Editing Pietism (section)

==Pietistic Lutheran denominations==
Pietistic Lutheranism influenced existing Lutheran denominations such as the [[Church of Norway]] and many Pietistic Lutherans have remained in them, though other Pietistic Lutherans have established their own Synods too. In the middle of the 19th century, [[Lars Levi Laestadius]] spearheaded a Pietist revival in Scandinavia that upheld what came to be known as [[Laestadian Lutheranism|Laestadian Lutheran theology]], which is adhered to today by the [[Conservative Laestadianism|Laestadian Lutheran Churches]] as well as by several congregations within other mainstream Lutheran Churches, such as the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]].<ref name="Holmquist1981"/><ref name="Kivisto2014"/> The [[Eielsen Synod]] and [[Association of Free Lutheran Congregations]] are Pietist Lutheran bodies that emerged in the [[Haugean movement|Pietist Lutheran movement in Norway]], which was spearheaded by [[Hans Nielsen Hauge]].<ref name="Gritsch1994"/> In 1900, the [[Church of the Lutheran Brethren]] was founded and it adheres to Pietist Lutheran theology, emphasizing a [[Born again|personal conversion experience]].<ref name="Tweton1988"/>