Lutheran Churches of the Reformation

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Lutheran Churches of the Reformation, LCR, is an association of Lutheran congregations. The LCR has its roots among groups of Lutherans that broke with the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in the middle of the 20th century, and was formally incorporated in 1964. The group believes that the local congregation is the only divinely ordained church organization, and do not refer to synods or denominations as churches. This separates the group from other conservative Lutherans such as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

The Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations (FLC) is a group of congegations that left the LCR after a dispute concerning the proper procedure of excommunication. The FLC later established church fellowship with the Concordia Lutheran Conference.