Conservative Lutheran Association Explained

Conservative Lutheran Association
Main Classification:	Lutheran
Associations:	National Association of Evangelicals
Area:	United States
Founded Date:	1965
Congregations:	4
Members:	994
Other Names:	World Confessional Lutheran Association (1965–1980)

The World Confessional Lutheran Association was established in 1965 by a group of Lutheran pastors and lay people who were concerned about trends in the American Lutheran Church and other synods which were contrary to what they believed were the historical beliefs and practice of Lutheranism.

In 1980 through the involvement of Lutherans Alert National the group was renamed Conservative Lutheran Association (CLA)..^{[1] [2]} It has 994 baptized members^[3] in 4 congregations,^[4] and is a member of the National Association of Evangelicals.^[5]

The CLA is not a synod, but is rather an association of churches which hold to beliefs found in the Lutheran confessions.^[6]

References

1. Web site: Conservative Lutheran Association. American Denomination Profiles. Association of Religion Data Archives. July 28, 2017.
2. Web site: The CLA. Trinity Lutheran Church and Christian School. July 31, 2017.
3. http://www.lutheranworld.org/LWF_Documents/LWF-Statistics-2009.pdf LWF Statistics 2009
4. Web site: US Religion Census - 2010 .
5. Web site: A Brief Study of the Lutheran Churches in America . 2010-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121161735/http://clclutheran.org/atlanta/bibleclass/Lutheranchurches.pdf . 2010-11-21 . dead .
6. Web site: Trinity Lutheran Church, Anaheim, CA - The Conservative Lutheran Association .