American Association of Lutheran Churches

American Association of Lutheran Churches
Abbreviation	AALC
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheran
Theology	Confessional Lutheran
Polity	Congregationalist
Presiding Pastor	Cary G. Larson
Associations	International Lutheran Council
Headquarters	Fort Wayne, Indiana
Origin	November 7, 1987
Separated from	American Lutheran Church
Congregations	59 (2020)
Members	16,000 (2008)
Official website	www.taalc.org

The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC, also known as The AALC or TAALC) is a Lutheran church body based in the United States. It was formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church denomination, the majority of which merged with the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.^[1] The AALC offices were originally in Bloomington, Minnesota. The national office moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2007, and to Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 2022. In 2008, it had 67 congregations, with about 16,000 members.^[2] In 2020, the denomination listed 59 congregations.^[3] Its current Presiding Pastor is the Rev. Dr. Cary G. Larson.