US: ELCA Ecumenical Delegation Visits Church of England, Anglican Communion

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ELCA Ecumenical Delegation Visits Church of England, Anglican Communion
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An official delegation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) met with officials of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, discussing matters such as a proposed "Anglican Covenant," global Lutheran-Anglican relationships and a breakaway Anglican church in the United States.
The official ELCA delegation of 12 clergy and lay leaders is on a two-week ecumenical journey to visit world church leaders in London, Istanbul, Rome and Geneva. The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and president of the Lutheran World Federation, is leading the delegation.
The proposed Anglican Covenant is a relational agreement of churches in the communion. The Episcopal Church in the United States is part of the communion.
It is designed to keep Anglican churches in the communion linked despite tensions and threats to church unity over the election of bishops in gay relationships or blessings of same-gender unions, according to a recent report in the London Telegraph. The text is now with the churches of the Anglican Communion for formal consideration and possible adoption by each member church....