1898

This article includes events that occurred in the Christian world in .

Events

 * The Finnish Evangelical Lutheran National Church of America separates from the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America over concerns about congregational freedom and autonomy. The FELNCA would merge with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in 1964, while the FELCA would merge into the Lutheran Church in America in 1962, which itself would merge into the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 1988.

Births

 * (November 29. C. S. Lewis, Christian author.