 Abroad, he represented the Church of Sweden as second vice-president of the Lutheran World Federation.But Giertz was undoubtedly best known for his controversial stridency against the ordination of women.In 1958 the Church of Sweden voted to begin ordaining women; in strong disagreement with the modern consensus, Giertz responded immediately by organizing the group "Kyrklig samling kring bibeln och bekännelsen" ("Church coalition for the Bible and confession") and writing numerous articles defending his views in journals and newspapers.