From Buffalo-
The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have chosen Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ont., to celebrate a decade of “full communion” between the two Protestant denominations.
The presiding bishops of the denominations will be in the area May 1 to celebrate “Called to Common Mission,” a 1999 document that brought Episcopalians and Lutherans into full communion.
Full communion is not a merger of denominations, but it does allow Lutheran clergy to serve Episcopal congregations and vice versa.
The denominations first celebrated their full communion in 2001 with a special service at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D. C.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Canadian Anglicans also have had a full communion relationship since 2001, leading the denominations to select Buffalo and Fort Erie for a 10-year anniversary celebration because of the cities’ close proximity to each other on the border of the U. S. and Canada.
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