Making Unity More Visible: The Report of the Meissen Commission, 1997-2001This second quinquennial report from the Meissen Commission describes a busy and fruitful period of fellowship and common mission between the Church of England and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) in the years 1997-2001. Parish, diocesan and other links have grown, intense theological dialogue has taken place, and the two Churches have strengthened their work together in ministerial development and a wide range of other areas of ecumenical co-operation and reconciliation. The report brings to the Churches an ambitious set of recommendations for the next five years. These include initiatives in the key mission area of passing on the faith to the next generation, and detailed proposals for the setting up of Local Ecumenical Partnerships under the Meissen Agreement. |
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Anglican appointed Archbishops Bishop of Wolverhampton Blackburn Braunschweig Canon Christian Unity Church in Germany Church of England Church of Jesus clergy Co-Chairman co-secretaries communion confirmation congregation consultation context Council for Christian Deanery Diocesan Diocese in Europe Diocese of Blackburn Ecumenical Partnership LEP encourage English Episcopal Church Eucharist Evangelical Church Evangelische Kirche Evangelische Synode deutscher full visible unity guidelines Hannover Hans-Christian Knuth historic episcopate House of Bishops invite involved Jesus Christ joint Kirche in Deutschland Kirchenamt Kirchentag Landeskirche Leuenberg Leuenberg Agreement Local Ecumenical Partnership meetings Meissen Agreement Meissen Commission Meissen Declaration Meissen process member churches ministers mission Old Catholic Church ordination oversight parishes participating churches partner churches Partnership Group Paul Oppenheim prison chaplaincy reconciliation relationship representatives Revd Dr Revd Michael Bourke Rt Revd Michael Scottish Episcopal Church shared Sponsoring Body Sprache in Grossbritannien Synode deutscher Sprache Theilemann theological conferences Word and Sacrament worship