Daniel_Cheung
01-30-2010, 01:38 PM
ELCA Presiding Bishop to Lead Delegation to Visit World Church Leaders
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/Communication-Services/News/Releases.aspx?a=4427
An official Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) delegation of clergy and lay leaders will travel through Europe Feb. 3-17, visiting world Christian church leaders and key staff based in London, Istanbul, Rome and Geneva. The 2010 Ecumenical Journey, led by the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), is part of the church's declaration of ecumenical commitment, adopted by the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
The delegation of 12 official ELCA representatives plans to meet in London with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan D. Williams, leader of the Anglican Communion; in Istanbul, Turkey, with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, world Orthodox leader; and in Rome, with Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's Roman Catholics. The ELCA delegation will meet with other key staff of each church.
The delegation will also meet with leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) in Geneva....
http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/Our-Three-Expressions/Churchwide-Organization/Communication-Services/News/Releases.aspx?a=4427
An official Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) delegation of clergy and lay leaders will travel through Europe Feb. 3-17, visiting world Christian church leaders and key staff based in London, Istanbul, Rome and Geneva. The 2010 Ecumenical Journey, led by the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), is part of the church's declaration of ecumenical commitment, adopted by the 1991 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.
The delegation of 12 official ELCA representatives plans to meet in London with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan D. Williams, leader of the Anglican Communion; in Istanbul, Turkey, with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, world Orthodox leader; and in Rome, with Pope Benedict XVI, leader of the world's Roman Catholics. The ELCA delegation will meet with other key staff of each church.
The delegation will also meet with leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) in Geneva....