Monday, October 10, 2011

ELCA bishops value ecumenical partners, consider critical mission topics - News Releases - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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ELCA bishops value ecumenical partners, consider critical mission topics - News Releases - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: " CHICAGO (ELCA) -


"We are exceedingly grateful" for the two churches' full communion partnership, the Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori told the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Conference of Bishops during its meeting here Sept. 29-Oct. 4.

The ELCA Conference of Bishops is an advisory body of the church that includes the ELCA's synod bishops, presiding bishop and secretary.

Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the 2.4 million-member Episcopal Church, spoke to ELCA bishops about the ecumenical opportunities for shared mission work."

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