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For the Church of Sweden, National Level National Sweden, of Church the for Summary Financial and Review 2011 2011 REVIEW AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN, NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN, NATIONAL LEVEL ÅRSREDOVISNING2011 FÖRSVENSKA KYRKANS NATIONELLA NIVÅ 2011 REVIEW AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE CHURCH OF SWEDEN, NATIONAL LEVEL contents The Archbishop 4 The Secretary-General 7 About the Church of Sweden 9 Report of the Board 10 Green Accounts 24 How the Church of Sweden is run 28 The dioceses of the Church of Sweden 30 Financial Summary 2011 32 Income statements 33 Balance sheets 34 The Central Board of the Church of Sweden 36 For those of you who want to know more 38 Image gallery 39 The Church of Sweden Faith Community (Trossamfundet Svenska kyrkan) Organisation registration number 252002-6135 4 the archbishop PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH and the national church what gripped us was what and who seem. The Church’s own authoritarian ap­ be better with a theocracy or ‘priestocracy’. lived in the Church. We have inherited the proach in times past has probably not less­ What keeps the Church alive is people Church so that we can equip ourselves and ened people’s expectations about such am­ being touched by God’s words. Experts of­ each other for life – and for death. Heritage bitions either. ten know more, but they are probably not is only of interest to future generations What keeps the Church and parishes moved more. when it is clearly important to people. alive is that people have been seen, moved The question of who is to make decisions in We call ourselves a national church. It is and uplifted. It is the message that God sees the Church of Sweden is one of theology. only of interest if people go to church. But Who does God care about, and who can they will become marginalised if they do not God influence? These are the people who associate with the whole of society and live must make the decisions. with its concerns and hopes. A national church “What keeps the We believe in God – the Father, the Son must not differentiate between people. and the Holy Spirit. That is why we believe Despite secularisation, we can see how Church alive is people that everyone who exists does so because close the Church is to the people. Secular­ God has given them life and upholds them. isation partly stems from the Christian being touched by And God can influence the conscience and faith. It has been strengthend by the Lutheran sense of justice of all people who are able to tradition’s emphasis on individuals taking God’s words.” put themselves in another person’s shoes, responsibility for the whole of their own whether they are Christian or not. Also, eve­ lives – and for their relationship with God. ryone, whether they believe in God or not, The idea of separating church and state also us, wants the best for us, accepts us and should take responsibility themselves and emerged from Christian foundations. This promises to accompany us on our path. “I think of the consequences of their actions. means that we live in a country where the am with you always, to the end of the age” However, those who live with the biblical heritage of our faith is largely invisible and – a greeting from Jesus, have been uttered at texts and are borne by, bear and influence goes unnoticed, which leaves the national each individual’s baptism. The Church is tradition – which all active Christians do – church vulnerable. also kept alive by God yearning for us to naturally gain more perspectives on, more Medlem 2010(Member 2010) is a survey find our way, get help in our struggle knowledge of and more insight into Church about people’s approaches to faith and to against selfishness, be granted forgiveness life. They are moved by grace and fellow­ the Church of Sweden. When I read ex­ and start afresh. ship, being seen and counted upon, despite tracts from it, I am struck by the fact that The Church of Sweden is regularly criti­ not being at the top of the social ladder. many seem to think that the Church should cised about how we make decisions. Many Only through such people can the Church strive to be infallible and theocratic. This is people think there is too much democracy. maintain its vitality, as this vitality comes what a ‘real’ church should be like, it would It is as if people believed that things would above all from the Gospels. the archbishop 5 Everyone has a relationship with God, so It also states that “Since Christianity came those of us who are members of the Church all members are entitled to take part in to Sweden, people have gathered in parishes be bold enough and allow one another to take making decisions in the Church of Sweden. for worship, consultation and decisions on responsibility as ‘people of the church’ and as No member can be excluded. Democracy joint matters”. ‘people of the national church’. must be supplemented by expertise, insight What is a national church without deci­ There would not have been any loaves or and loyalty among those who have pledged sion makers who are – and are permitted to fishes for the huge crowd if that boy had to serve as deacons, priests and bishops in be – ‘people of the church’, and who feel not opened his bag, which contained so this Church. There are issues that priests that they are made use of? What will be the piti fully little. But open it he did. and bishops decide on themselves. In mat­ Church’s contribution to the present if the ters of doctrine the bishops have had a sig­ core, the stories, the sense of being moved nificantly stronger position in synod for and the thankfulness for all of this do not some time. But the foundation is govern­ affect decision making? ance by members on the basis of baptism – In all our parishes, at diocesan offices because we believe this is for the best. and at joint national level, we face the chal­ Anders Wejryd The preamble to the Church Ordinance lenge of vitalising the national church. To Archbishop describes characteristics of the Church of move and be moved, to re­educate people in and Chair of the Central Board Sweden. the basics of the Christian faith, to explain of the Church of Sweden. • Our church is based on the heritage of and deepen our worship, to work on creat­ the apostles (who in turn were part of a ing fellowships in which people find trust Jewish context) and healthy self­esteem. We have the tools. • It is governed jointly by members, bish­ But do we have the passion? ops and priests. Each church must have members who • Structure and rites change over time. wish to share their hope and thankfulness. Let 6 the archbishop, chair of the central board of the church of sweden COOPERATION another word for ‘together’ the church of sweden is a national and dition lives and takes shape within us, and nity to encounter an open and living church regional organisation, but first and fore­ it speaks to us from the past while convey­ that is a sign of God’s presence and in which most it is a local one. We perform our task ing us into the future. the basis for all hope is trust in God. Today, of being a church in the local context. This God seeks out each one of us exactly communication is one of several areas of ex­ is where the parishes are to convey to peo­ where we are, and in that sense theology is pertise, and the challenge for the Church of ple the Gospel of Jesus Christ’s existence. everyone’s common property. Although this Sweden is to be heard among all the other The Church of Sweden is Sweden’s biggest means that we are given authority, we are voices in society. Our ambition is to be heard popular movement, with 6.5 million mem­ not left without a point around which to through the noise as the voice of God. bers. The fundamental task of the Church is orient ourselves. Changes in society and the world affect expressed in the local sphere, where people the Church at all levels. Now that the come together to worship, get involved in Church of Sweden is facing challenges in the Church activities and find fellowship, and “We are managing a form of altered economic conditions, there is elected representatives and volunteers work a greater need to review our activities, ad­ in and for their own parishes. The activities heritage spanning several ministration and management. In an organi­ are multifaceted, differing from place to sation consisting of 788 units with their own place and between dioceses. This is how it is thousands of years, but responsibility for activities, finances, staff – and should be – when a wide range of and buildings, the issue of how to cooperate people bring their experiences of faith, life in the here and now.” more in the areas that lend themselves to and commitment to the contexts of the this, for example administration and man­ Church of Sweden. When we listen to someone talking agement, becomes ever more pressing. about their faith, we can see the Gospel The Church’s ability to serve as a church living theology through another person’s eyes. We see the in local activities with its members and the It is important for the Church to have a liv­ present from new angles that we would not surrounding community is dependent on re­ ing theology.
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