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                        "*": "[[image:LWFMenno.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|''Mennonite World Conference President Danisa Ndlovu of Zimbabwe presents Lutheran World Fellowship President Bishop Mark S. Hanson with a wooden foot-washing tub to represent Mennonites' commitment to a future \u201cwhen the distinguishing mark of Lutheran and Anabaptist-Mennonite relationships is boundless love and unfailing service\u201d in Stuttgart, Germany.[http://ecclesialtheology.blogspot.com/2010/08/confession-and-forgiveness-ecumenical.html]'']]\n\nThis page contains papers, press releases, and other materials related to Mennonite-Lutheran dialogues -- both formal and informal -- and their impact in Mennonite and Lutheran communities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.\n\n==Official Papers and Reports==\n[[Media:RightRemembering.pdf|'''Right Remembering in Anabaptist-Lutheran Relations''']] (.pdf)\n:Report of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Mennonite Church USA Liaison Committee, 2004.\n\n[[Media:Declaration_on_Condemnation_of_Anabaptists.pdf|'''Declaration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America on the Condemnation of the Anabaptists''']] (.pdf)\n: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Church Council, 2006.\n\n[[Media:Healing_Memories_ENG.pdf|'''Healing Memories - Reconciling in Christ: Report of the Lutheran-Mennonite International Study Commission''']] (.pdf)\n: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Mennonite World Conference (MWC), 2010.\n\n[[Media:Action_on_Legacy_of_Lutheran_Persection.pdf|'''Action on the Legacy of Lutheran Persecution of \u201cAnabaptists\u201d''']] (.pdf)\n: Recommended by the LWF Council, October 2009; approved by the LWF Eleventh Assembly, Stuttgart, July 2010.\n\n==Mennonite-Lutheran Reconciliation in USA==\n\n{| class=\"mw-collapsed wikitable\"\n! scope=\"col\" width=\"600\"| Articles and Press Releases || ! scope=\"col\" width=\"400\"| Notes \n|-\n| \"[http://wrmc.wordpress.com/2012/02/27/coming-together/ \"Coming Together.\"] February 27, 2012. Warwick River Mennonite Church. || Mennonite/Lutheran worship service.\n|-\n| [http://www.adventharleysville.org/advent-news/59-programs-and-events/158-healing-memories-reconciling-in-christ \u201cHealing Memories: Reconciling in Christ.\"]  2012(?). Advent Lutheran Church. || Dialogue between local Lutheran and Mennonite congregations in Harleysville, PA.\n|-\n|[http://www.ministrylink.org/article/mennonites-lutherans-reconcile-500-year-old-rift/ \u201cMennonites, Lutherans Reconcile 500-Year-Old Rift.\"] May 18, 2011. Southeastern PA Synod, ELCA. || Lutherans and Mennonites share communion in Southeastern PA.\n|-\n| Gafkjen, Bishop Bill. [http://www.grace-peace.org/newsletteriksynod.pdf \u201cAbout Your Synod: Reconciliation among Lutherans and Mennonites.\u201d] May 2012. I-K Lutheran. || Lutheran account of Elkhart, IN, tree planting. \n|-\n| Kauffman, Johnny. [http://www.themennonite.org/public_press_releases/Interchurch_guests_to_attend_Pittsburgh_2011 \u201cInterchurch guests to attend Pittsburgh 2011.\u201d] June 17, 2011. ''The Mennonite.''|| Representatives from ELCA and other Christian denominations present at delegate session and dinner at 2011 MCUSA convention in Pittsburgh.\n|-\n| Klassen, Mary E. [http://mennoniteusa.org/2012/04/18/events-mark-reconciliation-among-lutherans-and-mennonites-2/ \u201cEvents mark reconciliation among Lutherans and Mennonites.\u201d] April 18, 2012.  ''Mennonite Church USA.''|| Tree planting service in Elkhart, Indiana.\n|-\n| Ruth, John and Bishop Claire Burkat. [http://franconiaconference.org/intersections/sounding-the-gospel \u201cSounding the Gospel of our common Christ: Lutherans and Mennonites move toward right relationships.\"] May 6, 2011. Franconia Conference ''Intersections''. || Mennonite/Lutheran dialogue/reconciliation in Franconia, PA. Also see: PDF version of [http://franconiaconference.org/resources/publication_pdfs/intersections/July-August-2011-Intersections.pdf ''Intersections'']\n|-\n| Yoder, Evangeline. [http://vmmissions.org/2010/11/lutheran-reconciliation/ \u201cLutherans reconcile with Virginia Peninsula Mennonite congregations.\"] November 1, 2010. Virginina Mennonite Missions.|| Reconciliation service in Newport News, VA.\n|-\n|}\n\n==Mennonite-Lutheran Reconciliation in Canada==\n\n{| class=\"mw-collapsed wikitable\"\n! scope=\"col\" width=\"600\"|Articles and Press Releases || ! scope=\"col\" width=\"400\"|Notes \n|-\n| Reimer, Margaret Loewen. \u201cLutherans, Mennonites study together\u201d.\" January 23, 2012. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201201/2586718691.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201201/2586718691.html]\n|-\n| Reimer, Margaret Loewen and Allen G. Jorgenson. \"HEALING MEMORIES, RECONCILING IN CHRIST: A LUTHERAN-MENNONITE STUDY GUIDE FOR CONGREGATIONS.