At the same time, he was active in the Societas Sanctae Birgittae, but shortly after his ordination, he left this society.

In 1968, Lind was a participant at the World Council of Churches (WCC) Fourth General Assembly in Uppsala.

In autumn 1968, Lind participated in an anti-apartheid campaign at Lund Cathedral during a visit by a large group of foreign diplomats, including representatives of the South African apartheid regime.

When the group arrived at the cathedral, they were met with the students singing "We Shall Overcome" using the verse "black and white together".

[2] Lind received his PhD in theology at the University of Lund in 1975 for a thesis on Christianity and Nazism.

From 1978 to 1980, he worked as a teacher in India at Tamil Nadu Theological Seminary funded by the Church of Sweden.

After returning to Sweden, Lind served as a pastor from 1980 to 1983 at the Kävlinge Parish Church in the Diocese of Lund.

In 1984 he was elected vice chair of the Church of Sweden's Council for Inter-Church and Ecumenical Relations.

[5][6] On 6 January 2019, Lind married Karin Rodhe (born 1944), a medical doctor and psychiatrist.