Membership in a religious community

Join a religious community using the form

If you wish to become a member of a religious community, submit a notification directly to the religious community.

You can use the Notification of Joining a Religious Community form.

Resign from a religious community via Web Service

1. Identify yourself on the Suomi.fi Personal Data page.
2. Select the "Membership in a religious community".
3. Send a resignation request.

To log in to the service, you need online banking IDs, mobile certificate or identity card, and a card reader on your computer.

Please note that the electronic service is linked to your individual personal identity code, so you can only notify information in Suomi.fi on your own behalf.

Using the Resign from Religious Community form

You can send the resignation request in writing to the religious community from which you are resigning or use the form to inform the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. Submit the notification using the Notification of Resignation from a Religious Community form.

Joining or resigning a child from a religious community

As the child’s guardian, you can notify

• the joining of a child with a paper notification to the religious community
• the resigning of a child with a paper notification to the religious community or with an online form / paper notification to the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.

Please note that the written consent of all guardians is required for the notification.

If you are submitting the notification on behalf of a child aged 12 to 17, you will need the child’s consent.

If you are aged over 15 and leaving a religious community, you can submit the notification yourself. However, you must attach your guardians’ written consent to the notification.

• Persons who have reached the age of 18 decide on their religious affiliation independently.
• The religious affiliation of a child who has reached the age of 12 can be changed only with the child’s consent.
• A child who has reached the age of 15 can, with written consent from the guardians, independently resign from a religious community.
• The child’s religious affiliation is not automatically determined by the guardians’ religious affiliation. Instead, a child’s resignation from a religious community is always based on the guardians’ separate declaration of their will.