| Conservative Lutheran Association | |
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| Classification | Lutheran |
| Associations | National Association of Evangelicals |
| Region | United States |
| Origin | 1965 |
| Congregations | 4 |
| Members | 994 |
| Other name(s) | World Confessional Lutheran Association (1965–1980) |
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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]
- ^ "Conservative Lutheran Association". American Denomination Profiles. Association of Religion Data Archives. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ^ "The CLA". Trinity Lutheran Church and Christian School. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ LWF Statistics 2009 Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "US Religion Census - 2010".
- ^ "A Brief Study of the Lutheran Churches in America" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ "Trinity Lutheran Church, Anaheim, CA - The Conservative Lutheran Association".