Bishops approve plan for 2019 Joint Assembly
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40074
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- "The Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran church in Canada (ELCIC) have approved in principle a plan to hold a second joint assembly in 2019. The first joint meeting of the two churches' governing bodies, which drew about 800 delegates, was held in Ottawa in 2013, with the full communion partners generally meeting as one group except when required to meet and vote as separate legal entities. The Anglican House of Bishops and the Lutheran Conference of Bishops met together on Nov. 17 and 18 [2014] in Niagara Falls, Ont." The bishops heard a report that "highlighted the fact that Waterloo Ministries -- where Anglican and Lutheran communities share clergy, facilities and programs -- have grown from 32 to 82 ministries in the last few years". "Bishop Susan Johnson, national bishop of the ELCIC, spoke to the bishops about plans to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation". "The theme will be 'Liberated by God's Grace' and the subthemes, to be examined from 2015 to 2017, are 'Salvation not for sale'; 'Human beings not for sale' (which will focus on trafficking); and 'Creation not for sale'."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Relations - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops - Meetings
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Conference of Bishops - Meetings
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. National Convention
- Joint Assembly (2nd : 2019 : Vancouver, B.C.)
- Joint Assembly (2nd : 2019 : Vancouver, B.C.) - Theme
- Shared ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Shared ministry - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Reformation Quincentenary, 2017