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  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Waterloo Declaration
In 1983 Canadian Lutherans and Anglicans met to discuss the implications for the churches in Canada of the ongoing dialogue between Lutherans and Episcopalians in the United States.
We thus understand that the bishops of both churches are ordained for life service of the Gospel in the pastoral ministry of the historic episcopate, although tenure in office may be terminated by retirement, resignation or conclusion of term, subject to the constitutional provisions of the respective churches.
Wording in section B is derived from Concordat of Agreement between the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, rev. January 1997, published for study by the Office of Ecumenical Relations of the Episcopal Church.
www.elcic.ca /docs/waterloo.html   (1650 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Church is divided into 65 synods, one which is non-geographical (the Slovak Zion Synod) and 64 regional synods in the United States and the Caribbean, each headed by a synodical bishop and council.
The Church is a result of a merger between the Lutheran Church in America (LCA), the American Lutheran Church (ALC) and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC), all of which had formally agreed in 1982 to unite after several years of discussions.
As a Lutheran church body, the ELCA professes belief in the "priesthood of all believers", or that all baptized persons have equal access to God and are all called to use their gifts to serve the body of Christ.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_America   (2840 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Church derives its teachings from the Bible and confess the three ecumenical creeds of the Christian Church--that is, the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is in full communion with the Anglican Church of Canada under the Waterloo Declaration.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is composed of five synods (similar to a diocese in Anglican polity).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Canada   (390 words)

  
 Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada approves local option for blessing same-gender unions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On Thursday, July 6, 2006, at its biennial Synod Assembly, the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) voted to allow the blessing of same-gender unions as a matter of local option.
Approved by 72% of the voting delegates, the resolution said, "That the Eastern Synod of the ELCIC recognizes that the blessing of same-gender couples who want to make a life-long commitment to one another in the presence of God and their community of faith is a matter of pastoral and congregational discretion.
The Eastern Synod is one of five synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
www.lcna.org /lcna_news/2006-07-11.shtm   (383 words)

  
 Lutheran churches
The ELCIC was established in 1986 as a result of a merger of two bi-national churches, resulting in the ELCIC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod formed an autonomous Canadian church and three districts: The Alberta-British Columbia District, with offices in Edmonton, Alberta; Central District, with offices in Regina; and East District, with offices in Kitchener, Ontario.
It is supported by the Lutheran Asia Church Leaders' Conference for the enhancement of communication and a sense of fellowship between the various Lutheran church bodies in the countries of Asia.
www.ecumenism.net /denom/lutheran.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada came into being in 1986 through the merger of two predecessor bodies the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada (started in 1966 by Canadian congregations of the American Lutheran Church) and three synods of the Lutheran Church in America, called the Canada Section.
The Church derives its teachings from the Bible and confess the three ecumenical creeds of the Christian Church--that is, the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is composed of five synods (similar to a diocese in Anglican polity).
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Evangelical_Lutheran_Church_in_Canada   (480 words)

  
 Anglican Journal: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
The leaders of the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada each spent the fifth Sunday in Lent preaching in churches blocks from their homes.
Regina Balloons, party streamers and sustained applause greeted the almost unanimous decision of the National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to approve in principle a declaration of full communion...
Lutherans endorsed initiatives to become more welcoming to gay and lesbian Christians during their Regina convention.
www.anglicanjournal.com /canada/elcic/browse/3   (537 words)

  
 BC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The church is the baptized called into community and sent out to witness to the risen Christ.
Yet inside the church on a Sunday morning we are apt to find mostly older white adults, widows and widowers and families with children.
The church of Jesus Christ is the church in mission.
www.bcsynod.org /bishopsermon.html   (1234 words)

  
 Anglican Church of Canada - Theopedia
The Anglican Church of Canada is the Canadian branch of the Anglican Communion.
The Church was disestablished in Nova Scotia in 1850 and Upper Canada in 1854.
Until the 1830s, the Anglican church in Canada was treated as the property of the Church of England: bishops were appointed by the church in England, and funding for the church came from the British Parliament.
www.theopedia.com /Anglican_Church_of_Canada   (1001 words)

  
 Augsburg Lutheran Church - The Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Lutheran Church is part of the one, holy, Christian and Apostolic church established by Jesus Christ.
Lutheranism as a movement within the Christian Church is traditionally dated as beginning on October 31, 1517, the day the Rev. Dr.
The Lutheran Church arose from the period of the Reformation during which Martin Luther attempted to reform the existing Church.
www.augsbram.ca /lutheran_church/index.html   (247 words)

