Our Supporters

The Lutheran Churches of the Common Confession (LC3) graphic of LCCC logois first and foremost an association of congregations who have gathered around a common confession of faith. As such, we are interested in cooperative ministry with all who share our same confession of faith, and who seek to engage in the mission of Christ in the world.

We welcome the support of organizations, ministries, and individual church leaders who are ministry partners with us in the mission of the gospel and the reform and renewal of the church.

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Support from Organizations and Ministries

LC3 is already working cooperatively with a number of Lutheran reform groups in support of the renewal and reform of the church. In addition, we are in partnership with several specialized ministries and mission organizations, to further the work of the gospel and assist the ministries of local congregations. Some of our partner ministries are listed below.

Organizations that share the ideals of the Common Confession and wish to work cooperatively with the congregations LC3, are invited to list their name among the supporters below. To be included on this list, please send your request to LC3@lutherancore.org, with your organization's name, contact person, mailing address, phone number, email address, and web address. We would be happy to include a link here.

Partner Organizations & Ministries Website or Email Contact
Call to Faithfulness (Iowa) www.calltofaithfulness.org
East European Mission Network www.eemn.org
Evangelical Lutheran Confessing Fellowship www.elcf.net
Fellowship of Confessional Lutherans www.foclnews.org
Latin American Lutheran Mission www.lalm-elcm.org
Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Reform) Pr.spring@pennswoods.net
Lutherans Reform! www.lr-elcf.org
Mt. Carmel Ministries info@MountCarmelMinistries.com
New Hope Mission Society (India) newhope@faithlc.com
Solid Ground Ministries – Canada www.solid-ground.ca
The Evangelical Mission Network (S.W. CA) dberkedal@faithsd.net
WordAlone Network www.wordalone.org
World Mission Prayer League www.wmpl.org
Youth Encounter www.youthencounter.org

Support from Pastoral Leaders

The congregations of LC3 look to the leadership of pastors and lay ministers who are grounded in the Word of God as the authority of their preaching and teaching, and who intentionally articulate a theology in harmony with the Lutheran Confessional writings.

In addition to the clergy who serve LC3 member-congregations, the association invites pastors and professional lay leaders who subscribe to the Common Confession to list their name as supporters of LC3. New names will be included on the list below, among the leaders of congregations that are already a part of LC3.

To be included on the list of individual supporters, please send your request to LC3@lutherancore.org with your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and current congregation, along with the name of the synod or district to which you belong.

Contact information for ELCA pastors and professional lay leaders can be found by using the ELCA Website “Roster Look-up System” at www.elca.org/it/findldr.html. If there are errors in the list below, please contact the webmaster at LC3@lutherancore.org.

