{"id":187218,"date":"2026-03-02T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187218\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:21:09","slug":"2026-corpus-christi-conference-to-be-held-in-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/187218\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Corpus Christi Conference to be held in Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilcouncil.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Corpus-Christi-2026.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Corpus-Christi-2026-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29221\" style=\"width:350px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FINLAND \u2013 The 16th Corpus Christi Conference will take place in Turku, Finland, from July 20-24, 2026. The theme of this year\u2019s conference is \u201cThe Body Baptised,\u201d drawing on 1 Corinthians 12:13.<\/p>\n<p>The main speaker for this year\u2019s event is Rev. Dr. Thomas M. Winger, President of Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada). \u201cIn the plenary sessions, we will explore what it means that we are redeemed in both body and soul,\u201d promotional material explains. \u201cLaying the theological foundation of what it means that God poured water on my body to make me His own, we will focus on the physical aspects of the liturgy (sacrament and ceremony), moving into service of the neighbour as daily worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other presenters announced for 2026 so far include Rev. Dr. Christian C. Tiews, Rev. Sahar Sadlovsky-Gold, and Rev. Sebastian Gr\u00fcnbaum.<\/p>\n<p>Registration opened for European residents on January 23, and opened to participants worldwide on March 1. To register, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristi.eu\/conference-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the website of the Corpus Christi Association here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Corpus Christi Association exists to \u201cpromote active participation in the liturgical prayer life of the Church and the knowledge of the Word of God among young adults in Europe.\u201d To that end, Corpus Christi hosts an annual conference and smaller regional events which focus on biblical teaching, liturgical and Christ-centered worship, and fellowship between Lutheran young adults.<\/p>\n<p>The Corpus Christi Association holds membership as a Recognized Organization in the International Lutheran Council (ILC), a global association of confessional Lutheran church bodies dedicated to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, grounded in the authority of Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Mathew Block is Communications Manager for the International Lutheran Council. He is also editor of The Canadian Lutheran magazine, and formerly served as Communications Manager for Lutheran Church\u2013Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FINLAND \u2013 The 16th Corpus Christi Conference will take place in Turku, Finland, from July 20-24, 2026. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,74735,157,156,42575],"class_list":["post-187218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-association","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-finland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}