While Saint Thomas Net Ministry still supports the principles of CCM we can no longer endorse full communion with the so-called Episcopal Church USA. Central to church unity is agreement on the gospel. Lutherans can only serve under bishops which are true bishops of the Gospel. The bishops of the Episcopal Church have abandoned the clear teachings of Scripture for the precepts of man. The Episcopal Church USA can no longer be considered a true Church of the Gospel.
I CONFESS! -- We're Called to Common
Mission!
On
the Pastoral Implementation of "Called to Common Mission"
A Statement of The Faculty of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, April 14, 2000
Called to Common Mission: A Lutheran Proposal for a Revision
of the Concordat of Agreement
The latest version of the Official Text of the Episcopal Church U. S. A. and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Proposal for full communion.
Called to Common Mission: A Commentary
Commentary on the full text of CCM By William A. Norgren for the Ecumenical Office of the Episcopal Church
Here you will find the Constitutional Changes made by the ELCA in Assembly in1999 to facilitate implementation of CCM
Here you will find the Liturgical Changes required of the ELCA by CCM.
The Historic Episcopate: An Episcopalian Viewpoint
by J. Robert Wright
Historic Episcopacy in the ELCA
This statement titled, "Historic Episcopacy in the ELCA," was developed in the "Ecumenical Lutheranism" meeting on LutherLink, an internet meeting. Both those who have supported "Called to Common Mission," the proposal to establish a relationship of full communion between the ELCA and The Episcopal Church, and those who have opposed the adoption of "Called to Common Mission," have contributed to the development of this statement. This draft of the statement is for information purposes; it has no standing at this time.
Free to Say Yes to "Called to Common Mission"
A personal statement from The Rev. Dennis Anderson President Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus Ohio
Editors of Lutheran Forum Support CCM
By Ronald B. Bagnall, Leonard R. Klein, Paul R. Hinlicky, Glenn C. Stone This article is from the Spring, 1999 issue of the Lutheran Forum.
I Speak Against the
Adoption of the Mahtomedi Resolution
The Rev. Dr. Herbert W. Chilstrom, Former Bishop, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
BRIEFING ON "CALLED TO COMMON MISSION"
Bishop H. George Anderson, Bishop, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
"This I Believe: a Parish Pastor's Conclusion About Called
to Common Mission"
The Rev. Howard E. Fintzen, D.Min., Lincoln Park Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wis.
Harding Meyer on Called to Common Mission
Dr. Harding Meyer of the Institute for Ecumenical Research of the Lutheran World Federation.
An Historic, Evangelical, and Ecumenical Episcopate
By Michael Root, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
Faculty Response to "Called to Common Mission"
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Adopted By Unanimous Vote April 9, 1999
Lutheranism and the Historic Episcopate: Are They
Compatible?
Arland J. Hultgren Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota
"Called to Common Mission" Endorsed Unanimously by Philadelphia
Seminary Faculty
Wartburg Theological Seminary's Response To the Called to
Common Mission
(November, 1998) Statement
Common
Mission Without Called to Common Mission?
William A. Norgren, Presentation to EDEO-LERN Plenary, Rochester 1999.
Necessary/Necessary
in "Called to Common Mission"
Merlyn E. Satrom, Dr. Theology.
Responses to
the "Milwaukee Proposals" to allow some in the ELCA to remain outside the
Hisoric Episcopate
On the alleged "Common Ground" Resolutions: A Comment for the Bishops and Church Council of the ELCA by Michael Root, Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH
Not Common Ground But Sinking Sand: A Statement on the Milwaukee Proposals by David S. Yeago, Michael C. Peeler Professor of Systematic Theology, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina
Saint Thomas
Net Ministry Articles Related to CCM
Called to Common Mission Revisited: Planned Exceptions? Oh No! posted 16/Jun/01
The Truth about CCM Bulletin Insert posted 4/3/00
Opposition to CCM Flawed posted 4/3/00
A Historical Look at the Historic Succession of Bishops posted 30/11/99
Called to Common Mission, A New Hope for Lutheran and Episcopal Renewal? posted 16/4/99
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