| LC control no. | nb2008016467 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Porvoo Communion |
| Beginning date | 1992 |
| Associated place | Europe Järvenpää (Uudenmaan lääni, Finland) |
| Field of activity | Lutheran Church Anglican Communion |
| Found in | Invitation to prayer, 1997: t.p. (Porvoo Communion) BL auth. file, 4 Aug. 2008 (hdg.: Porvoo Communion) The Porvoo churches website, viewed Nov. 4, 2014 (Porvoo Communion; communion of Anglican and Lutheran churches, mostly in Northern Europe, that signed an agreement to "share a common life in mission and service," although the churches maintain their respective identities. There is no leader, but each church sends a contact person for Porvoo to an annual mtg, and two bishops, one from each denomination, serve as co-moderators of the Provoo Contact group. The churches that signed the agreement are The Evangelical-Lutheran Churches of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden and the Anglican churches: Church of England, Church of Ireland, Church in Wales, and the Scottish Episcopal Church. Two churches from South Europe also belong to the Porvoo Communion: the Lusitanian Church in Portugal and the Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain) <http://www.porvoochurches.org/index.php> Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 4, 2014 (Porvoo Communion was est. in 1992 with Porvoo Common Statement; official website: http://www.porvoocommunion.org/) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porvoo_Communion> Wikipedia, searched January 29, 2021 (Porvoo Communion; communion of 15 predominantly European Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches; founded in 1992 throiugh a theological agreement entitled the Porvoo Common Statement; negotiated in Järvenpää, Finland) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porvoo_Communion> |
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