The Chemnitz Forum
Confessing for Lutheran Unity
Confession for today
Unity among Confessional Lutherans will never be achieved unless we boldly confess against the errors in doctrine and practice in our own synods and fellowships. But “confessing” requires “confessions.”
Though the specific issues have changed, the modern challenges to achieving Lutheran unity are no different today than they were in the 17th century. A few humble men, chief among them Martin Chemnitz, rescued the Lutheran churches from a morass of conflicting doctrine and practice that shattered the unity of the Church, by directly confronting these errors. The result was the publication of the Formula of Concord.
Unless a similar project is undertaken today, there will never be any hope of addressing the errors in our midst which divide us. The Chemnitz Forum was founded for this purpose.