The convergence texts baptism, eucharist, and ministry: how did they take shape? What have they achieved? From: The Ecumenical Review | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Vischer, Lukas | COPYRIGHT 2002 World Council of Churches. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

It is more than twenty years since, on 12 January 1982, the three convergence texts on baptism, eucharist and ministry were adopted by the commission on Faith and Order at its meeting in Lima and sent to the churches for their comments and reactions. The texts were hailed at the time as a breakthrough; they were immediately translated into numerous languages and discussed in detail in many churches. The Lima documents, or BEM as they came to be known, became a well-recognized concep...