Ecumenical Resources

A Celebration of Baptism
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988
A resource developed by the Consultation on Common Texts (CCT), this resource contains an introduction and pastoral notes and the full text of the rite. It is currently out of print. but copies can be secured from the Discipleship Ministries, P.O. Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003.

An Order for An Affirmation of the Baptismal Covenant
(Princeton, NJ: The Consultation on Common Texts (CCT), 1984).

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper: A New Text 1984
(Princeton, NJ: The Consultation on Common Texts, 1984).

A Christian Celebration of Christian Marriage: An Ecumenical Liturgy (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press, 1995).
A resource produced by the Consultation on Common Texts, it includes an introduction with pastoral notes and full text with suggested Scripture texts. The resource also includes permission for congregations to copy the "Congregational Participation Aid."

Praying Together: English Language Liturgical Consultation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988).
These texts, approved by the ELLC, include the Lord's Prayer, Kyrie Eleison, Gloria in Excelsis, the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Sursum Corda, Sanctus Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Gloria Patri, Te Deum Laudamus, and commentary on each text. Permission is given to churches to use the liturgical texts -- provided that acknowledgment accompanies the use. Most recently published hymns and worship books contain these texts as official or alternative texts.

Consultation on Church Union (COCU)
228 Alexander Street,
Princeton, NJ 08540

English Language Liturgical Consultation (ELLC),
1522 K Street NW, Suite 1000,
Washington DC 20005-1202

World Council of Churches (WCC) Publications
Every year WCC Publications releases significant new ecumenical resources. A few may be ordered directly from the WCC web site.

General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns

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