Scottish unity plan: CEN 10.12.07 p 9. October 13, 2007
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The Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway and the Glasgow Circuit of the Methodist Church have signed an ecumenical covenant to provide common worship in Dumfries.
The rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Dumfries will be licensed as an Associate Methodist Minister and the parish will be listed in both the Methodist and Scottish Episcopal Church directories. St. John’s will “provide a place of worship for those seeking not only to witness in the Episcopal but also in the Methodist tradition.”
The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop Idris Jones of Glasgow stated that it was “good to be part of this development with the Methodist Church. Taking a small step here will encourage us to explore partnership wherever Christians are neighbours”;
The Covenant pledges the Diocese and the Methodist Church to “widen our Ecumenical Partnership to invite and include all other Churches in Dumfries, wherever possible, so that our working together may be as wide as possible and our diversity not hindered by ongoing dis-union and rivalry.”
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