The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America speaks Against resolution A036

The Text of resolution A036 follows–

Resolved, the House of _______ concurring, That the 77th General Convention give thanks for the full communion agreement between The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2011; and be it further Resolved, That the Church acknowledge that there exist areas of theological divergence that hinder the fullest degree of communion possible; and be it further Resolved, That the Church commit itself to address those areas that hinder this
relationship, including but not limited to the diaconate and lay presidency of the Eucharist; and be it further Resolved, That the Church invite the ELCA to a new season of bilateral dialogue to discuss and address these matters; and be it further Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance to consider a budget allocation of $60,000 for the implementation of this resolution.

You can read more there and you can see a picture there (thanks to David Simmons).

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One comment on “The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America speaks Against resolution A036

  1. tjmcmahon says:

    Any clue to be given as to what he said? Missing link? The link given just goes to the text of the resolution, nothing about what the ELCA-PB (or should that be “PBoELCA”?) had to say.