Biography

1953: Arnfinn Trygve Clementsen, born in Skotselv, a village 70 kilometer from Oslo, the capital of Norway, August 25th.1968: Personal Christian conversion August 19681972: Fullfilled High school June 19721973-1978: Founder and leader of the youth ministry, New Life, Hokksund, Norway. Evangelism, youth choir, Study groups, concerts and more. 1976: Attended Bible School at Filadelfia Pentecostal Church and national Pentecostal center in Oslo, autumn 76 1975-1976: Full time youth worker and evangelist in the Pentecostal Church Saron, Hokksund 1976-1978: Full time evangelist in Norway and Denmark in Pentecostal churches and other denominations as well 1978: Married to Liss-Bente August 19th 1978 1978-1980: Pastor in Mission Church, «Vesterkirken», Brønderslev, Denmark. 1980-1981: Evangelist and Youth pastor in Tabernaklet Pentecostal Church, Skien. Norway, October 1980 – October 1981 1981-2010: Pastor at Karisma Senter Church, Stavanger, Norway The church was originally founded in 1916 as Pentecostal church Zion. It It re-established changed name in 1988 to «Karisma Senter Church» after a period of revival, growth and changes. 1995: «The Norway campaign»- «Norway back to God» Meetings and leader seminars in 20 cities all over Norway with a special challenge to pray for the nation. A part of this was the best selling Christian book in Norway 1995, «Norway back to God» which was spread out in 70000 copies through this campaign. 1985-       : Seminars and evangelistic campaigns together with churches and leaders in Norway and different nations. 1993-       : Annual New Year Seminars at Karisma Senter Church 1994-2000: Founder and director of Karisma Senter Bible School 1997-2003: Founder and leader of the Christian organization «Norway back to God» 2000-     : Founder and board member of the Christian elementary School, Stavanger Christian School (SKG), 1st – 10th grade. 2004-2005:  Diploma for one year pastor school by Word of Life University, Uppsala, Sweden. Subjects: World history, church history, mission history, Theology, Christian doctrines, ministerial ethics, world art, philosophy, how to interpret and understand the Bible, homiletics, pastoral ministry, Christian leadership, and more 2005-2008: Certificate of graduation «Million Leaders Mandate – EQUIP», John C. Maxwells international leader school. 2010- Pastor, author and coach connected to Karisma Church as a base for national and international ministry 2011: Doctor of Divinity 2011 March:  Pastor and leader seminar Minsk, Belrus 2011 November  Pastor and Leader seminar – Visakapathnam, India 2012 Pastors conference Pskov, Russia 2015 August: Pastor and leadership conference – Kampala, Uganda