….LCMS\u2019 relationships with other churches have also been growing over the past few years as well. In particular, the LCMS, along with its sister church, Lutheran Church\u201d\u201cCanada (LCC), has developed good relations with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), publishing last year a joint statement rejoicing that they can \u201cjointly affirm core teachings (articles) of the Christian faith shared by our church bodies.\u201d\u009d Similarly good relations have been developed with the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), with whom the LCMS and LCC are in continuing talks. Representatives of these four church bodies (ACNA, NALC, LCC, and LCMS) recently met together for an ecumenical summit on marriage and sexuality, publishing a joint affirmation on marriage (signed by the heads of all four churches) shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n
The LCMS\u2019 growing interchurch relations are not restricted to North America either. While the LCMS has long been part of the International Lutheran Council, the church is more and more developing relationships with biblical Lutherans outside this group.<\/p>\n