The Frikirken 'believes, teaches, and confesses that the Bible is the only rule and guideline for faith, doctrine, and life'.

In each local congregation those who are baptised and confess the Christian faith are endowed with voting rights and responsibilities.

Each congregation is led by ordained elders (presbyters), and each has the authority to call its clergy and all other personnel and pass its own church laws.

[3] The highest authority in the denomination is the synod, which is a common national organisation, peopled with presbyters and representatives from each individual congregation.

[6] In partnership with several other denominational and missional bodies, the Frikirken contributed to the establishment of the China Lutheran Seminary in 1966, in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.