Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church
4100 S. Bahnson Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
605-371-3800 bmitchell@knowingthesavior.org
The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC) is different from many Lutheran organizations
as it is not an incorporated synod. Rather, the AFLC is a fellowship of independent Lutheran congregations
bound together by the bonds of loyalty to a common cause and common tasks. The association was created
in specific rejection of the superior authority of any ecclesiastical organization above the congregation.
Principles
Because the AFLC seeks to be, above all, a spiritual movement, we were formed because of five principles:
Recognition that the Bible is inerrant and the authority in all areas of life.
Recognition that the teaching and preaching of God's Word is the main task of the Church,
to be conducted in such a way that the saints are built up in the faith and that unbelievers
see their need for salvation.
Belief that the congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth, with no authority
above it but the Word and Spirit of God.
Belief that Christian unity is a spiritual concept, not a man-made organization or body such
as the World Council of Churches or the National Council of Churches.
Belief that Christians are called to be salt and light in the world, separated from the ways
of the world and that this difference is to be reflected in the life of the congregation as well
as in the institutions of the church body.
