Lutheran-Methodist
A Joint Commission of the LWF and World Methodist Council met in five sessions from 1979 to 1984 to discuss a wide range of central issues. The commission's final report, "The Church, Community of Grace," was published in 1984. It recommends steps toward closer fellowship between Lutheran and Methodist churches, including pulpit exchanges and mutual Eucharistic hospitality.
The report has contributed to binding forms of church fellowship between Lutherans and Methodists involving the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD), the Church of Norway, the Church of Sweden, and the Leuenberg Church Fellowship in Europe.
