Lutheran Confessional Synod

The Lutheran Confessional Synod (LCS) was a Confessional Lutheran church, characterized by a strict interpretation of the Lutheran Confessions and a historical liturgy. Organized in 1994, when Christ Lutheran Church in Decatur, Illinois, broke away from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, it initially declared doctrinal agreement with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod.[1][2][3] The LCS organized the Johann Gerhard Institute (a denominational publishing house) and St. Anselm Theological Seminary in 1996.[1] The church body was for a brief period in fellowship with WELS and ELS, but broke fellowship with those two synods on June 14, 1997, because of differences in the doctrine of the Ministry and the Lord's Supper.[1][4]

Logo of the Lutheran Confessional Synod

The LCS' first bishop was the Rev. Randy L. DeJaynes, consecrated to that position on October 7, 1994.[3][5] DeJaynes pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography on August 26, 2008, having been indicted by a grand jury in March 2007 on four counts of child pornography.[6]

As of 2009, stating a "desire to return to the Apostolic faith," some former LCS clergy were Chrismated in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, while others entered the Roman Catholic Church. At least one is now a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America. By 2012, it was reported that the church body had disbanded.[7]

References
  1. "The Lutheran Confessional Synod Constitution". The Lutheran Confessional Synod. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  2. Ingram, Ron (September 4, 2004). "Lutheran congregation's split leads to final service in church building". Herald and Review. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  3. "78th Report, Regular Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod" (PDF). Evangelical Lutheran Synod. pp. 39–40, 108. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  4. Moldstad, John A. (June–September 2011). "Public Ministry: ELS Perspective" (PDF). Lutheran Synod Quarterly. 51 (2–3): 143–206. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  5. "The Bishop's Page". The Lutheran Confessional Synod. Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  6. Ingram, Ron (August 27, 2008). "Former teacher Randy DeJaynes pleads guilty to one count of possession of child pornography". Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  7. Brug, John. "A Doctrinal Study of the ELCA in 2012—Part I: The Development of the ELCA" (PDF). p. 61. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

Further reading
  • DeJaynes, Randy Lee. "Come out from among them ..." : a journey out of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Decatur, IL: Johann Gerhard Institute, 1996.
  • Ingram, Ron (September 4, 2004). "Lutheran congregation's split leads to final service in church building". Herald and Review. Retrieved January 8, 2020.- Article about a split in Christ Lutheran membership
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