July 16, 2007 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 46
Convention declares fellowship with AALC
HOUSTON -- Delegates to the 63rd Regular Convention declared July 16 that The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod is in church fellowship with the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC).
With headquarters in Minnesota and 78 U.S. congregations, the AALC becomes the 30th partner church of the LCMS and the only one based in the United States. Delegates approved the declaration of church fellowship by a vote of 846 to 345.
The declaration recognizes agreement in doctrine and practice between the two church bodies and permits the members of each to commune at the other's altars and for their pastors to exchange pulpits.
