Ad Crucem NewsLCMS 2026Committee 5Theology and Church Relations
To Reconsider Altar and Pulpit Fellowship with The American Association of Lutheran Churches
- Committee
- 5. Theology and Church Relations
- Submitted by(2)
- Circuit 13 (Indiana)circuitEnglish Districtdistrict
- Workbook page
- 341
WHEREAS, The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) declared altar and pulpit fellowship with The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC) at its 2007 convention (Res. 3-01); and
WHEREAS, The AALC has in recent years received into its membership numerous pastors and congregations that are former LCMS members, including pastors removed from the LCMS roster for cause; and
WHEREAS, The Synod recognizes fellowship with partner churches on the basis of agreement in doctrine and practice; and
WHEREAS, In these matters, the AALC has raised doubts about its agreement with the LCMS and its willingness to work together as a partner church; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Synod in convention call the AALC to repentance for its failures in ecclesiastical supervision and church relations and urge them to rectify these errors; and be it further
Resolved, That the Synod dissolve its fellowship with the AALC at the 2029 Synod convention unless those errors have been rectified in advance of that convention to the satisfaction of the President of the Synod as the chief ecumenical officer of the Synod.