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Troubling the Waters for Healing of the Church
Troub s ling ter the Wa for Healing of the Church A journey for White Christians from privilege to partnership Leaders Guide and Participants Handouts Troubling the Waters for Healing of the Church A journey for White Christians from privilege to partnership Credits The Commission for Multicultural Ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America would like to thank and acknowledge the following people for their involvement in this project: Development Team Joyce Caldwell, project coordinator and lead writer Paul Benz, co-facilitator and secondary writer Project Support Tamara Borland Consultation Team Valerian Ahles Marilyn Liden Bode Sharon Eaton Matthew Ernst Maria Hall Lucy Kolin Marc Miller Roberta (Bobby) Parish Larry Peterson Hank Suhr Frankie Sweetnam Project Director D. Christine May Graphic Designer Sharon Schuster Logo Art Marilyn Liden Bode Pilot events of this resource took place in Seattle, Washington; New Brunswick, New Jersey; and Ames, Iowa. We give special thanks to the many contributions of Lutheran Human Relations Association (LHRA) to this work. The study and application of the story of The Good Samaritan in Luke 10 and of Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10 and 11 were developed by LHRA . The worksheets on the Cultural Pyramid, Levels of Racism, Racial Identity Development, and Levels of Congregational Development are also used with thanks and appreciation for the research and program development of LHRA. The Commission for Multicultural Ministries recognizes and celebrates the Lutheran Human Relations Association for over 50 years of work against racism. The Commission for Multicultural Ministries acknowledges and thanks Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for providing the grant to make this project possible. -
ELCIC Annual Report
Living our Faith E L C I C In Mission for Others In Mission for Others 2019 ANNUAL REPORT God is calling us into a deeper relationship— a call to living out our baptismal covenants. ~ ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson Contents 2 From our National Bishop 10 Reconciled Relationships 24 Your Offering 4 Mission Statement 14 One Body Working Together 25 A Focus on the Strategic Plan 5 Our Vision Priorities 18 Empowered Disciples 26 #myELCIC 6 Courageous Innovation 22 400 Years of Lutheran 28 National Office, Contributors Worship in Canada Photos by Carter Brooks, Peter Scoular, David Solheim, Photos from the 2019 ELCIC National Convention. On the cover, from top left: A sweat lodge at the Sandy-Salteaux Spiritual Centre near Beausejour, MB; photo by Monica Bortoluzzi. Neighbourhood park clean-up by members at St. Peter’s Ottawa; photo by Rev. Elina Salonen. Ninety-year-old Shirley Holcomb from St. David Anglican-Lutheran church in Orillia, ON, organized a donation cross in the community garden for mittens, toques, scarves and socks; photo by Ainsley Munro. Seven-year-old Lillian gets high fives after her baptism at Trinity, New Hamburg, ON; photo by Dave Mello. In Mission for Others 1 Message from the National Bishop Dear members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, am delighted to share with you the 2019 Annual Report. I know Iit is almost unreal to look back on a year that took place before the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Paul wrote: For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. -
To Love and Serve the Lord
TO LOVE AND SERVE THE LORD Diakonia in the Life of the Church The Jerusalem Report of the Anglican–Lutheran International Commission (ALIC III) Published by the Lutheran World Federation 150, route de Ferney P.O. Box 2100 CH-1211 Geneva 2 Switzerland © Copyright 2012, jointly by The Lutheran World Federation and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permis- sion in writing from the copyright holders, or as expressly permitted by law, or under the terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organisation. Printed in France by GPS Publishing TO LOVE AND SERVE THE LORD Diakonia in the Life of the Church The Jerusalem Report of the Anglican–Lutheran International Commission (ALIC III) To Love and Serve the Lord Diakonia in the Life of the Church The Jerusalem Report of the Anglican–Lutheran International Commission (ALIC III) Editorial assistance: Cover: LWF/DTPW staff LWF/OCS staff Anglican Communion Office staff Photo: ACNS/ Neil Vigers Design and Layout: Photo research and design: LWF/OCS staff LWF/DTPW staff Anglican Communion Office staff ISBN 978-2-940459-24-7 Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................. 4 I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 6 II. Diakonia -
2019 LCMS Convention Proceedings
<INSERT "2019 JLC_Conv Proceedings Cover_E.pdf" 1> / CONVENTION PROCEEDINGS / 2019 C O N R V A E L N U T I G 67 O E N R TH The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod Tampa, FL : July 20–25, 2019 <INSERT "JFL-Proceedings book graphics-draft2.pdf" 1> 2 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 (67TH) LCMS CONVENTION CONTENTS Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Preface ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Officers and Convention Staff ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Registered Delegates and Representatives ............................................................................................................................ 11 Tabular Summary of Registrations ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Convention Floor Committees ...............................................................................................................................................23 Convention Schedule ............................................................................................................................................................. -
(Danish) Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1896-1960