\" Commissioned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and Mennonite Church Canada. || Online Study Guide: [http://www.elcic.ca/Documents/Lutheran-MennoniteStudyGuidefinal_web.pdf  http://www.elcic.ca/Documents/Lutheran-MennoniteStudyGuidefinal_web.pdf]\n|-\n|  Rogalsky, Dave. \u201cHeartfelt apology: Faith Mennonite welcomes Lutherans on Reformation Sunday.\u201d January 10, 2011. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Shared worship in Leamington, Ont. Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201101/2236084221.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201101/2236084221.html]\n|-\n| Petkau, Evelyn Rempel.\u201cMeeting our neighbours: GOD AT WORK IN THE CHURCH. Lutheran and Mennonite congregations eat, pray and learn together.\u201d May 5, 2012. ''Canadian Mennonite.''' || Shared services and meals in Winnipeg. Online [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201203/2609261521.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201203/2609261521.html]\n|-\n| Suderman, Brenda. \u201cLutherans and Mennonites celebrate new relationship.\u201d December 31, 2010. ''Winnipeg Free Press.'' || Shared service and celebration. Online:[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/lutherans-and-mennonites-celebrate-new-relationship-112711644.html  http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/lutherans-and-mennonites-celebrate-new-relationship-112711644.html]\n|-\n| \u201cSnapshots: Gold at work in the Church.\u201d April 16, 2012. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Shared evening meetings and study in Waterloo. Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201204/2657044601.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201204/2657044601.html]\n|-\n| Rogalsky, Dave. \u201c'Intermarriage' leads to peaceful co-existence: Southwestern Ontario Lutherans and Mennonites have long been reconciled.\u201d June 27, 2011. ''Canadian Mennonite.''  ||Local congregations meeting together. Online:[http://www.readperiodicals.com/201106/2387626451.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201106/2387626451.html]\n|-\n| Froese, Deborah. \u201c'Fraternal visit' affirms Lutheran, Mennonite reconciliation.\" October 18, 2010. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Church leaders meet together.  Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201010/2184066071.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201010/2184066071.html]\n|-\n| Dyck, Dan. \u201cLutherans welcome a humbled Mennonite.\u201d August 22, 2011. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Mennonite worships at Lutheran convention in Saskatoon. Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201108/2436175301.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201108/2436175301.html]\n|-\n| Petkau, Evelyn Rempel. \u201cLutherans, Mennonites break bread together.\" November 14, 2011. ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Shared communion and meal in Springstein, Manitoba. Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201111/2519322441.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201111/2519322441.html]\n|-\n| Benner, Dick. \u201c'Rattling everyone's paradigms': Professors switch theological sides in Mennonite/Lutheran conversations.\u201d  January 10, 2011.  ''Canadian Mennonite.'' || Seminary professors converse Wilfrid Laurier University. Online: [http://www.readperiodicals.com/201101/2236084201.html  http://www.readperiodicals.com/201101/2236084201.html]\n|}\n\n==Mennonite-Lutheran Reconciliation in Latin America==\n\n{| class=\"mw-collapsed wikitable\"\n! scope=\"col\" width=\"300\"|Articles and Press Releases || ! scope=\"col\" width=\"150\"|Notes ||! scope=\"col\" width=\"600\"| Excerpt Translations: \n|-\n| \u201cLutherans and Mennonites Affirm Joint Concerns for Peace: Reconciliation Action Can Create \u2018New Scenarios of Hope.\u2019\u201d April 16, 2010.  Lutheran World Federation.  ||Joint celebration in BOGOT\u00c1, Colombia. Online: [http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/index.php/lutherans-and-mennonites-affirm-joint-concerns-for-peace.html  http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/index.php/lutherans-and-mennonites-affirm-joint-concerns-for-peace.html]\n|-\n| \u201cRECONCILIACION DE MENONITAS Y LUTERANOS.\u201d May 10, 2011. Iglesia Anabautista Menonita de Buenos Aires. || Shared celebration and reconciliation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Online:[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=220788441267623&comments http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=220788441267623&comments]||\u201cIn Buenos Aires, Mennonites and Lutherans have coexisted for years without interacting with each other. But now is the time when we should really start to relate and the first thing we will do is gather together to celebrate this reconciliation\u2026. This will take place Sunday, May 15, at the Evangelical German Church at 162 Esmeralda St., Buenos Aires, at 17 o\u2019clock. We invite the Mennonites and Lutherans of Buenos Aires and of Argentina, friends of other churches, and anyone who appreciates the fact that in a world full of violence, gestures of unity and understanding can be made\u2026. Through personal testimonies, we will relive the emotional moments experienced in Paraguay and Germany when the reconciliation was formalized. We will hear a life testimony from a Mennonite and from a Lutheran, we will read biblical passages central to both traditions, we will pray together, and under the direction of master Homero Perera, we will sing hymns and songs from both traditions as well as songs and hymns that we all Christians share\u2026.