V. The Journey Continues
The members of the Lutheran-Moravian Bilateral Dialogue recommend to their respective churches that our churches move forward as expeditiously as possible to approve our churches entering full communion with each other, as indicated in the recommendations at the beginning of this report. We thank our churches for the opportunity to engage in this endeavor, and we thank God for helping us to grow in faith as we undertook this journey with our Savior.
We conclude by continuing the journey with our Shepherd:
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep who do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Lutheran-Moravian Dialogue List of Participants
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Rev. Walter H. Wagner, Ph.D., co-chair
Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Rev. Thelma Megill Cobbler, Ph.D.
Columbus, Ohio
The Rev. Sarah Henrich, Ph.D.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
David Yeago, Ph.D.
Columbia, South Carolina
The Rev. Samuel Zeiser, S.T.M.
Johnsonville, Pennsylvania
The Rev. Daniel Martensen, Ph.D., staff
Chicago, Illinois |
Moravian Church in America
The Rev. Arthur Freeman, Ph.D., co-chair
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The Rev. Otto Dreydoppel, Jr.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The Rev. D. Wayne Burkette, Ph.D.*
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Rev. C. Daniel Crews, Ph.D.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Robert Helm, Ph.D.**
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
* member for the first three sessions
** member for the final two sessions