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- Title: Practice of Ecclesial Partnership (Essay)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 236 KB
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Why ecclesial partnerships? Why expend financial and other resources in pursuit of unity across the ecumenical spectrum? Are there not other, more essential missional challenges that must take precedence over the pursuit of the ever-elusive Christian unity? Is it strategically prudent to devote such energies to ecclesial partnerships that may threaten and even undermine our own viability in so many contexts? Should we not give due weight to self-interest? What do such pursuits have to do with the Gospel, Gods mission? These and other sobering, pressing questions continue to be raised in our increasingly fragmented, divided world and call for the unequivocal reminder: Ecumenical dialogue, conversation, and cooperation are not appendices to the identity of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and any other churches; they are integral to the being and mission of thechurch in service of Gods mission. In this article, we will draw upon insights both from the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA (L-RC Dialogue), which began in 1965, and the seminary class, 'Readings in Theology." (1)