Augustine Institute

The Augustine Institute joins colleagues and friends here at Carthage College, across the church, and throughout the world in celebrating the life and work of William C. Lazareth. Professor Lazareth died on Saturday, February 23. Before his passing, Dr. Lazareth had prepared additional essays for the Augustine Institute Web site. We are honored to publish them posthumously.

The last of these essays appears below. As always, we welcome your responses and engagement.

–Leonard G. Schulze

Co-Director

Leaders for Mission, Autumn 2008

Ecumenical Convergences on the Ordained Ministry

Though the churches are agreed in their general understanding of the calling of the people of God, they differ in their understanding of how the life of the Church is to be ordered. In particular, there are differences concerning the place and forms of the ordained ministry. As they engage in the effort to overcome these differences, the churches need to work from the perspective of the calling of the whole people of God.

Read Dr. Lazareth’s essay Ecumenical Convergences on the Ordained Ministry,
then join the discussion.