\n|-\n|  Meurer, Heitor. \u201cLuteranos y menonitas celebran paz y perd\u00f3n.\" April 16, 2010. ''Agencia Latinoamericana y Carbibena de Comunicacion.'' || Shared gathering in Bogota, Colombia. Online:[http://www.alcnoticias.net/interior.php?lang=687&codigo=16634  http://www.alcnoticias.net/interior.php?lang=687&codigo=16634] ||\u201cAs a concrete step towards the apology given be the Lutheran community towards Mennonites, the Pre-Assembly of the FLM of Bogot\u00e1, which met this week, made space to share experiences, acceptances, and mutual understandings\u2026. Through a delegation of the Colombian Mennonite Church, coordinated by pastor/president Tomas Orjuela and the vice-pastor/president Isdalia Ortega, the Lutherans had the opportunity to better understand the work of Mennonites in the country and the region. \u201cThis action of yours, Lutherans, demonstrates much humility and we are touched,\u201d commented Ricardo Esquivia, director of the Mennonite NGO Sowing Peace. For Mennonite pastor Ricardo Pinzon, \u201cin a globalized world we need to globalize peace and non-violent incentives. With your attitude, we can build, through forgiveness and reconciliation, new scenes of hope.\u201d\n|-\n| Insert bibliographic citation here. || Notes:\n|-\n| Insert bibliographic citation here. || Notes:\n|-\n|}\n\n==Mennonite-Lutheran Reconciliation in Europe==\n\n{| class=\"mw-collapsed wikitable\"\n! scope=\"col\" width=\"600\"|Articles and Press Releases || ! scope=\"col\" width=\"400\"| Notes\n|-\n| Rempel, Ron. \u201cTree plantings mark deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations.\" November 10, 2011. Mennonite World Conference. || Tree planting in Wittenberg, Germany. Online: [http://www.mwc-cmm.org/index.php/news-releases/129-tree-plantings-mark-deepening-of-mennonite-lutheran-relations  http://www.mwc-cmm.org/index.php/news-releases/129-tree-plantings-mark-deepening-of-mennonite-lutheran-relations]\n|-\n| Insert bibliographic citation here. || Notes:\n|-\n|}\n\n==Press on Stuttgart 2010==\n\n{| class=\"mw-collapsed wikitable\"\n! scope=\"col\" width=\"600\"| Articles and Press Releases || ! scope=\"col\" width=\"400\"| Notes \n|-\n| [http://www.christianindex.org/6666.article \"Apology Given for Mennonites Persecution.\"] August 12, 2010. ''The Christian Index.'' ||\n|-\n|[http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/LWI-201006-EN-low.pdf \"...and Forgive Us: Lutherans Repent Anabaptist Persecution.\"] (.pdf) ''Lutheran World Information 06,'' 2010. The Lutheran World Federation. (LWF newsletter) ||\n|-\n|[http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/index.php/lutherans-take-historic-step-in-asking-for-forgiveness-from-mennonites.html \"Lutherans Take Historic Step in Asking for Forgiveness from Mennonites.\"] July 22, 2010, www.lutheranworld.org. ||\n|-\n|Esposito, Nicolas. [http://www.ecumenicalnews.com/article/lutherans-seek-to-reconcile-with-mennonites-1076/ \"Lutherans Ask Forgiveness from Mennonites.\"] July 23, 2010. ''Ecumenical News.'' ||\n|-\n|Mast-Kirschning, Ulrike. [http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,5837683,00.html \u201cLutherans reconcile with Mennonites 500 years after bloody persecution.\u201d] July 26, 2010. ''Deutsche Welle.'' ||\n|-\n|}\n\n<center>''See also'' [[Ecumenical Dialogue]], [[Mennonite-Lutheran Dialogue]].</center>"
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                        "*": "\nRecommendation on Exploring MC/GC Integration (1989)\n\n[[Text (1989)|Text]]  \n\n[[Commentary on the Text (1989)|Commentary on the Text]]\n\n<h3>Recommendation on Exploring MC/GC Integration</h3> In relation to the matter of cooperation between the General Conference Mennonite Church and the Mennonite Church, we affirm the following:\n\n<ol start=\"1\"><li>We acknowledge that the Lord of the church is bringing us into close spiritual fellowship and increasing unity of faith and mission.</li><li>We believe that it is in the will of God to heal the part of our history which is a story of division and conflict. We also believe that God would be pleased to bring together that family--the Dutch/North German/Russian and the Swiss/South German--who have come to [[North America|North America]] and all persons who have become part of the Mennonite family.