This July marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of The Waterloo Declaration, a formal agreement for Full Communion between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
As they did in 2013 in Ottawa, the national governing bodies will be meeting in an Assembly in Calgary in July 2022. With both these milestones in mind the Anglican Journal and Canada Lutheran have embarked on a collaborative project.
For our June issues, we’re sharing the same feature article The Waterloo Declaration at 20 (p. 10). Written jointly by Anglican and Lutheran writers, this article looks back on 20 years of Full Communion.
Our two publications are also doing a “column swap.” Our National Bishop Susan Johnson shares her reflections in the Anglican Journal, while columns by their primate, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, and National Indigenous archbishop Mark MacDonald appear this month in Canada Lutheran.
Preparations are underway for joint publication of a series of articles that will engage Anglicans and Lutherans in dialogue about a variety of issues.
As we’ve worked together on this collaboration, we have come to a deeper appreciation of the rich diversity that exists, not only between our two churches but also within our respective churches. We mirror the mosaic that forms Canada. While this may create some challenges, it is proving helpful to view them as unanticipated opportunities.
It’s our hope this collaboration will help foster dialogue about opportunities, challenges and dreams about our common future. We hope you enjoy reading the result of this shared work as much we enjoyed putting it together.
Glimpses
Full Communion with the Anglican Church of Canada is a part of ecumenism. However, Q & A (p. 15) helps us to understand that ecumenism involves a great deal more than we might imagine. It has cosmic proportions.
Creating safe places (p. 9) deepens our understanding of what is needed to make “All are welcome” into more than a super-
ficial slogan.
Our Bible study (p. 31) is a timely lesson of Jesus’ struggle to go beyond preconceived notions about others and their “place.”
-Rev. Kenn Ward, Editor, Canada Lutheran
-Tali Folkins, Acting Editor, Anglican Journal
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