\u201d The pamphlet quotes and comments on the Bible\u2019s clear teaching that God made men and women with different bodies that are designed to be united in marriage, a lifelong union between only one man and one woman. This ancient teaching common to the majority of world religions contradicts LGBT ideology. <\/p>\n<p>Pohjola told a Finnish court earlier this year that being convicted of a \u201chate crime\u201d for exercising his free speech rights would effectively outlaw Christianity in Finland. A three-judge panel ruled unanimously in Pojhola\u2019s favor this spring, but the prosecutor appealed. <\/p>\n<p>The case is now slated to be heard in a higher court next year. It could eventually reach the European Court of Human Rights, a legal venue often unfavorable to speech rights, where this case\u2019s outcome would affect the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\n<p><figcaption class=\"col-12 col-md-6 body-xs px-15 pe-md-0 ps-md-30 py-15 m-0 text-center\">Pohjola preaching at the ILC world conference in Kenya. Image courtesy of ILC.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pohjola was previously kicked out of Finland\u2019s state church for adhering to the Bible\u2019s clear teachings about sex. He was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, a non-state-sponsored church body, last year. The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/23\/in-case-with-global-implications-finland-puts-christians-on-trial-for-their-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interviewed him in person<\/a> last fall, and, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/15\/prosecuting-paivi-rasanen-for-quoting-the-bible-is-making-her-an-international-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in person this summer<\/a>, the Finnish member of Parliament who is being prosecuted with him. Both have repeatedly and publicly affirmed the Christian church\u2019s warm welcome to sinners of every kind.<\/p>\n<p>As ILC chairman, Pohjola will help lead efforts to promote faithful theological education across the world, including establishing and staffing seminaries that train pastors and other church leaders. The ILC works to establish theological unity among Christians across national borders by preaching the Bible. This year\u2019s ILC world conference included representatives from 55 church bodies that worship in unity on every continent. <\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s ILC meeting, the organization\u2019s members <a href=\"https:\/\/ilc-online.org\/2022\/09\/20\/2022-world-conference-ilc-issues-statement-on-liturgy-and-culture-plans-future-statement-rejecting-virtual-communion\/\">rejected <\/a>the practice of \u201cvirtual communion\u201d \u201cas contrary to Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist, a happy wife, and the mother of six children. <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iX1dsZnedpJjPMoP7\">Sign up here to get early access<\/a> to her next ebook, &#8220;101 Strategies For Living Well Amid Inflation.&#8221; Her bestselling ebook is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/payhip.com\/b\/R1JL\">Classic Books for Young Children<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Pullmann identifies as native American and gender natural. She is also the author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Education-Invasion-Parents-Control-American\/dp\/1594038813\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486730068&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=education+invasion\">The Education Invasion: How Common Core Fights Parents for Control of American Kids<\/a>,&#8221; from Encounter Books. In 2013-14 she won a Robert Novak journalism fellowship for in-depth reporting on Common Core national education mandates. <\/p>\n<p>Joy is a grateful graduate of the Hillsdale College honors and journalism programs.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image CreditImage courtesy LCMS Communications\/Erik M. 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