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ELCA, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishops Agree to Mission Statement

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Date Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:00:37 -0500

Title: ELCA, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishops Agree to Mission Statement
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>March 31, 2011  

ELCA, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishops Agree to Mission Statement
11-041-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and the Board of Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church said it is time for the two churches
to "come together as communities of faith and to know each other in order
that we might be more effective as people of God."

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