Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference

The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is the successor to the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America except that it is international in scope rather than restricted to North America.

First founded in 1993 with thirteen confessional Lutheran national churches as members, the Conference has grown to twenty members today. Plenary sessions are held every three years. To date there have been five plenary meetings (1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005), with regional meetings held in the intervening years. A sixth plenary session is scheduled for the summer of 2008.

Members

Sorted by country in alphabetical order

• Austria

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church

• Bulgaria

Bulgarian Lutheran Church

• Cameroon

The Lutheran Church of Cameroon

• Czech Republic

Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Finland

Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church

• Germany

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church

• Indonesia

Gereja Lutheran Indonesia

• Japan

Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church

• Latvia

Confessional Lutheran Church

• Malawi

Lutheran Church of Central Africa

• Mexico

Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Nigeria

All Saints Lutheran Church

Christ the King Lutheran Church

• Norway

Lutheran Confessional Church

• Peru

Evangelical Lutheran Synod

• Puerto Rico

Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church

• Russia

Evangelical Lutheran Church - "Concord"

• Sweden

Lutheran Confessional Church

• Ukraine

Ukrainian Lutheran Church

• United States of America

Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

• Zambia

Lutheran Church of Central Africa

External links

• The CELC website
• The CELC constitution, as well as the CELC confession of faith
• Scholarly articles about the CELC