Name Congregation City State
Pr. Paul Andell St. James Ev. LC Philadelphia PA
Pr. Bryan Anderson Nazareth LC Withee WI
Pr. Bill Bakewicz American LC Long Prairie MN
Pr. David Baldukas Olivet LC LaCrosse WI
Pr. David Berkedal Faith LC San Dimas CA
Pr. Joel Berthelsen Hope LC Cedar Hill TX
Pr. Wendy Berthelsen Hope LC Cedar Hill TX
Pr. Nate Bjorge First LC Little Falls MN
Pr. Kurt Borows Resurrection LC Port Clinton OH
Pr. Jerald Borgie Penasquitos LC San Diego CA
Pr. Ralph Boyer IV Christ Hamilton United LC Stroudsburg PA
Pr. Mark Braaten Our Savior's LC Tyler TX
Pr. Walter Breiner Jr. Zions LC Weatherly PA
Pr. Mary Brown Luther Seminary St. Paul MN
Pr. Harold Brown (ret.) St. Matthew LC Beaverton OR
Pr. Robert Buechler Trinity-Bergen LC Starkweather ND
Pr. Paul Buzzard St. Michael's LC Hamburg PA
Pr. Mark C. Chavez Faith LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. David Christensen Lutheran Campus Ministry at SSU Marshall Marshall MN
Pr. Jeff Cottingham First LC Paxton IL
Pr. Lawrence Cunnings Christ Ev. LC Dallastown PA
Pr. James Culver St Paul LC Versailles IN
Pr. David Darling St. Paul Ev. LC Evart MI
Pr. Charles Daley Peñasquitos LC San Diego CA
Pr. Charles DeHaven Retired New Braunfels TX
Pr. Paul Demant Immanuel Ev. LC Fresno CA
Pr. Steve Dornbusch Calvary LC Golden Valley MN
Rev. Dr. Don Edwards St. Andrew Ev. LC Muncy PA
Pr. Jaynan Clark Egland Zion LC Deer Park WA
Pr. David Eibel Living Word LC Grapevine TX
Pr. Nathan Feig American LC Rantoul IL
Pr. Carl Fiskness Immanuel LC / Faith LC Brookston / Culver MN
Pr. Bryce Formwalt Joyful Harvest Church Johnsburg IL
Pr. Randy Freund Faith LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. Michael Frost Zion’s Stone Church New Ringgold PA
Rev. Dr. Mark Gehrke Faith LC Moline IL
Pr. James Gerth St. John's LC Danforth IL
Pr. David Glesne Redeemer LC Fridley MN
Pr. Thomas Gopp Our Savior's LC Columbia Falls MT
Pr. Jeffray Greene American LC Rantoul IL
Pr. Michael R. Greenler Christ LC Chino CA
Pr. Amanda Grimmer Holy Trinity Evangelical LC Abington PA
Pr. Robert L. Groenke, Jr. Faith LC Millersburg OH
Pr. Scott Grorud Faith LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. Gustavo Guerrero Our Savior's LC Tyler TX
Pr. David Hagstrom Ezekiel LC River Falls WI
Pr. Marshall Hahn Marion and Norway LC St. Olaf IA
Pr. Michael A. Hanson Zion LC Cottage Grove MN
Pr. Gary Hatcher St. Peter LC Greene IA
Pr. Carl Haynes Christiana LC Salisbury NC
Pr. Arthur Hebbeler III Abiding Presence LC Beltsville MD
Pr. Gregory Hoffmann Penasquitos LC San Diego CA
Pr. Eric Hulstrand Trinity, Minnehaha Falls Minneapolis MN
Pr. Thomas Jacobson Samhold LC and United LC Gonvick and Berner MN
Pr. Kurt Jensen Evangelical LC East Jordan MI
Pr. Rodney Juell Provena St. Joseph Medical Center Joliet IL
Pr. Sean Kelly Redeemer LC Fridley MN
Pr. William Ketchie St. Paul LC Salisbury NC
Pr. Kenneth Kimball Old East/West Paint Creek Waterville IA
Pr. Steven King Holy Cross LC Maple Lake MN
Pr. Marvin Koenig St. Paul's LC New Braunfels TX
Pr. Karl Kruse Christ the King LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. Tim Larson Calvary LC Willmar MN
Pr. Greg Lenz Faith Free LC (AFLC) Chanhassen MN
Pr. Jon Lindekugel Christ the King LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. Lance Lindgren Vangen LC Mission Hill SD
Pr. Peter Martinson Holy Cross LC Maple Lake MN
Pr. Eric Mathsen St. Matthew's LC White Plains NY
Pr. Michael F. Mechsner Turlock CA
Pr. Scott McLaughlin Vision of Glory LC Minneapolis MN
Rev. Dr George Muenich Zion German LC Brooklyn NY
Pr. Jerry Merkouris Beaver Valley LC Valley Springs SD
Pr. Gerald A. Miller St. Martin LC Annapolis MD
Pr. Drex Morton St Michael LC Canton MI
Pr. Dean H. Nelson St. John's LC Los Banos CA
Pr. Dennis Nelson Christ LC West Covina CA
Pr. Norman Olsen (ret.) Glenwood LC Glenwood MN
Pr. Kim Peterson St. John LC Boyden IA
Pr. Trudy Peterson St. John LC Boyden IA
Pr. Lynn Peterson Calvary LC Golden Valley MN
Pr. Paulus Pilgrim Faith LC Hutchinson MN
Pr. David Priem Holy Ghost Fredericksburg TX
Pr. John Priest Immanuel LC Delhi NY
Pr. Carl Rasmussen First Ev. LC Kirkland IL
Pr. Howard Reeves Calvary LC Golden Valley MN
Pr. Craig Rew-Werling American LC Milbank SD
Pr. Janine Rew-Werling American LC Milbank SD
Pr. Jack Richards Prince of Peace LC Everett WA
Pr. Coy Roberts St. John's Ev. LC Los Banos CA
Pr. Michelle Rowell Albion LC St James MN
Pr. Mark Rowland Grace LC Ridgecrest CA
Pr. Rudolph Schneider Holy Spirit LC Manahawkin NJ
Rev. Dr. Frederick Schumacher St. Matthew's LC White Plains NY
Pr. Daniel Shaw Zion LC Kent WA
Rev. David J. Smith Hebron Lutheran Church Hebron KY
Pr. John (JC) Smith Lutheran Church of Christ Kaohsiung Taiwan
Pr. Leon Stier Redeemer LC Henderson MN
Pr. John Strand Zion LC Kent WA
Pr. Eric Swensson Holy Trinity LC New Rochelle NY
Pr. Michael Tavella Holy Trinity Ev. LC Abington PA
Pr. Fred Tessmer St. Timothy LC Hudson IA
Pr. James Tetlie Faith LC Silver Creek MN
Pr. Jeffrey Tarras St. John, Peace LC Edgar WI
Pr. Robert vonFrisch Trinity Ev. LC Lehighton PA
Pr. Todd Wallace Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Sacramento CA
Pr. Jack R. Whritenour Trinity LC Shelton CT
Pr. Erma S. Wolf Brandon-Split Rock LC Brandon SD
Pr. Jerry Yarnell St Michael LC Canton MI
Pr. Keith Yoder on leave, NE-PA synod Ashfield PA