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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

August 19, 1999
CHURCH

ELCA ASSEMBLY APPROVED FULL COMMUNION WITH EPISCOPAL CHURCH
99-CWA-27A-FI

     DENVER (ELCA) -- The 1999 Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) approved full communion with The
Episcopal Church.  The vote was 716 to 317 -- or 69.3 percent approval.
A two-thirds majority -- or at least 66.7 percent approval -- was
required for passage.
     The churchwide assembly, the chief legislative authority of the
ELCA, is meeting Aug. 16-22 here at the Colorado Convention Center.
There are more than 2,500 people participating, including 1,039 ELCA
voting members.  The theme for the biennial assembly is "Making Christ
Known: Hope for a New Century."

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