 As churches of the
Reformation, the ELCA,
Reformed Church in America, United Church of
Christ, and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), signed an ecumenical
proposal of historic importance in 1997. After thirty-two years in the
making, and in light of identified doctrinal differences and consensus,
these churches worked together to form a foundational document entitled
A Formula of Agreement.
The agreement
declared these four churches together in full communion on the basis of
a common calling, a desire to bear visible witness to the unity of the
church, and a need to engage together in God’s mission.
Among other things,
the agreement means that the four churches fully accept each other as
rightly preaching the Gospel, encourage the mutual sharing of the Lord’s
Supper among members, recognize each other’s ordained ministers and
ministries, and commit themselves to the ongoing process of further
understanding in a common expression of evangelism, witness, and
service. These four churches pledge themselves to living together under
the Gospel in a trusting relationship in which respect and love for the
other will have a chance to grow and flourish.
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Young Clergy Ecumenical
Formation Retreat in Washington, D.C. January 30 to February 2,
2006. |
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Young
Clergy Ecumenical Formation Retreat in Washington, D.C. January 30
to February 2, 2006. |
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| Members of the
Lutheran-Reformed Standing Committee on Theology at their bi-annual
meeting on a snowy night in Louisville, Kentucky. |
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