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A Our contries Association of Lutheran Churches was formed in November 7, 1987 as an alternative guide for churches in The American Lutheran Church who did not are section of a merger by using 2 more Lutheran church bodies which formed the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
A AALC began by having Dozen congregations & hwhen, as of 2005, grown to 87 congregations spread across Xxiii states. A AALC understands itself in the conservative middle of Lutheranism in the United States. A AALC operates its have seminary, A American Lutheran Theological Seminary, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ALTS has relocated to Fort Wayne, Indiana & is hosted by Concordia Theological Seminary of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod in the fall of 2005. A AALC agents come located in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Basic beliefs of the AALC
(from either their web site)
a to the full authority of the Bible when the inerrable & infallible Word of God;
The Lutheran Confessions as a avowedly interpretation of Scripture;
A purpose focused on the Awesome Commission sustaining priority for Evangelism & Globe Missions;
a authority of the local congregation when the basic unit of the church.
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