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What We Believe...
Peace
Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri
Synod which teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God:
the Father, Creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son,
who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human
beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over
death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through
God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity
are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being
"Lutheran," our congregation accepts and teaches Bible-based
teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of
the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther
and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases:
Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.
Grace
alone:
God
loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful,
rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus,
His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Scripture
alone:
The
Bible is God's inherent and infallible Word, in which he reveals
His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is
the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
Faith
alone:
By
His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of
all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal
life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it
have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in
Christ and gives people forgiveness through him.
The
word "Synod " in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod comes from
the Greek words that mean "walking together." It has rich meaning
in our church body, because the congregations voluntarily choose
to belong to the Synod. Diverse in their service, these congregations
hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy
Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
The
congregations of the Synod are "confessional." They hold to
the Lutheran Confessions as the correct interpretation and presentation
of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The
Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements
of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the
16th century. The simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism.
The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans
believe.
Please
check www.LCMS.org for additional
information on what We Believe and the Lutheran Church Missouri
Synod.
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