Gathering at the Nicholas Center of St. James Cathedral in downtown Chicago on October 1-2,2018, the United Methodist-Episcopal dialogue committee continued its conversations about aproposal for full communion between these churches entitled “A Gift to the World: Co-Laborersfor the Healing of Brokenness.” The committee received and reviewed reports on the proposalfrom The United Methodist Committee…

The Episcopal-Presbyterian Dialogue met in Chicago, Illinois at the Nicholas Center at the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago on October 4-5, 2017. Members present from the Episcopal Church: the Right Rev. Dr. Eugene Sutton (co-chair), the Rev. Dr. Timothy Mulder, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Wolyniak, the Rev. Canon Elise Johnstone, Elizabeth Barker Ring and the Rev….

Episcopalians and United Methodists met in Chicago, Illinois for the fourth session of theirDialogue on Full Communion (26-28 October 2016). Committee members and staff from eachchurch shared in conversation, meals, and prayer. In personal updates and sharing, committee members spoke of the deep polarization in our nation and of the poisonous political rhetoric in this…

Following a two-day meeting in April, The Episcopal Church-United Methodist DialogueCommittee issued the following Communique: Episcopalians and United Methodists met in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the third session oftheir Dialogue on Full Communion (25-27 April 2016). The ten committee members, along withstaff from each church, shared in conversation, meals, prayer, and a celebration of the…

Bishop C. Christopher Epting, the presiding bishop’s deputy for ecumenical and interfaith relations, responds: The Episcopal Church traces its history back through the Church of England, which broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century over issues both political and theological. The political issues included the papacy and how the church was…