ELCA NEWS SERVICE

July 22, 2010

Lutherans Take Historic Step in Asking for Forgiveness from Mennonites
10-206-JB

     STUTTGART, Germany (ELCA) -- In what the Rev. Mark S. Hanson
described as possibly "the most significant legacy this assembly will
leave," the Eleventh Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) here
took the historic step of asking the Mennonites for forgiveness for past
persecutions, according to a news release from Lutheran World Information
(LWI). Delegates unanimously approved a statement July 22 calling
Lutherans to express their regret and sorrow for past wrongdoings towards
Anabaptists and asking for forgiveness, the release said.

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