ELCA NEWS SERVICE

February 4, 2010  

ELCA Presiding Bishop, Delegation Meet Archbishop of Canterbury
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     LONDON (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson met with Dr. Rowan D.
Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, in a private hour-long meeting Feb. 4
at Lambeth Palace here.  After the meeting Hanson said the two discussed
strengthening Anglican-Lutheran relationships, challenges each leader
faces within his own communions, the proposed "Anglican Covenant" to
deepen internal church relationships, global environmental issues,
Christian-Muslim relationships, and mutual concern for conflicts in
places such as Sudan and the Middle East.

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