A contemporary news wire account, filed 19 August 1999, reporting that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Churchwide Assembly, meeting in Denver, voted 1,007 to 11, roughly 98.9 percent, to enter full communion with the 49,000-member Moravian Church in America under the agreement "Following Our Shepherd to Full Communion." States that the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces had already accepted the proposal in 1998, and that a joint commission first met at the ELCA's Muhlenberg College in December 1992 before recommending full communion by the year 2000 in its 1996 report.
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A contemporary interfaith news wire report filed the same week as the vote it describes, tier 2 for a primary account naming the exact date, location, vote tally and agreement title, corroborated on the ecumenical relationship itself by the independent Wikipedia article below. NotesUsed for the exact 19 August 1999 date, the Denver location, the 1,007 to 11 vote, the agreement title, and the 1998 provincial acceptance and 1992 to 1996 dialogue background.
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PublisherWorld Faith News
Publication Year1999
URLhttps://archive.wfn.org/1999/08/msg00386.html
Source Typenews
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This source names Americas directly: "A contemporary news wire account, filed 19 August 1999, reporting that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Churchwide Assembly, meeting in Denver, voted 1,007 to 11, roughly 98.9 percent..."
This source names Moravian Church directly: "full communion with the 49,000-member Moravian Church in America under the agreement "Following Our Shepherd to Full Communion." States that the Moravian Church's Northern and Southern Provinces had..."
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