[redgolum]

Some of the old Scandinavian synods still have Apostolic Succession (or did until the debacles in the last few decades). Many of the Old Lutherans have crossed to Orthodoxy or set up “free churches” outside of the state control.

I used to talk to a missionary from one of the free churches in Finland on occasion. Their relations with the Russian Orthodox have been very good, and it allowed them to witness in places that a Catholic or Evangelical would not be able to.

[livius]

It’s hard to escape being the state church; Anglicans have the same problem. Hopefully the Orthodox solution will work out for them.