Our
Confession of Faith
This
congregation confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
This congregation confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the
Gospel to be an embodiment of the power of God for the salvation of all
who believe.
Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was
made and through whose life, death and resurrection God fashions a new
creation.
The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel is the
Word of God, revealing judgement and mercy through word and deed,
beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of
Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of
Jesus Christ.
The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are the written
Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors,
they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ.
Through them God's spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian
faith and fellowship for service in the world.
This congregation accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and
norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
This congregation accepts the Apostles', Nicene and Athanasian creeds
as true declarations of faith.
This congregation accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true
witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and
doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the
Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
This congregation accepts the other confessional writings in the Book
of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augburg Confession, the Smalcald
Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism,
and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the
faith of the church.
This congregation confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures
and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional
writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for
God's mission in the world.