Methodists OK sharing communion with ELCA and Episcopal Church.(News)(Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

The Christian Century | May 31, 2005 | Copyright

United Methodists have taken the first step toward full communion with Episcopalians and most Lutherans after their bishops approved an agreement to share the Eucharist, with members of the two other denominations.

The United Methodist bishops, meeting in Arlington, Virginia, approved the pact May 5. Church officials expect similar agreements to be approved by the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America within a year.

The three-way agreement officially permits the trio of denominations-with more than 15 million members altogether--to ...

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