wfn.org | Lutherans Narrowly Approve Full Communion with Episcopalians

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19-August-1999 
99272 
 
    Lutherans Narrowly Approve 
    Full Communion with Episcopalians 
 
    by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America News Service 
 
DENVER-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 689 affirmative votes - 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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