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


October 25, 2009 - A Special Event on Reformation Sunday Celebrated the
Full Communion Agreement between the United Methodist Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The full communion agreement between the United Methodist Church (UMC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) was celebrated at a special festive worship service at 3 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 2009, on the campus of Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Celebrations will continue in the country through 2010.

 


Georgetown's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding sponsored "A Common Word" conference
On October 7-8, 2009, world political and religious leaders called for believers to seize upon interfaith commonalities to address global issues of peace and security at a two-day conference on Muslim-Christian relations.
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General Secretary, Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko, LWFLWF General Secretary tells ELCA to seek Freedom and Unity at the Churchwide Assembly
Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Dr. Ishmael Noko speaks about unity at the 2009 Churchwide Assembly.
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Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was elected 7th general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC)World Council of Churches Elects
New General Secretary
Norwegian theologian and pastor Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit was elected 7th general secretary of the World Council
of Churches (WCC) Thursday, August 27 during its Central Committee meeting.
Read more | Read Tveit's Bio


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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.

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    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
    10 Year Celebrations:
    Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, October 1, 2009
    Chicago, Illinois

    Lutheran-Moravian Agreement on Full Communion, January 27, 2010
    Salem, North Carolina
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    Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists Mark 10th Anniversary of Joint Declaration | More

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