Welcome to the CLCC

Thanks for your interest in Confessional Lutherans for Christ’s Commission. We are a recognized service organization (RSO) of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, chartered as a resource for Lutheran congregations to build a more knowledgeable laity.

We believe that a knowledgeable laity is important

to better understand what we profess.
to confidently witness to others.
to actively grow as a congregation.
to prayerfully preserve our confessional heritage.

Confessional

in our name reflects our dependence on the statements of the Lutheran reformers setting forth our understanding of Scriptures that define and shape the teachings of the Lutheran Church. It also reflects our desire to see more people in our congregations using the confessions as a resource for their daily and congregational lives.

Commission

in our name reflects our mission to share this message of salvation with others through education.

In this context, our confessions and our mission should not be viewed as in conflict with each other, but rather as interdependent foundations to guide our walk through life.

We invite you to support our efforts by becoming a member or by using us as a resource in the educational efforts of your congregation.

Lord, help us ever to retain
The Catechism’s doctrine plain
As Luther taught the Word of truth
In simple style to tender youth

Lutheran Service Book #865, © CPH 2006

Our Board of Directors

Pastor Mark B. Stirdivant (Chairman)
- Pastor Mark B. Stirdivant is Pastor of Christ Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saint Augustine, Florida. He has been with CLCC since 2014. He earned his Bachelor’s degree at Concordia University/ Christ College Irvine and Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He formerly served as pastor in Kansas City, Missouri, and Yucaipa, California.
R Scott Davis
- R Scott Davis is a retired entrepreneur and management consultant who specialized in software systems and management practices to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of inbound customer service and sales contact centers. A few years before his retirement Scott joined an LCMS congregation, Village Lutheran Church, in St. Louis, Mo after 20+ as an active member in an Episcopal Church near Concordia Seminary St. Louis. Scott was blessed to find a congregation that was committed to Confessional Lutheranism, teaching, preaching, liturgy, hymnody, outreach. He served as an usher, an elder, congregational president, planning committee chair, pastor search committee chair, lay delegate to both District and National Conventions, men’s bible study… and was active in several Lutheran RSOs in the St Louis area. He and his wife Cheryl moved to St Johns Florida in late 2022 to be closer to grandchildren, year-round golf and beaches. They are members of Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in St Augustine, Florida.
Rev. Rob Jarvis
- Rev. Rob Jarvis is the pastor of Hosanna Lutheran Church in Buffalo, Minnesota. He is a graduate of Concordia University, Seward, and Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. In his 20+ years of pastoral ministry, Rev. Jarvis has served congregations in Moorhead, MN; Menomonie, WI; and Morris, MN along with the students of the University of Minnesota, Morris. Rev. Jarvis served on the working group that formed CLCC and is also a survivor of lymphoma.
Mark Wanamaker
- Mark Wanamaker is a retired computer-programmer and an artist, who believes his work should glorify God and encourage people to look to His Word. He shares art via his website, thefingerworks.com. His doctrinal stance is very straightforward: The more we know the Small Catechism, the better; the more we know the Book of Concord, the better; the Church has gathered a vast library of knowledge, and we should use it; the forms of worship—the liturgy and hymns—are excellent and we should notice that excellence and use them. Mark is a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Yucaipa, CA and serves his congregation as Head Elder. He has served as delegate to District and Synod Conventions, and as a Synod as Floor Committee Member.