Yngve Kalin's Webpage My name is Yngve Kalin and I am the pastor of  Hyssna congregation in the Church of Sweden. I live with my family in Hyssna, which is situated in the South-western part of Sweden. I am the Chairman of 'Kyrklig Samling kring Bibeln och bekännelsen', a national organization formed in 1958 by Bishop Bo Giertz, a Church Coalition for the Bible and Confession in the Church of Sweden. I was ordained priest in 1973 and first served a small congregation in Femsjö. During the years, 1981-1990 I lived in Southern Africa where I worked in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa stationed in Swaziland.

From 1990 - 2002 we lived in Mjöbäck where I served as a Parishpastor and beside this I was the Chairman of the Technical Service Committée of the local Council in Svenljunga. Between 1998-2006 I was a lay judge at the Magistrate Court in Borås. From 1996 up till 2001 I was a member of the General Synod of Church of Sweden. Between 1991-1998 I was a member of the the Board of Church of Sweden Mission and for four years the vice chairman of the Church of Sweden Administrative committe in the national office and a member of several of the Boards of the Church companies like Svenska kyrkans Förvaltnings AB, Kyrkans Hus AB etc. I am a Contributing Editor of Svensk Pastoraltidskrift a by-weekly magazine containing scholarly articles, book reviews, ecclesiopolitical comments, Bible analysis for sermons and other information relating to the Church of Sweden.

Articles et cetra Some of the articles and other papers I have written on various topics have also been translated into English Statement from the Coalition for the Bible and Confression on the Proposal for a new Order of Marriage for the Church of Sweden"  2009-06-16 Politicians in the Church Amounts to Sheer Parody  Op.ed in Svenska Dagbladet, November 10 , 2007 The Act of Blessing is Buried Statement following the Proposed Gender-Neutral Legislation about Marriage in Sweden, 22 mars 2007   A Clarifying Reform!  SPT Nr 23, 2006 A Commission of Inquiry, Please!   Nov 23, 2006 The Case of Björn Fyrlund   June 6, 2006

In the Bible there is a definite message from God   A letter to our Fellow Christians April 13, 2006 Hammar's Church has collapsed  Op.ed in Svenska Dagbladet, February 8, 2006 Reactions to The Priests' Declaration Dec 14, 2005 The Priests' Declaration Nov 5, 2005 Resist  Letter in October 2005 Statement concerning the planned bishop consecration by the Mission Province, February 5, 2005 Hiding Away the Prophets  Letter in December 2004 Powerlessness and perserverance  Letter in Holy Week 2004 Who is responsible for the security of Dean Sandahl? Op.ed in Svenska Dagbladet, January 18, 2004 We belive in coexistence  Silence is always more dangerous than talking when people disagree. Kyrkans Tidning 2003. Conversations about the conditions for unity in plurality within the Swedish church  Document from the Central Church Office June 2003 See also William J. Tighe: "Swedish strife" Folke T. Olofsson: "A Grief Observed- On Being a Priest in a Dying Church, 2004" Folke T. Olofsson: "Bishop Bertil Gärtner in memoriam, 2009" The Church Coalition for Bible and Confession

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