Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod President
Gerald B. Kieschnick brought greetings following nearly four hours of
assembly discussion and votes on the ELCA Studies on Sexuality.
Admitting that the LCMS “is no stranger to internal struggle,” he said,
“We in [the LCMS] are sensitive to the struggles experienced within the
ELCA, including the strongly held, opposing positions in your church on
issues acted upon by this assembly this very day.”
Noting
the difference in decisions made by the LCMS and the ELCA, Kieschnick
closed by praying “that we will be able to come to harmonious
conclusions regarding the authority and interpretation of the word of
God, so the distance between us will not be widened but will be
bridged.”
Other greetings
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“I thank [Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson] for his suggestion of the
possibility of a joint declaration on the eucharist to celebrate the
500th anniversary of the Reformation,” Stephen Blaire said.
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