CELC Registration Deadline Approaching

January 28, 2023 By Deb Witte

Olympic Parktel in Seoul – Site of the 2023 CELC Convention

We are very close to the registration deadline—January 31—for the CELC convention to be held in South Korea on June 6-8. Please register today if you are planning on coming!

As of Friday, January 27, registrations have been received from the following thirteen CELC churches.

Christ the King, Nigeria
Cameroon
Zambia
Kenya
East Asia
SALEM (Hong Kong)
Albania
Latvia
Germany
Norway
St. John’s, Finland
ELS
WELS

Hopefully, there are more of the 34 CELC churches that will be able to send representation. Each CELC member church is encouraged to send two voting delegates.

The registration form can be found here. More details about the conference are located on the 2023 CELC Convention information webpage.
Please share this information with those who may be interested in attending. If you have questions, please contact the CELC President at president@celc.info.

From the CELC Planning Committee

The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference is a worldwide fellowship of Lutheran church bodies, committed to the teachings of the Lutheran Church found in the Book of Concord of 1580. Established in 1993 with thirteen churches, the CELC has grown by God’s grace to include thirty-four church bodies today.

Every three years, representatives from CELC churches gather for fellowship and theological study at an international convention. Regional meetings are held in alternate years. These gatherings provide spiritual encouragement for confessional Lutherans who often find themselves quite isolated. Visitors are always welcome at these gatherings

Joint work of the CELC includes the writing of The Eternal Word: A Lutheran Confession for the Twenty-First Century, which testifies to the unity of doctrine enjoyed by CELC churches. The CELC also has a commission to help coordinate and improve theological training in CELC churches.

Speaking about the heart and core of the CELC, former President Gaylin Schmeling wrote: “The CELC stands ready to give answer to the confident hope of salvation in Christ that is within us. It is a refuge for those seeking confessional homes and a beacon shining the light of the Gospel in a sin-darkened world. Here the central truth of the Reformation, justification by faith alone, continues to be proclaimed. We are declared righteous by nothing we do or accomplish, but alone on the basis of Christ’s redemptive work which is counted as ours through faith in the Savior. He accomplished salvation for all on the cross and announced it to all by His resurrection, declaring the whole world righteous in Christ. This treasure is brought to us personally through the means of grace and is received by faith alone in the Savior which is worked through those very means of grace.”