A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions
Presented by the
Association of Confessional Lutherans
National Free Conference No. 30
and the
Luther Academy Lecture Series No. 26
May 8 – 10, 2019
LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Aire
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA; NEAR THE MALL OF AMERICA
About the Congress
“A Congress on the Lutheran Confessions” is presented by The Association of Confessional Lutherans – National Free Conference No. 30 and The Luther Academy – Lecture Series No. 26.
The Association and The Academy are organizations made up of Confessional Lutherans seeking to have a positive theological effect upon Lutheranism.
The Chairman of The Association of Confessional Lutherans is Rev. James Anthony. The Congress Program Director is Rev. John Fehrmann. The Executive Director of The Luther Academy is Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett; and the Luther Academy North America Fellow is Rev. Mark Preus.
Location: The Congress will be held at the Crowne Plaza Aire in Bloomington, Minnesota: May 8 – 10, 2019.
*Discount for early registration! Send in your registration by or on April 16, 2019 (postmarked no later than the 16th) and you may deduct $5.00 per person from the posted conference registration fee.
Thursday Evening Banquet: $30.00 / person.
The overall theme for this Congress is:
ANTINOMIANISM New and Old:
The Return of Seminex Theology
in Light of the Lutheran Confessions
Speaker Topics
-Drums, Saxophones, and Bouncing Balls – Rev. Dr. Karl Fabrizius
-The Third Use of the Law: Seminex and Today – Mr. Nathan Rinne
-The Death of the Word of God – Rev. Paul Strawn
-Gender Theology and the Splintering of the ELCA – Rev. Dr. Martin Noland
-Trinity and the Amoral God – Rev. Dr. David Scaer
-Gerhard Forde and the Theology of Radical Lutheranism – Dr. Jack Kilcrease
-Surviving the Storms – Rev. Dr. David Scaer
-Preaching Antinomianism (banquet) – Rev. Rolf Preus
-Lutheran Pastoral Practice: Avoiding Law-Gospel Reductionism
– Rev. Dr. Brian Saunders
-The Atonement: When did Lutherans Start Denying It? – Rev. Andrew Preus
About the Location and Lodging
The “Crowne Plaza Aire MSP Airport Mall of America” (3 Appletree Square, Bloomington; www.crowneplazaaire.com/location.php) is located just to the East of the Mall of America (MOA) in Bloomington, Minnesota, a southern suburb of Minneapolis, and is mere minutes South of the Mpls./St. Paul International Airport. The facility offers numerous amenities, such as: complimentary airport shuttle service, Junior Olympic sized swimming pool, 37” LCD HD flat screen televisions, complimentary wireless high-speed internet access, complimentary shuttle to Mall of America.
LODGING ACCOMMODATIONS must be made separately from conference registration.
To make reservations at the CROWNE PLAZA AIRE, call 1-800-227-6963 or 952-854-9000, and be sure to mention the “Congress on the Lutheran Confessions” to get the special single and double room rate of $125.00 (plus tax). Don’t delay – to get the special group rate, reserve before April 16th.
(Please remember that your staying at the Crowne Plaza Aire makes the lower room rate possible. Staying at competing hotels/motels will drive up the conference costs as our rates are based on contractual minimums.)
How to get to the Crowne Plaza Aire – Bloomington
From the North: I-35W South to I-494 East; to 34th Ave. Exit 1b. Turn right on 34th Ave., one block to American Blvd., turn left. Hotel entrance on right.
From the South: I-35W North to I-494 East; to 34th Ave. Exit 1b. Turn right on 34th Ave., one block to American Blvd. and turn left. Hotel entrance on right.
From the East: I-494 West to 34th Ave. Exit 1b. Turn left on 34th Ave. Go two blocks to American Blvd. and turn left. Hotel entrance on the right.
From the West: I-494 East to 34th Ave. Exit 1b. Turn right on 34th Ave. Go one block to American Blvd. and turn left. Hotel entrance on right.
Questions – Information: send e-mail to [email protected]
Please mail this completed form along with your payment to:
The ACL, PO Box 43895, Minneapolis MN 55443-0895
Make checks payable to: The ACL