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- Väinö_Kohtanen abstract "Väinö Bernhard Kohtanen was an early pioneer, evangelist, college president and later, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland during a career which spanned from 1912 - 1954. Kohtanen was one of the first Finnish speaking evangelists of that faith, and is credited with critically contributing to the introduction and spread of Seventh-day Adventism in Finland and parts of Scandinavia. Through primarily his efforts and those of two colleagues, Aarne Rintala and Kaarlo Soisalo, church membership in Finland grew rapidly, especially among young people. A popular speaker, Kohtanen's evangelistic meetings held in Helsinki in 1914, when he was just 25 years of age, were held in a hall that seated over 800 persons which he was able to "fill to overflowing" over consecutive nights. During his Presidency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland from 1933 - 1938, membership increased by 32%.Upon completion of his studies in theology in England, Kohtanen returned to Finland to work as a public evangelist from 1912 - 1918. He was then appointed College President of Toivonlinnan Yhteiskoulu, the Seventh-day Adventist college in Finland from 1919 - 1920. Due to his success as a public evangelist he was appointed to his first administrative position in 1920 within the headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland at age 30. This position was the newly created Home Mission Secretary position, and made him responsible for all evangelism and church growth in Finland and parts of Scandinavia. His recommendation for this position came directly from the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States. In 1933 he was elected to serve as President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland, a position he held until 1938, after which he returned to evangelism. Towards the end of his career, he accepted an appointment as the Biblical Studies lecturer at Toivonlinnan Yhteiskoulu in 1943 and remained there until 1946.Kohtanen worked for the Seventh-day Adventist church his entire career and retired in 1954. He and his wife continued to undertake volunteer projects until his death in 1963.".
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- Väinö_Kohtanen subject Category:Finnish_Seventh-day_Adventists.
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- Väinö_Kohtanen comment "Väinö Bernhard Kohtanen was an early pioneer, evangelist, college president and later, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Finland during a career which spanned from 1912 - 1954. Kohtanen was one of the first Finnish speaking evangelists of that faith, and is credited with critically contributing to the introduction and spread of Seventh-day Adventism in Finland and parts of Scandinavia.".
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