</li><li>We therefore commit ourselves to enter into a time of deliberate exploration of integration, until 1995, during which we will work at the following cooperative tasks and directions: <ol start=\"1\"><li type=\"a\">The articulation of a rationale for integration and the development of common vision. </li><li type=\"a\">The undertaking in our congregations of a study of Christian unity. </li><li type=\"a\">The writing of a conjoint confession of faith.[[* (1989)|*]] </li><li type=\"a\">The development of a leadership polity statement that would achieve a degree of unity sufficient for harmonious working relationships as a unified denomination.[[* (1989)|*]]</li><li type=\"a\">The formation of a model, or models, of denominational structure at the area conference, national, and binational levels that would bring together the strengths of our current structures. </li><li type=\"a\">The continued movement toward integration of program activities and of area conference structures where the local situation makes it appropriate. In the case of program boards and agencies, we should pursue policies of program cooperation that move toward convergence but without the loss of separate denominational identities. </li><li type=\"a\">The deepening of mutual understanding through exchanges of personnel, fraternal visits, common publications, and the like.</li></ol> </li><li>We request that the current Committee on Cooperation conclude its work at Normal 89 and that a new conjoint committee be appointed by the General Boards to guide and implement the process outlined above, with regular reporting to the General Boards and the biennial/triennial assemblies.</li><li>We propose that by 1995 we will discern whether or not to enter a period of actual integration of our two denominations based on the development of a complete plan for such integration.</li></ol> * These projects are already in progress but are seen as important aspects of the exploration of integration.\n\nAdopted by the General Conference Mennonite Church Triennial Session, August 3, 1989\n\nAdopted by the Mennonite Church General Assembly, August 4, 1989\n\n<hr/> <h4>Commentary on the Text</h4> The first joint delegate meeting of the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] and [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]] took place in Bethlehem, [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] in 1983. The [[Statement on Inter-Mennonite Cooperation in North America (General Conference Mennonite Church, Mennonite Church, 1983)|Statement on Inter-Mennonite Cooperation in North America]] approved at that time called for an inter-Mennonite committee to explore cooperation at the binational level. This was to include [[Mennonite Brethren Church|Mennonite Brethren]], [[Brethren in Christ Church |Brethren in Christ]] and smaller Mennonite denominations. The Council of Moderators and Secretaries decided to retain that mandate within its own agenda.\n\nHowever, a joint meeting of the General Conference Mennonite and Mennonite Church General Boards in November 1985 led to the creation of an MC/GC Cooperation Committee. It met for the first time in December 1986. General Conference members included Ken Bauman, Loretta Fast, Jake Fransen, James Gingerich and Don Steelberg. Mennonite Church representatives included Willis Breckbill, George Brunk III, Kay Ann Fransen, Doug Snyder and Marianne Zuercher. Vern Preheim and James Lapp, the Executive Secretaries for the two denominations, served as staff members. Jake Fransen and Doug Snyder were the Canadians on the committee, though several other members had worked in [[Canada|Canada]] for periods of time. Doug Snyder (Waterloo, Ontario) and Loretta Fast (Newton, Kansas) co-chaired the committee.\n\nThis committee requested the preparation of several study papers: \"Theological implications of Integration\" by George Brunk III; \"Practical and structural implications of Integration\" by Vern Preheim; and \"Mennonite polity: a comparison of the Mennonite Church and the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]]\" by Ross T. Bender and C. J. Dyck.\n\nThe two denominations' General Boards then prepared the above recommendation for the 1989 joint sessions. After approval by both delegate bodies, an Integration Exploration Committee was appointed that brought a recommendation for denominational \"Integration\" to the next joint delegate meeting in 1995 held at Wichita, Kansas. The restructuring and merging of the two denominations (plus the [[Conference of Mennonites in Canada|Conference of Mennonites in Canada]] after 1995) ultimately resulted in the formation of [[Mennonite Church Canada|Mennonite Church Canada]] and Mennonite Church U.S. at delegate meetings held in St. Louis, Missouri in 1999.\n\nContext written February 2000 by Sam Steiner\n= Bibliography =\n<em>Normal '89 workbook: Mennonite Church General Assembly, General Conference Mennonite Church Forty-fifth Triennial Sessions, August 1-6, 1989, Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.</em> Newton, KS : General Conference Mennonite Church ; Elkhart, IN : Mennonite Church, 1989: IM-26 - IM-27."
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