While the moment in Philadelphia was bittersweet, it doesn't matter nearly as much as what the reaction is in communities across the United States, Spokane-area religious leaders said Monday.
"Unity of the church is incredibly important," said Bill Ailes, executive of the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest. "The older I get the more I realize this."
By joining forces with Presbyterians, the United Church of Christ and the Reformed Church of America, Evangelical Lutherans agreed to share ministers and pool their resources.
