page_title: Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
hierarchical_section_title: Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
context_page_description: The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference is an international conference of Confessional Lutheran national churches. The CELC is headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota.
  Founded in 1993 with thirteen church bodies as members, the Conference has grown to twenty members today. Plenary sessions are held every three years. To date there have been nine plenary meetings, with regional meetings held in the intervening years.
  The organization rejects the 1999 Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification signed between the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church.
context_section_description: The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) is an international conference of Confessional Lutheran national churches. The CELC is headquartered in Mankato, Minnesota.
  Founded in 1993 with thirteen church bodies as members, the Conference has grown to twenty members today. Plenary sessions are held every three years. To date there have been nine plenary meetings (1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017), with regional meetings held in the intervening years.
  The organization rejects the 1999 Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification signed between the Lutheran World Federation and the Catholic Church.
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