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Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations

 

 
The quest for Christian unity in the world, "That they may all be one" (John 17:21), inspires the faith and shapes the life of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations has the task of assisting this church in that quest.


Who We Are - What We Do
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is committed to fostering unity between the children of God for the sake of the world. The ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations is responsible for encouraging the activity of ecumenical life in the ELCA, and for enhancing the public commitments of this church in Lutheran, ecumenical, and interfaith discussions.
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How We Serve - For the Sake of the World
The ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations is defined by cooperation, facilitation, and accompaniment. We accompany others from Lutheran domestic grass-roots efforts to ecumenical international multilateral dialogues. We cooperate with partners from the Lutheran World Federation, the World Council of Churches, and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A...Read more 


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    • A Communion of Communities:
    Being Lutheran in a Globalizing World
    December 1-12, 2009

    Journey with us to Geneva, one of the Ecumenical centers of the world, where we will see the global experience of being Lutheran in the 21st century through the mission, witness and public ministry of the LWF and its churches.

    2009 Brochure

    NCC Faith Forum, offers links to three easy-to-use downloadable guides as well as to books and DVD's designed to bring lay participants into conversation with the rich spiritual and intellectual environment of faith inquiry. |  More
    Upcoming 10 Year Celebrations:
    Joint Declaration of the Doctrine of Justification, October 1, 2009

    Lutheran-Moravian Agreement on Full Communion, January 27, 2010
    LATEST NEWS: 
    June 11, 2009: ELCA Presiding Bishop Addresses Holocaust Museum Shooting |  More


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