Adventist Church of Finland

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The Adventist Church of Finland ({{langx|fi|Suomen adventtikirkko}}) is a Protestant Christian religious community that began operating in Finland in 1892.Tietojätti 2000: "Adventistit", p. 13. Gummerus, 1999. {{ISBN|951-20-5809-X}}. (in Finnish) In 2017, it had about 4,700 members,[https://www.adventist.fi/tietoa/tilastoja/ SUOMEN ADVENTTIKIRKON TILASTOTIETOJA 30.6.2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906232132/https://www.adventist.fi/tietoa/tilastoja/ |date=2021-09-06 }} (in Finnish) and more than 60 parishes.[https://www.adventist.fi/seurakunnat/page/7/ Seurakunnat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906231344/https://www.adventist.fi/seurakunnat/page/7/ |date=2021-09-06 }} - Suomen Adventtikirkko (in Finnish)

Adventism arrived in Finland from the United States via Sweden in the early 1890s.[https://jyrkirossi.fi/advent.html Suomen Adventtikirkko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022025528/https://jyrkirossi.fi/advent.html |date=2020-10-22 }} - Jyrki Rossi (in Finnish)[https://raamattuajassamme.fi/adventtikirkko/ Adventtikirkko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127072204/https://raamattuajassamme.fi/adventtikirkko/ |date=2021-01-27 }} - Raamattu ajassamme (in Finnish) Adventism initially gained a foothold among the Swedish-speaking population. The movement became an association in 1920, when the Finnish Seventh-day Adventist Philanthropists' Association ({{langx|fi|Suomen Seitsemännen Päivän Adventistien Filantrooppienn yhdistys}}) was registered. The strongest area of the movement in the 1920s was Turku and Pori with their surroundings; the best known of these is the {{ill|Turku Adventist Parish|fi|Turun Adventtiseurakunta}}, also known as the Betel Church.[https://turku.adventtikirkko.fi/ Betel Kirkko] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227162257/https://turku.adventtikirkko.fi/ |date=2021-02-27 }} - Turun Adventtiseurakunta (in Finnish) Swedish-speaking Adventists formed their own organization in the late 1920s.Eino Murtorinne: Kristinuskon historia 2000, chapter 1923, p. 181. Weilin+Göös, Porvoo, 2000. {{ISBN|951-35-6516-5}}. (in Finnish)