THE QUICK RUNDOWN:
ARE WE IN FULL COMMUNION: Yes.
CAN MORAVIAN CLERGY SERVE IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MORAVIAN CLERGY BECOME EPISCOPAL CLERGY WITHOUT RE-ORDINATION: Yes, under canon III.10.2.
CAN EPISCOPAL CLERGY SERVE IN AN MORAVIAN CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MORAVIAN LAITY BE MEMBERS OF AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
ARE MORAVIAN LAITY CONFIRMED OR RECEIVED: ELCA laity who have been confirmed are received into the Episcopal Church. (See Confirmation/Reception Guidelines.)
CAN MORAVIAN CLERGY SERVE IN AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MORAVIAN CLERGY BECOME EPISCOPAL CLERGY WITHOUT RE-ORDINATION: Yes, under canon III.10.2.
CAN EPISCOPAL CLERGY SERVE IN AN MORAVIAN CHURCH: Yes.
CAN MORAVIAN LAITY BE MEMBERS OF AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH: Yes.
ARE MORAVIAN LAITY CONFIRMED OR RECEIVED: ELCA laity who have been confirmed are received into the Episcopal Church. (See Confirmation/Reception Guidelines.)
Updated 1/15/18
In 1997 the General Convention established an official dialogue with the Moravian Church in America (Northern Province and Southern Province). A steering committee met in 1999, with a Moravian counterpart group, and prepared a report for SCER suggesting goals, personnel and a timetable for the dialogue. The goals derived from the 1997 General Convention resolution establishing the dialogue: “…to reaffirm those things we hold in common, to explore the possibilities of full communion, mutual recognition of ministries, and shared mission and evangelism.”
At its initial meeting, the dialogue established its goals: “The goal of our dialogue is common Christian mission through full communion in faith, life and witness.” In 2002, the Provincial Synods of the Moravian Church in America approved a proposal for Interim Eucharistic sharing, which was in turn approved by the 2003 General Convention. A proposal for full communion, “Finding Our Delight in the Lord,” was presented to the 2009 General Convention and approved by both houses. The Synods of the Moravian Church, meeting in 2010, considered and approved an identical proposal bringing us into Full Communion.
The Moravian-Episcopal Coordinating Committee supports the implementation of this full communion relationship.
See the Moravian page at Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for documents and more information.
At its initial meeting, the dialogue established its goals: “The goal of our dialogue is common Christian mission through full communion in faith, life and witness.” In 2002, the Provincial Synods of the Moravian Church in America approved a proposal for Interim Eucharistic sharing, which was in turn approved by the 2003 General Convention. A proposal for full communion, “Finding Our Delight in the Lord,” was presented to the 2009 General Convention and approved by both houses. The Synods of the Moravian Church, meeting in 2010, considered and approved an identical proposal bringing us into Full Communion.
The Moravian-Episcopal Coordinating Committee supports the implementation of this full communion relationship.
See the Moravian page at Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for documents and more information.
