[1] The motto of the party was to "on the basis of the Christian faith, liberate our people from the oppression of capital".
[2] In the early years of the party, two distinct tendencies were active in its membership; a tendency dominated by priests that hoped that the party would enable them to win allies in the struggle against atheism, and a tendency led by Antti Kaarne that sought to implement social reforms on the basis of Christian principles.
[1] In the 1907 elections, the party won two seats in the Eduskunta and was represented in the assembly by Kaarne and Matti Helenius-Seppälä.
During its later years, Helenius-Seppälä played an important role in shaping the ideological profile of the party.
The party maintained a policy of neutrality in the war, but it was interpreted by the Whites as having sided with the Reds.