What We Believe
It's all about Jesus.
As a Confessional Lutheran congregation and a member church of the LCMS, we subscribe to the 1580 Book of Concord in its doctrinal teachings. Our faith as it is taught in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible is briefly summarized by the ancient Nicene Creed from the 4th century: we believe in one God who exists in three Persons, the Holy Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God,
begotten of His Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God,
begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made;
who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures
and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father.
And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead,
whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified,
who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church,
I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins,
and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
We believe that we are all sinners and are unable to attain our own salvation (Romans 3:9-31); and that it is by grace we are saved, a gift given freely by our Creator, although at great cost to Him. We receive God's good gifts to us in His means of grace: Word and Sacrament. In the Word of God read and proclaimed, in the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper, our Lord is creating and sustaining faith. We acknowledge the faith-creating power of Holy Baptism and the real presence of Christ's true Body and Blood in Lord's Supper.
For more information on what the LCMS teaches, please visit their website or contact us!