  
 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - ELCIC
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination with 182,077 baptized members in 624 congregations.
It is a member of the Lutheran World Federation, the Canadian Council of Churches, and the World Council of Churches.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's Global Hunger and Development Appeal (GHDA) is accepting donations to support relief efforts in Mozambique after weeks of heavy rains in the central Zambezi River valley caused severe flooding to the area.
www.elcic.ca   (566 words)

  
 Anglican Journal: Church leaders talk full communion
The Lutheran World Federation Assembly, which meets in Winnipeg from July 21-31, is expected to draw more than 1,000 Lutherans from around the world, and Anglicans are helping in a significant way.
Both the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada voted in 2001 in favour of full communion, whereby the two denominations maintain their identities but recognize each other’s rites, ministries and sacraments.
When I visit my colleagues in the United States, where the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is in full communion with the Episcopal Church in the United States, they look at us with considerable envy because the relationship that we have is so amicable.
www.anglicanjournal.com /canada/elcic/011/article/church-leaders-talk-full-communion   (729 words)

  
 Order form - Evangelical Lutheran Worship - Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston TX
Evangelical Lutheran Worship has been prepared by the whole church, for the whole church.
It has been prepared by the whole church through a five-year Renewing Worship process that was built from the beginning to hear from people and congregations across the church how the future of Lutheran worship might best unfold.
The Lutheran church in North America and the Caribbean is wonderfully rich with history and heritage, but also varied in its worship.
www.ctkelc.org /forms/hymnal/elw_registry.htm   (431 words)

  
 Shellfish: Lutheran Church has various branches
The Record's most recent articles, and especially the headlines in covering the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's most recent convention held in Waterloo, seem to give the impression that the actions taken at this convention is the stance of all Lutherans.
Lutheran Church-Canada believes that the whole Bible is actually the Word of God, and, therefore, is totally truthful, reliable, and free from any error and, therefore, believes that the Scriptures are the final standard by which we must judge everything that we believe, teach and confess.
For example, Lutheran Church-Canada does not ordain women to the pastoral office and is in disagreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada also in the areas of homosexuality and abortion.
saveelca.blogspot.com /2006/07/lutheran-church-has-various-branches.html   (792 words)

  
 Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In 1946 we were formally organized and in 1947 the church was built.
In 1967, Hope Lithuanian Lutheran church merged with Redeemer into one congregation and the church was able to pay off its debts.
In 2001 the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), of which Redeemer is a member, voted to approve the agreement called the Waterloo Declaration which brought the Lutheran Church in Canada into full communion with the Anglican Church.
www.redeemerlutheran.ca /history.html   (245 words)

  
 Jewish-Christian Relations :: A statement of the ELCIC to the Jewish Community in Canada
Lutherans belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada carry a special burden in this matter because of the anti-Semitic statements made by Martin Luther and because of the suffering inflicted on Jews during the Holocaust in countries and places where the Lutheran Church is strongly represented.
We reject this violent invective as did many of his companions in the sixteenth century, and we are moved to deep and abiding sorrow at its tragic effects on later generations of Jews.
In approving this statement, we ask the Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to communicate this action to the President of the Canadian Jewish Congress, to the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, and to the synods and congregations of this church.
jcrelations.net /en/?id=1004   (978 words)

  
 Sask Synod ELCIC
The Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, is honoured to announce that the Rev. Dr.
Don Sjoberg was elected as the first National Bishop of the newly constituted Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and Joan Meyer was elected the church's first Vice President at the Constituting Convention in Winnipeg in 1986.
The Saskatchewan Synod is one of 5 synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
www.sasksynod.elcic.ca   (799 words)

  
 Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
We invite all who read this brochure to join in prayer that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Anglican Church of Canada may be brought to the unity of full communion; and give common witness to the Gospel of reconciliation, let us pray.
We recognize that both churches hold the essentials of the Christian faith and both are manifestations of the universal church.
It implies, where Churches are in the same geographical area, common worship, study, witness, evangelism, and promotion of justice, peace and love.
www.ottawa.anglican.ca /waterloo2.shtml   (830 words)

