Abstract Belonging to religious communities is of great importance for many migrants coming to Europe. This article focusses on one such community, a Lutheran Ethiopian/Eritrean Mekane Yesus association in Stockholm, and its relations with the Church of Sweden. The article discusses identity formation and belonging in a situation of living in the diaspora, as well as analysing the processes of integration that involve diversity work. This example shows how global power hierarchies in church relations are played out in the local arena - power relations that signal, but also sometimes challenge, a post-colonial order. Furthermore, an identity like Lutheran is highly contextual, as the article shows. While the role of Lutheran churches in the Nordic context is understudied when it comes to migration, this article – and the study it builds on – contributes to a deeper understanding of how the Church of Sweden is being both challenged and motivated to act in relation to migrants coming to Sweden.

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“我们能找到其他前进的方向吗？”

摘要属于宗教社区对于许多移民到欧洲至关重要。本文关注的是这样一个社区，即斯德哥尔摩的路德教会埃塞俄比亚人/厄立特里亚人Mekane Yesus协会及其与瑞典教会的关系。本文讨论了散居在外情况下的身份形成和归属，并分析了涉及多样性工作的整合过程。这个例子说明了教会关系中的全球权力等级制度是如何在当地舞台上发挥作用的—权力关系不仅标志着，有时也挑战着后殖民秩序。此外，如文章所述，像路德教会这样的身份具有高度的上下文关系。尽管在移徙方面未充分了解路德教会在北欧的作用，