Lewi Pethrus

Lewi Pethrus's achievements are measured not in trophies but in the lasting institutions he built. He led the Swedish Pentecostal Movement for over six decades, founded a newspaper that still publishes today, and wrote a hymn that has been sung for over a century. His most remarkable feat was founding a political party at age 80, which grew to become a significant force in Swedish politics.His model of local church autonomy influenced Pentecostal congregations across Scandinavia and among Scandinavian-Americans. Historians continue to study his ecclesiological thought and his role in creating a Christian counterculture in a secularizing society.