  
 Religions in Canada: Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church began in 1517 under the leadership of Martin Luther, a Catholic priest in Wittenberg, Germany.
The largest denomination, comprising 2 percent of the Canadian population, is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
By signing this document, the two churches recognized the legitimacy and apostolic authority of each other’s bishops and acknowledged the legitimacy of ordination of the pastors and priests of the two Churches.
www.forces.gc.ca /hr/religions/engraph/religions21_e.asp   (1124 words)

  
 Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
The Eastern Synod Lutheran is an in-house publication intended to foster a sense of unity and understanding within the Eastern Synod of the ELCIC.
The Eastern Synod Lutheran is published 8 times a year by the Communication Advisory Committee of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
The Canada Lutheran is the magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the mission of Canada Lutheran is to engage the Evangelical LutheranChurch in Canada in a dynamic dialogue in which information, inspiration and ideas are shared in a thoughtful and stimulating way.
www.easternsynod.org /publications.php   (273 words)

  
 Episcopal News Service
The Lutheran World Federation, of which the ELCA is a member, connects 66 million Lutherans from 77 countries throughout the world.
The Rev. Paul N. Johnson, assistant to the bishop, Ecumenical Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, addressed the assembly on behalf of the Rev. Raymond Schultz, ELCIC national bishop.
In greetings, the Rev. Tom Barnett, bishop of the Lutheran Church of Sierra Leone, affirmed commitment to partnership with the ELCA.
www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_64184_ENG_HTM.htm   (613 words)

  
 Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary is a special place of learning, celebration, and study of those things that matter most to us and our world.
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary is a graduate school operated by the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, is a Federated College of Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada and is an accredited member of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary provides for the scholarly study of the Christian faith in an interdenominational setting.
www.seminary.wlu.ca   (283 words)

  
 Anglican Communion News Service - [98.6.1.3]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On 25 May the Anglican Church in Canada's (ACC) general council gave overwhelming approval in principle to a declaration intended to lead to closer ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) approved a document - "Called to Full Communion" - at its convention last year, and the Church is already preparing to make the necessary changes to its constitution.
Anglicans and Lutherans, clergy and laity, are urged to study the material together where possible.
www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/acnsarchive/acns1600/acns1617.html   (350 words)

  
 The Lutheran World Federation - Tenth Assembly
The newly-elected LWF President, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson, expressed profound gratitude to his predecessor, Bishop em.
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), was elected President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on Saturday, 26 July 2003.
From 21 to 31 July 2003, delegates from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches gathered in Winnipeg, Canada, for the LWF Tenth Assembly, hosted by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).
www.lwf-assembly.org   (261 words)

  
 Statement by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (July 16, 1995) - Sacred Heart University
Statement by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (July 16, 1995) - Sacred Heart University
Statement by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (July 16, 1995)
Lutherans and Jews interpret the Hebrew Bible differently.
www.sacredheart.edu /pages/12646_statement_by_the_evangelical_lutheran_church_in_canada_july_16_1995_.cfm   (962 words)

  
 Worship
November 2006 will mark the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada as well as the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women as pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
Guidelines for those preparing joint worship events for Lutherans and Anglicans in Canada, prepared by the Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission and approved by the ACC Council of General Synod and the ELCIC National Church Council.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada – Anglican Church of Canada Worship Conference 2006
www.anglican.ca /faith/worship/index.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Lift Up Your Hearts - ELCIC resources & ecumenical helps for worship, liturgy & spirituality (Lutheran, Revised ...
The following resources are offered to help worship leaders and others in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada to enrich their ministry and to assist them in the spiritual formation and nurture of those whom they are called to serve.
The LCA faces challenges which are familiar to members of the ELCIC, not the least of which is that of a constituency spread over a large geographic area.
It is devoted to the exploration of worship, evangelism and related matters in the "post-modern" church.
www.worship.ca /sec3.html   (1304 words)

  
 Image Archives - Installation of Sister E. Anne Keffer
The Rev. Raymond L. Schultz, national bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and the Rev. Rebecca S. Larson, executive director, ELCA Division for Church in Society, are seated in the background.
The Rev. Raymond L. Schultz, national bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and the Rev. Rebecca S. Larson, executive director, ELCA Division for Church in Society, participate in the liturgy.
The Rev. Raymond L. Schultz, national bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and the Rev. Rebecca S. Larson, executive director, ELCA Division for Church in Society, stand in the background.
www.elca.org /news/news/images.keffer.installation.html   (535 words)

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