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Full communion agreement celebrates common ground

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop Gregory V. Palmer remembers clearly a conversation on an air flight from Atlanta, Ga. to Bloomington, Ill., that was instructive. Palmer tells that a woman on that flight spotted his clerical collar which he was wearing from a speaking engagement “In those times, I am often asked what I do and I usually start by saying I am a preacher,” Palmer said. “But when the woman found out I was a bishop of The United Methodist Church, she asked the...

ELCA seeking mutual ministry partners

The Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is seeking mutual ministry partnerships with IGRC congregations. One of the upcoming opportunities is formation of a cluster of 12 to 15 congregations to participate in a congregation revitalization process called Partnership for Missional Church (PMC).   “PMC has been used successfully in a number of places and is a structured process that leads congregations on a journey of spiritual discernment...