Ecumenical Partners

The Evangelical Lutheran Church is large and strong, but we cannot be true to Christ unless we foster relationships between all Christians.Our founding Lutheran document, the Augsburg Confession of 150 says “…we shall not omit doing anything…that may serve the cause of Christian unity.”We are connected to other Lutherans though the Lutheran World Federation which has a membership of 66 million from 140 church bodies in 78 countries.Through the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, state councils of churches and other similar bodies, the ELCA promotes Christian unity in faith and work.

Following a long series of dialogues, we have developed stronger relationships with many Christian bodies, signing formal agreements of various kinds with:

• Presbyterians
  
• Reformed Church in America
  
• United Church of Christ
  
• Episcopalians
  
• Roman Catholics
  
• Moravians
  
• Methodists
  
  

Emanuel is part of the Greater Hartford Conference of the New England Synod.www.nesynod.org

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