Concordia Lutheran Conference

Concordia Lutheran Conference
Concordia Lutheran Conference
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Lutheran
Theology	Confessional Lutheran
Polity	Congregational
President	David T. Mensing
Associations	9 mission stations in Russia and Nigeria
Region	United States, especially Illinois, Washington, and Oregon
Founder	Paul E. Kretzmann, Wallace McLaughlin, and others
Origin	1951, 1957 ; Okabena, Minnesota
Separated from	Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Absorbed	Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations (2004)
Congregations	5
Ministers	3
Other name(s)	Orthodox Lutheran Conference
Official website	www.concordialutheranconf.com

The Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC) is a small organization of Lutheran churches in the United States which formed in 1956.^[1] It was a reorganization of some of the churches of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference (OLC), which had been formed in September 1951, in Okabena, Minnesota,^[2] following a break with Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). It is the remaining successor of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference. The current president is David T. Mensing, pastor of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oak Forest, Illinois. All members of the board of directors serve one year terms.^[3] The CLC has five congregations and is in fellowship with nine mission congregations in Russia and Nigeria.^[4]

^ Wuthnow, Robert (1989). The restructuring of American religion society and faith since World War II (2. print., and 1. Princeton pbk. print. ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780691020570.
^ David Mensing, Historical Essays, (Oak Forest, Illinois: Scriptural Publications, 2009), 3.
^ "Constitution of the Concordia Lutheran Conference: Article XI - Term of Office". Concordia Lutheran Conference. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014. Officers and members of standing committees shall be elected to hold office for one year
^ "Congregations and Corporate Addresses". Concordia Lutheran Conference. February 20, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[1] Wuthnow, Robert (1989). The restructuring of American religion society and faith since World War II (2. print., and 1. Princeton pbk. print. ed.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 184. ISBN 9780691020570.

[2] David Mensing, Historical Essays, (Oak Forest, Illinois: Scriptural Publications, 2009), 3.

[3] "Constitution of the Concordia Lutheran Conference: Article XI - Term of Office". Concordia Lutheran Conference. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014. Officers and members of standing committees shall be elected to hold office for one year

[4] "Congregations and Corporate Addresses". Concordia Lutheran Conference. February 20, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

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