Lutheran Confessional Church

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The '''Lutheran Confessional Church''' (Swedish:'' Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan'', '''LBK''') is a Christian Lutheran church, originally organised in 1974, with congregations in Sweden and Norway. It has church fellowship with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

The church was organised in 1974 when Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's pastor Siegbert Becker was called to teach to Stiftelsen Biblicum. The church works in both Sweden and Norway.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bekannelse.se/Vilka_%C3%A4r_vi%3F/Historia|title= Historia|author= |date= |publisher= Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> In Sweden its official magazine is ''Bibel och bekännelse'', which appears five times each year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bekannelse.se/Aktuellt/Bibel_och_bek%C3%A4nnelse|title= Bibel och bekännelse|author= |date= |publisher= Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan|accessdate= 28 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010229/http://www.bekannelse.se/Aktuellt/Bibel_och_bek%C3%A4nnelse|archive-date= 26 April 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref> Its Norwegian version, ''Bibel og Bekjennelse'', appears four times per year.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.luthersk-kirke.no/|title= Bibel og Bekjennelse|author= |date= |publisher= Den Lutherske Bekjennelseskirke|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>

The LBK is a member of the international Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bekannelse.se/Vilka_%C3%A4r_vi%3F/Detta_bek%C3%A4nner_vi|title= Detta bekänner vi|author= |date= |publisher= Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>

==Congregations==

===Sweden===

*S:t Paulus församling, Uppsala and Stockholm<ref name="vara_forsamlingar">{{cite web|url= http://www.bekannelse.se/V%C3%A5ra_f%C3%B6rsamlingar|title= Våra församlingar|author= |date= |publisher= Lutherska Bekännelsekyrkan|accessdate= 28 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010308/http://www.bekannelse.se/V%C3%A5ra_f%C3%B6rsamlingar|archive-date= 26 April 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref> *Heliga Trefaldighets Församling, Gothenburg<ref name="vara_forsamlingar"/> *S:t Markus församling, Ljungby<ref name="vara_forsamlingar"/> *Immanuelförsamlingen, Umeå<ref name="vara_forsamlingar"/> *S:t Jakobs församling, Piteå<ref name="vara_forsamlingar"/> *LBK i Västerås & Norrköping<ref name="vara_forsamlingar"/>

===Norway===

*Den lutherske forsamling, Avaldsnes<ref name="hvor">{{cite web |url= http://www.luthersk-kirke.no/|title= Hvor finner du oss?|author= |date= |publisher= Den Lutherske Bekjennelseskirke|accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref> *St Lukas forsamling, Stavanger<ref name="hvor"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.luthersk-kirke.no/ Norwegian website] *[http://www.bekannelse.se/ Swedish website]

Category:Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference members Category:Lutheranism in Sweden Category:1974 establishments in Sweden Category:Christian organizations established in 1974 Category:Christian denominations in Sweden