F\u00f6ljande uttalande gjorde de samlade evangelisk lutherska biskoparna fr\u00e5n Tanzania och svenskkyrkliga biskoparna som var samlade till 5 dagars samtal och gemensamma gudstj\u00e4nster mm. Utg\u00e5ngspunkten var texter fr\u00e5n Apostlag\u00e4rningarna. Uttalandet formulerades p\u00e5 engelska f\u00f6r att alla skulle kunna vara med och kommentera och publiceras i detta fall i sin helhet nedan:<\/p>\n
Joint statement
\nby Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and the Church of Sweden.<\/p>\n
We, 14 Bishops out of 24 from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania and the 14 Bishops from the Church of Sweden, representing two of the largest member churches of the Lutheran World Federation, have spent 24-28 August 2015 together at the Diocesan Centre in R\u00e4ttvik, Sweden. The goals for our Common Bishops’ Meeting were:
\nTo get to know each other as leaders in the one Church of Jesus Christ
\nTo understand how context shapes our churches
\nTo strengthen trust between church leaders and between our churches<\/p>\n
During these days we worshipped and prayed, listened and talked to each other in smaller and bigger groups. A study visit to the Copper Mine and the Recycling Station in the city of Falun reminded us of our responsibility to be faithful stewards of creation and the resources of planet earth.
\nBefore we leave the Common Bishops’ Meeting for visits of the ELCT bishops to the dioceses in Sweden we want to give this report:
\nThe themes we have discussed cover leadership, common challenges facing our churches and how to maintain and promote cooperation as well as partnership between our churches. This has been done with the guidance by texts from The Book of Acts of the Apostles which describe the life of the first Christians. We focused on the following challenges for both our churches: teaching and education, poverty, discipleship, modern communication and being a church in dialogue – in society and with other religions.
\nWe call on our churches
\nto give thanks to God for the gift of communion and for our journeys of learning
\nto persevere in mutual prayer, ministry and diaconia to the world and care for the creation
\nto renew and deepen our relationships being mindful of generational inclusiveness
\nto encourage interfaith dialogue and friendly co-existence, especially between Christians and Muslims
\nto give priority to education and teaching the Christian faith
\nto promote women in leadership
\nAs leaders of our churches we commit ourselves
\nto promote mutual learning through exchange of groups, personnel and programs at national, diocesan and parish levels
\nto nurture discipleship and ministry of all the baptised in accordance with the principles of the Lutheran Reformation
\nto fight poverty, both material and spiritual
\nto share and respect theology shaped by our traditions and the contexts in which we live
\nR\u00e4ttvik August 28, 2015<\/p>\n
On behalf of
\nBishop Andrew Gulle Bishop Fredrik Mod\u00e9us
\nBishop Job Mbwilo Bishop Ragnar Persenius
\nBishop Solomon Massangwa Bishop Sven-Bernhard Fast
\nBishop Fredrick Shoo Bishop Eva Brunne
\nBishop Owdenburg Mdegella Bishop Eva Nordung Bystr\u00f6m
\nBishop Levis Sanga Bishop Per Eckerdal
\nBishop Michael Adam Bishop Hans-Erik Nordin
\nBishop Lucas Mbedule Bishop Martin Mod\u00e9us
\nBishop Elisa Buberwa Bishop \u00c5ke Bonnier
\nBishop Stephen Munga Bishop Johan Tyrberg
\nBishop Jacob Moreto Bishop Hans Stiglund
\nBishop Charles Mjema Bishop Thomas S\u00f6derberg
\nBishop Ambele Mwaipopo Bishop Esbj\u00f6rn Hagberg<\/p>\n
Presiding Bishop Alex Malasusa Archbishop Antje Jackel\u00e9n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
F\u00f6ljande uttalande gjorde de samlade evangelisk lutherska biskoparna fr\u00e5n Tanzania och svenskkyrkliga biskoparna som var samlade till 5 dagars samtal och gemensamma gudstj\u00e4nster mm. Utg\u00e5ngspunkten var texter fr\u00e5n Apostlag\u00e4rningarna. Uttalandet formulerades p\u00e5 engelska f\u00f6r att alla skulle kunna vara med och kommentera och publiceras i detta fall i sin helhet nedan: Joint statement by Bishops […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-okategoriserade"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n