The third Anglican - Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) has issued a communiqué outlining the work it did during its fourth meeting, held in Lilleskog, Sweden, May 20-27.
This commission was established by the Anglican Consultative Council and the Lutheran World Federation to continue a dialogue between Anglicans and Lutherans on the worldwide level that has been in progress since 1970. It is made up of five Lutherans and six Anglicans, including the Very Rev. William H. Petersen, professor of ecclesiastical and ecumenical history at Bexley Hall, the Episcopal Church-affiliated seminary in Columbus, Ohio.
This ALIC is building upon the work reflected in the 1987 Niagara Report, which focused on the mission of the church and the role of the ordained ministry; the 1995 Hanover Report, subtitled "Diaconate as Ecumenical Opportunity," and the 2002 Growth in Communion Report from the Anglican-Lutheran International Working Group (ALIWG), which reviewed regional agreements which have established close relations between Anglican and Lutheran churches in several parts of the world. The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America formed one such agreement, Called to Common Mission, in 1999.
This commission has previously met in Tanzania, Canada, and India. The group will shape its own report when it meets next in Columbus, Ohio, April 17-24, 2010.
The text of the communiqué, which includes a list of members, is available here.
http://www.episcopal-life.org/81799_108023_ENG_HTM.htm
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