The signing of the Saint Andrew Declaration between the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Scotland has been welcomed by the World Council of Churches (WCC). It was signed during a special service marking St Andrew’s Day, last week.
The Declaration ‘outlines a series of acknowledgments and commitments between the churches intended to deepen their relationship, and look at new ways of working together to serve the people of Scotland’.
Rev Prof Dr Ioan Sauca, acting general secretary of the WCC, warmly congratulated the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church:
‘This declaration shows that fundamental unity in Christ transcends any disunity over types of church governance, given that contemporary challenges, disunity and division in the church are a distraction from and a hindrance to the effective proclamation of the Gospel’ said Sauca. ‘This example from Scotland is an excellent and very practical example of Christian witness to the entire world.’
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