The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA) is a family
of 123 congregations in the United States and Canada, with 1,500
daughter congregations in Cameroon, Chad, Japan and Taiwan now
organized into four national churches. The CLBA congregations
are Lutheran in theological tradition and evangelical in practice.
The CLBA as a denomination exists to serve congregations in their
obedience to the Great Commission, locally, nationally and
internationally. This commission call us to proclaim Christ,
causing people to trust and follow Him.
For the first 50 years of CLBA history over 50% of denominational
funds were spent on overseas missions, living out the vision
that was in the founders hearts. Today the people of the CLBA
are experiencing a growing desire to reach out to our communities
and to plant more congregations in North America. Our vision
is to found congregations that are aligned to the Scriptures
as authoritative, and to the Gospel of Jesus Christ as central.
We believe this is God's primary way of bringing truth and meaning
to a broken world. Congregations with living ministries of worship,
nurture, evangelism, caring and loving fellowship that are well
led are the hope for light and life in our communities and in
our world. The prayer of our congregations is that the Lord will
use us who have received grace through faith, to be centers for
spiritual life.
Desert Rose Church was founded in 1977 in the middle of a
quiet neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona. Desert Rose Church is
a place where you can find an open door, open arms and
spiritual food on the table.
