The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA) is a Lutheran denomination of Christians rooted in a spiritual awakening at the turn of the 20th century. The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... In its simplist form, a Christian is a follower of and a believer in Jesus of Nazareth. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

A wave of spiritual awakening or revival swept over a large part of the Midwestern United States shortly before the turn of the 20th century. Lutherans that were influenced by this fervor rejected several former beliefs as incompatible with their newfound spirituality. They rejected the idea of receiving the unconverted into full membership or admitting them to communion, replaced liturgical ceremonies with simple worship services, and formed new congregations to worship and serve according to these dictates of conscience. Five such Lutheran congregations met in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 17, 1900 and organized this synod. The Church of the Lutheran Brethren synod patterned their Constitution after the Constitution of the Lutheran Free Church of Norway. The Lutheran Bible School, forerunner of the current schools in Minnesota, was started in 1903 in Wahpeton, North Dakota. County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, (D) Congressional Rep. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, or the Free Church as it is commonly known, is a nationwide Lutheran church in Norway consisting of 81 congregations with approximately 21,000 members. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Wahpeton is a city located in Richland County, North Dakota. ...

The CLBA emphasizes the foundational place of the Bible, stating, "We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and free from error. It is authoritative for faith and conduct." Other beliefs include the triune Godhead; total depravity; the eternal Son-ship, virgin birth, sinless life, substitutionary atonement, bodily resurrection, and personal return of Jesus; infant baptism; and Holy Communion. In addition to the denominational statement of faith, the church adheres to the following historic confessions - The Apostles' Creed, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, the Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism. Its strong emphasis on missions and evangelism, its stand for non-liturgical worship and a church composed only of confessing Christians differentiates it from most Lutherans in America. The CLBA considers itself to be "Lutheran in theological tradition and evangelical in practice." This 11th-century portrait is one of many images of Jesus in which a halo with a cross is used. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Eucharist is either the Christian sacrament of consecrated bread and wine or the ritual surrounding it. ... The Apostles Creed is an early statement of Christian belief, probably from the first or second century. ...

The Church of the Lutheran Brethren has 123 congregations with almost 15,000 members in the United States (114) and Canada (9), as well as about 1500 congregations in Cameroon, Chad, Japan and Taiwan. Offices, Lutheran Brethren Seminary, Lutheran Center For Christian Learning, and Hillcrest Lutheran Academy are located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Hillcrest Lutheran Academy is a private Christian high school in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. ... Fergus Falls is a city located in Otter Tail County, Minnesota. ...

External links

• Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
• Church of the Lutheran Brethren - Canada
• Lutheran Brethren Seminary
• Adherents.com
• Hillcrest Academy

References

• Church of the Lutheran Brethren, 1900-1975: A Believer's Fellowship - A Lutheran Alternative, by J. H. Levang
• Churches and Church Membership in the United States (1990), Glenmary Research Center
• Encyclopedia of American Religions, J. Gordon Melton, editor
• Handbook of Denominations in the United States, by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill, and Craig D. Atwood