LCMC was started by the WordAlone Network as an alternative for local churches that no longer believed that they could remain in the ELCA and work to reform it.

Territories of Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as over 100 congregations in 16 other countries (including Belarus, Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russia, and Vietnam).

On one important issue, LCMC stands apart from other conservative Lutheran denominations: it permits, but does not require the ordination of female clergy.

The LCMC does not bless same-sex partnerships and requires all pastors on their clergy list to subscribe to their pastoral admonition on human sexuality: "We affirm that God created us male and female, and that it is God's will and intention that human sexual expression and fulfillment take place only within the boundaries of marriage between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24-25; Matthew 19:4-6; and Mark 10:2-9).

Many congregations hold to liturgical forms and vested celebrants when leading worship and administering the Sacrament of the Altar.