Our Affiliation: AFLC

The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations was organized in October, 1962. Most of the organizers were from the former Lutheran Free Church. The Lutheran Free Church was to become part of the ALC in the spring of 1963.

There were five principle reasons given at the organizational conference for the formation of the Association. The Association seeks, above all, to be a Spiritual movement that:

1: Recognizes the Bible as being inerrant and the authority in all areas of life.

2: Recognizes that the teaching and preaching of God's Word is the main task of the Church. The Word of God is to be taught and preached in such a way that the saints are built up in the faith and unbelievers see their need for salvation.

3: Believes that the congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth, with no authority over it but the Word and Spirit of God.

4: Believes that Christian unity is a Spiritual concept and not a man-made organization of body such as the World Council of Churches, the National Council of Churches, etc.

5. Believes that Christians are to be different from unbelievers and are to be a salt and light in the world (pietism). This difference is to be reflected also in the work of the Christian congregations and the institutions of the Church.