The Bridge Volume 27 Number 1 Article 17 2004 Danish Lutheran Churches in America: Contributions of the United (Danish) Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1896-1960 Edward A. Hansen Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge Part of the European History Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, and the Regional Sociology Commons Recommended Citation Hansen, Edward A. (2004) "Danish Lutheran Churches in America: Contributions of the United (Danish) Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1896-1960," The Bridge: Vol. 27 : No. 1 , Article 17. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol27/iss1/17 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Bridge by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Danish Lutheran Churches in America: Contributions of the United (Danish) Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1896-1960 by Edward A. Hansen The most noteworthy contribution of the UELC was its people. The laity and clergy of this church brought a willingness to change their old ethnic ways in order to convey their faith, their energy, and their insights to the broader body of Lutherans in America. The Situation in the UDELC at the close of World War II The United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was formed in 1896 by a merger of two Danish immigrant groups. One group, the "Blair Synod" had been excluded from the Danish Lutherans organized in America in 1872, in a controversy mainly involving the Bible as the Word of God. The second group, the "North Church," had been organized in 1884 by Danish members of the Norwegian Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (founded in 1870). -
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in History (9HI0)
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in History (9HI0) Specification ubject O S t o f First certification 2017 q DR AFT u n a o l i t a c t a c r e d i Important: statement from Ofqual about this qualification This draft qualification has not yet been accredited by Ofqual. It is published to enable teachers to have early sight of our proposed approach to the Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in History. Further changes may be required and no assurance can be given at this time that the proposed qualification will be made available in its current form, or that it will be accredited in time for first teaching in September 2015 and first award in summer 2017. Edexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualifications Edexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised and benchmarked. For further information, please visit our qualification websites at www.edexcel.com, www.btec.co.uk or www.lcci.org.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus About Pearson Pearson is the world's leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 70 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. We put the learner at the centre of everything we do, because wherever learning flourishes, so do people. Find out more about how we can help you and your learners at: www.pearson.com/uk ubject O S t o f q DR AFT u n a o i l t a a c i t c r e d References to third party material made in this specification are made in good faith. -
Elizabeth Ii
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969 CH. 52 ELIZABETH II 1969 CHAPTER 52 An Act to promote the reform of the statute law by the repeal, in accordance with recommendations of the Law Commission, of certain enactments which (except in so far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and by making other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments. [22nd October 19691 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act are Repeal of hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of the Schedule, enactments. 2.-(l) In proceedings by way of quare impedit commenced Advowsons. within six months of induction, judgment shall be given for the removal of an incumbent instituted to fill the vacancy, if he was instituted on a presentation made without title and is made a defendant to the proceedings. (2) Where the Crown presents to a benefice which is full of an incumbent, effect shall not be given to the presentation without judgment having been given for the removal of the incumbent in proceedings by way of quare impedit brought by or on behalf of the Crown. Subsection (1) above shall apply in relation to proceedings so brought whether or not they are commenced within the period of six months therein referred to. (3) The provisions of this section shall have effect in place of chapter 5 of the Statute of Westminster, the Second, chapter 10 of the statute of uncertain date concerning the King's prerogative and chapter 1 of 13 Ric. -
The Church Act
The Church Act: The expansion of Christianity or the imposition of moral enlightenment? David Stoneman A Thesis submitted as fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England, Australia, 2011. Abstract The Church Act (1836) redefined and reinvigorated the religious environment in the emerging British colony of New South Wales, which profoundly impacted on its social and political development in a period of rapid population growth. It was a popular measure that has seen Governor Richard Bourke, its principal architect, be remembered as a provider of religious freedom. The simple motivation of the Act to expand Christianity and therefore morality has been complicated by the assertion that it assisted the expansion of a ‘new faith’ called moral enlightenment. This changes the implication of the Act and redefines the motives of the people responsible for its introduction, especially Bourke, by assuming that secular Enlightenment principles overrode Christian objectives. This has provided an ideological superstructure that has been used by some nationalist historians to present a picture of New South Wales colonial life that was fundamentally irreligious verging on atheistic. This has served to diminish the importance of religious thought and belief in the early development of Australia. This thesis argues that the Church Act was conceived to counter various forms of alternative belief and synchronised Christianity, ranging from plebeian ‘folk religion’ to heterodoxical, intellectual Protestantism. It encouraged orthodox Christianity by financially supporting the denominations that had cultural as well as spiritual connections to the majority of the population. The thesis concludes that the Church Act should be categorised as being a product of the ‘Age of Atonement’ not the imposition of moral enlightenment. -
