Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America | |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Separated from | United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America |
Congregations | 123 (2009) |
Members | 8,860 (2009) |
Official website | www.clba.org |
The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA) is a Lutheran denomination of Christians rooted in a Pietist Lutheran spiritual awakening at the turn of the 20th century.[1][2]
History
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Origins
Following the occurrence of a
Formation
Five such Lutheran congregations from the
Doctrinal beliefs
The CLBA emphasizes the foundational place of the
In addition to the denominational statement of faith, the church adheres to the following historic confessions: the
Organization
The Church of the Lutheran Brethren has 123 congregations with about 8,860 baptized members[4] in the United States (114) and Canada (9), as well as about 1,500 congregations in Cameroon, Chad, Japan, and Taiwan. Its offices, the Lutheran Brethren Seminary, the Lutheran Center For Christian Learning, and the Hillcrest Lutheran Academy are located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. The CLBA publishes a bimonthly magazine called Faith & Fellowship. The CLBA has been led by President Paul Larson since 2014.
The CLBA has been involved in a number of national and international missionary endeavours throughout its history. In 1966, the denomination, in partnership with several other missional bodies, instituted the China Lutheran Seminary in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.[5]
Presidents
- Knut O. Lundeberg 1900–1903
- J. J. Peterson 1903–1904
- E. M. Broen 1904–1905
- H. L. Westel 1905–1908
- E. M. Broen 1908–1914
- E. H. Gunhus 1914–1924
- M. E. Sletta 1924–1934
- E. H. Gunhus 1934–1938
- M. E. Sletta 1938–1948
- C. E. Walstad 1948–1953
- D. A. Erickson 1953–1954
- M. E. Sletta 1954–1956
- D. A. Erickson 1956–1968
- E. H. Strom 1968–1986
- Robert M. Overgaard 1986–2001
- Joel Egge 2001–2014
- Paul Larson 2014–Present
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4422-7159-3.
First, a number of small, ethnic, and Pietistic denominations, such as the Laestadians or the Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America, continue to flourish in the rural Midwest and Pacific Northwest, relatively untouched by the debates within...
- ^ a b David Lau, Nathanael Mayhew. "A Brief Study of the Lutheran Churches in America" (PDF). Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
The CLBA have pietistic roots that can still be seen in their doctrinal stance. The CLBA wants its members to have a personal experience of salvation.
- ^ "A Brief Study of the Lutheran Churches in America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ LWF Statistics 2009 Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Historical Sketch of CLS". China Lutheran Seminary.
- Levang, JH, Church of the Lutheran Brethren, 1900–1975: A Believer's Fellowship — A Lutheran Alternative.
- Churches and Church Membership in the United States (1990), Glenmary Research Center.
- Melton, J Gordon (ed.), Encyclopedia of American Religions.
- Mead, Frank S; Hill, Samuel S; Atwood, Craig D, Handbook of Denominations in the United States.
External links
- Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
- Church of the Lutheran Brethren - Canada
- Fredrich, Edward C, A Little Lecture on Little Little-Known Lutheran Synods (PDF), WLS Essays, archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2011
- CLBA, Association of Religion Data Archives.
- Faith & Fellowship | Magazine, Bookstore and Publishing
- Lutheran Brethren Seminary