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Moravian-Episcopal dialogue discusses ministry at Wisconsin meeting
In its fifth meeting in the triennium, the Moravian-Episcopal dialogue continued its discussion on how the three-fold ministry of bishops, presbyters and deacons functions in each church. The Moravian Church, part of the worldwide community known as the Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), traces an episcopal succession to 1467 and has maintained the three-fold ministry. Moravians history goes back to the pre-Reformation faith of Jan Hus and their first missionaries to America came to Georgia...
Moravian Church approves Interim Eucharistic Sharing with Episcopal Church
The Episcopal Church's five-year dialogue with the Moravian Church in America has taken several significant steps forward in recent months, including approval of sharing the Eucharist. At an April meeting in Sewanee, Tennessee, the churches discussed a draft resolution on Interim Eucharistic Sharing and the possibilities for a shared ministry of bishops, presbyters and deacons in the future. (The Moravians trace their history to the Czech Hussite reform movement that separated from the Roman...
Moravian-Episcopal Dialogue in North Carolina