Lectures on the Relation Between Law and Public Opinion in England During the Nineteenth Century (LF Ed.) [1917]
The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Albert Venn Dicey, Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century (LF ed.) [1917] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 1,000 books and quotes about liberty and power, and is available free of charge upon request. The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, in present day Iraq. To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at [email protected]. -
Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement Unity Through a Deeper Sense of Apostolicity
Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity Erik Eckerdal Uppsala University Thesis 2017-08-01 Dissertation presented at Uppsala University to be publicly examined in Ihre-salen, Engelska parken, Uppsala, Friday, 22 September 2017 at 10:15 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Faculty of Theology). The examination will be conducted in English. Faculty examiner: Professor Susan K Wood (Marquette University). Abstract Eckerdal, E. 2017. Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement. Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity. 512 pp. Uppsala: Department of Theology, Uppsala University. ISBN 978-91-506-2829-6. A number of ecumenical dialogues have identified apostolic succession as one of the most crucial issues on which the churches need to find a joint understanding in order to achieve the unity of the Church. When the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS) was published in 1993, it was regarded by some as an ecumenical breakthrough, because it claimed to have established visible and corporate unity between the Lutheran and Anglican churches of the Nordic-Baltic-British-Irish region through a joint understanding of ecclesiology and apostolic succession. The consensus has been achieved, according to the PCS, through a ‘deeper understanding’ that embraces the churches’ earlier diverse interpretations. In the international debate about the PCS, the claim of a ‘deeper understanding’ as a solution to earlier contradictory interpretations has been both praised and criticised, and has been seen as both possible and impossible. This thesis investigates how and why the PCS has been interpreted differently in various contexts, and discerns the arguments used for or against the ecclesiology presented in the PCS. -
A Handbook of Councils and Churches Profiles of Ecumenical Relationships
A HANDBOOK OF COUNCILS AND CHURCHES PROFILES OF ECUMENICAL RELATIONSHIPS World Council of Churches Table of Contents Foreword . vii Introduction . ix Part I Global World Council of Churches. 3 Member churches of the World Council of Churches (list). 6 Member churches by church family. 14 Member churches by region . 14 Global Christian Forum. 15 Christian World Communions . 17 Churches, Christian World Communions and Groupings of Churches . 20 Anglican churches . 20 Anglican consultative council . 21 Member churches and provinces of the Anglican Communion 22 Baptist churches . 23 Baptist World Alliance. 23 Member churches of the Baptist World Alliance . 24 The Catholic Church. 29 Disciples of Christ / Churches of Christ. 32 Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council . 33 Member churches of the Disciples Ecumenical Consultative Council . 34 World Convention of Churches of Christ. 33 Evangelical churches. 34 World Evangelical Alliance . 35 National member fellowships of the World Evangelical Alliance 36 Friends (Quakers) . 39 Friends World Committee for Consultation . 40 Member yearly meetings of the Friends World Committee for Consultation . 40 Holiness churches . 41 Member churches of the Christian Holiness Partnership . 43 Lutheran churches . 43 Lutheran World Federation . 44 Member churches of the Lutheran World Federation. 45 International Lutheran Council . 45 Member churches of the International Lutheran Council. 48 Mennonite churches. 49 Mennonite World Conference . 50 Member churches of the Mennonite World Conference . 50 IV A HANDBOOK OF CHURCHES AND COUNCILS Methodist churches . 53 World Methodist Council . 53 Member churches of the World Methodist Coouncil . 54 Moravian churches . 56 Moravian Unity Board . 56 Member churches of the Moravian Unity Board . 57 Old-Catholic churches . 57 International Old-Catholic Bishops’ Conference . -
Engaging with Other Churches in Europe
There are two main dimensions of the Church of England's work with other Churches internationally: Engaging with other churches in Europe Many of our activities in Europe are focused on: Linking with Churches through the Diocese in Europe Having an ongoing membership of the Conference of European Churches Developing informal conversations with new Churches across the continent. Creating and maintaining formal agreements with partner Churches including: The Porvoo Agreement Signed in 1996, the Porvoo Agreement commits us to sharing a common life in mission and service with a number of Lutheran and Anglican Churches who are in communion with one another. Learn more Our Porvoo Partners: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Lutheran Church in Great Britain The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland The Church of Ireland The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania The Church of Norway The Scottish Episcopal Church The Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church The Church of Sweden The Church in Wales The Diocese in Europe The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia is an observer at the Porvoo Contact Group. On the Porvoo Communion’s own website you can find official documents, pastoral resources and other material from the ongoing Porvoo process. There are also links to the websites of the Porvoo churches and translation of the Porvoo Common Statement in many languages. Read the Common Statement and follow the Porvoo prayer diary. The Meissen Agreement Signed in 1991, the Meissen Agreements commits us to journey towards greater unity and closer fellowship.