Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM, formerly The Finnish Missionary Society; Finnish: Suomen Lähetysseura ry; Swedish: Finska Missionssällskapet rf) is a Lutheran missionary society formed on January 19, 1859, in Helsinki, Finland. It is one of seven organisations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) that conduct missionary work. Its first deployments outside Finland were made to Ovamboland, an area that today is cut by the Angola-Namibian border.
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission | |
Suomen Lähetysseura | |
Lähetystalo at the Tähtitorninkatu street in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland | |
| Abbreviation | FELM |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Finska Missionssällskapet (The Finnish Missionary Society) |
| Formation | 1859 |
| Type | Missionary Society |
Parent organization | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
| Affiliations | Lutheranism |
| Website | https://felm.org |
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