US Lutherans to establish new church body

by Joshua A Goldberg
Christian Post
Monday, August 23, 2010

More than 1,000 Lutherans from throughout North America will gather this week in Grove City, Ohio, to form a new church body for confessional Lutherans.

At this week’s two-day gathering, members of Lutheran CORE will adopt a constitution that will give birth to the North American Lutheran Church (NALC), which the movement’s director says “will embody the center of Lutheranism in America”.

“The NALC will uphold confessional principles dear to Lutherans including a commitment to the authority of the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions," said the Rev Mark Chavez, director of Lutheran CORE, in an announcement.

"We have a great opportunity before us,” added the Rev Paull Spring, chair of Lutheran CORE.

“We not only want to look back toward the past, but to look ahead to the mission God has given us – to confess Christ faithfully, to witness to others, and to grow in God's mission. the rest