• Exploratory Meeting
  December 5-9, 1977 – Epworth-by-the-Sea, St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
  
  • “Four topics discussed: basic commonalities, issues needing clarification, common tasks confronting Lutherans and Methodists, and methodological and practical implications of a Lutheran-Methodist dialogue on the world level; statement of purpose for the dialogue and five part program”

THE CHURCH: COMMUNITY OF GRACE (1979-1984)

MEETINGS

1. January 20-26, 1979 – Dresden, Germany
   “The authority of scripture, the role of human reason, and the nature of Christian experience”
2. May 12-16, 1980 – Bristol, England
   “Christian experience, justification and sanctification”
3. October 3-9, 1981 – Oslo, Norway
   “The Holy Spirit and ecclesiology”
4. March 20-26, 1983 – Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA
   “The means of grace, baptism and eucharist, church order, first draft of report”
5. March 3-8, 1984 – Bossey/Geneva, Switzerland
   “Evangelization, social ethics, adoption of a final report” – REPORT: THE CHURCH: COMMUNITY OF GRACE
   

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CO-CHAIRMEN

President Robert Marshall (LCA) (Lutheran)
Bishop William Cannon, District of Atlanta, U.S.A. (United Methodist)

CO-SECRETARIES

Dr. Carl H. Mau, General Secretary (LWF)
Dr. Joe Hale, General Secretary (WMC)