Collection of new uniforms for female pastors was published in 2011. Designed by Kirsimari Kärkkäinen, the outfit called “The Source of Light” (Valonlähde) includes a matching accessory. During the decade since 2000, more than half of the master’s degrees in theology were taken by women. In recent years, up to 70 per cent of graduates are women. Accordingly, most of the inaugurated pastors are women, lately as many as 60 per cent. Other changes within the church have been more painful; arguments about the same-sex marriage law about to pass in 2017 continue as the law would allow wedding same-sex couples in the church. Conservative statements have made tens of thousands of people to leave the Lutheran church.
Collection of new uniforms for female pastors was published in 2011. Designed by Kirsimari Kärkkäinen, the outfit called “The Source of Light” (Valonlähde) includes a matching accessory. During the decade since 2000, more than half of the master’s degrees in theology were taken by women. In recent years, up to 70 per cent of graduates are women. Accordingly, most of the inaugurated pastors are women, lately as many as 60 per cent. Other changes within the church have been more painful; arguments about the same-sex marriage law about to pass in 2017 continue as the law would allow wedding same-sex couples in the church. Conservative statements have made tens of thousands of people to leave the Lutheran church.
