Lötenkyrkan is a church located at Heidenstam Square, in Uppsala

Uppsala

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, Sweden

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, and is a district church of Gamla Uppsala Parish. Lötenkyrkan is one of forty partner churches that exist between the Church of Sweden

Church of Sweden

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 and the Swedish Evangelical Mission

Swedish Evangelical Mission

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. Hans Lindholm serves as the pastor of the Church.

Mission of Lötenkyrkan

Lötenkyrkan has a mission to reach the country of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

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, serving in the hospital in Aira

Aira

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in western Ethiopia. Two workers from the church work as a doctor (orthopedist) and a nurse, concentrating primarily on diabetic patients.

There are others who are involved in the teaching field, like teaching Theology at EGST (Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology), English at Mekane Yesus Church Training Centre in Addis Ababa etc.

Cross Culture

The church has an international wing that is called "Cross Culture" led by the youth pastor of the Lötenkyrkan, Edward.L.Thomas. Cross Culture has drawn special attention from the youth, the international students from the Uppsala University and immigrants in Uppsala.

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