The Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches was established in the early part of the 21st Century to meet the needs of Lutheran congregations that departed from the Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Evangelical Lutheran Synod

The Evangelical Lutheran Synod or ELS is a US-based Protestant Christian denomination based in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. It describes itself as a conservative, Confessional Lutheran body.-Membership:...

when they considered a pastor to have been wrongly removed by that body.

Purpose

The root purpose of the ACLC, then, is to maintain a pool of pastors from which member congregations can call. There are 8 member churches. There are also some additional unnamed churches (that remain members of the ELS).

External links

• Doctrinal Statement of the Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches
• ACLC Website