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    HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY IN THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF FINLAND

2002 Standards Document in Finnish

Rev Sampo Muurinen
Deputy Director
National Church Council: Diaconia and Pastoral Counselling
Satamakatu 11
P.O. Box 185
FI-00161 Helsinki
Finland
E-mail: [email protected]

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland has 120 full-time and 17 part-time hospital chaplains. More than half of them are women. More than half of hospital chaplains also act as supervisors.

Diaconia and Pastoral Counselling is an expert and cooperative body which plans and develops pastoral care in hospitals, institutions and care for outpatients. It maintains contact with the health care field.
It belongs to the Department for Parish Services at the Office of the National Church Council in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

  1. Principles for Hospital Chaplaincy which was accepted by the National Church Council in the plenary session on 17 August, 2011.
  2. Hospital Chaplaincy Specialisation Program  - accepted by The Bishops’ Council on 13 September 2011

 

[November 2012]

 

 

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