[Colofornian]

Depends on who you talk to. Some will say that praying with anyone other than an LCMS member (preferably from you own congregation) is wrong and an excomunicatable offense. The standard is that it is "ok" to pray with any Nicene Christian, but again that depends on who you talk to.

Hey, it took a two-year study by the Missouri folks in the mid-fifties before they finally came to the conclusion that it was Okay to pray with other non-Missouri Lutherans as long as a disclaimer was attached that such folks were not in pulpit & altar fellowship w/other such Lutherans.

Charles, I'd like your opinion on that.

[Charles Henrickson]

Hey, it took a two-year study by the Missouri folks in the mid-fifties before they finally came to the conclusion that it was Okay to pray with other non-Missouri Lutherans as long as a disclaimer was attached that such folks were not in pulpit & altar fellowship w/other such Lutherans. Charles, I'd like your opinion on that.

I'm not familiar with the study you are referencing. Also, are you referring to a laymen leading a table prayer in his home, for example, or to an LCMS clergyman leading prayers in a service with official representatives of other church bodies (not to mention other religions)? There are distinctions to be made here.