The entirety of the Old and New Testament Scriptures are the divinely

inspired Word of God and without error or contradiction. We submit to

them as the only infallible authority in all matters of faith and practice.

We believe that the interpretation of Holy Scripture is accurately

expressed in the Church’s historic, ecumenical creeds and Lutheran

confessions as contained in the Book of Concord, which, in short,

expresses that all Scripture ultimately points to the crucified Christ and

His redemptive sacrifice.

We believe in one unique, divine essence which is called and is truly

God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

identical in nature, equal in power and glory, and having precisely the

same divine attributes and perfection.

We believe that God the Father is the first person of the Holy Trinity. He

creates and preserves all things as an act of grace and pure divine

goodness.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, eternal Son of God and second

person of the Trinity, became truly and fully man, without ceasing to be

God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin

Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful humanity.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption

through His true death on the cross, and that our redemption is made

available to us by His bodily resurrection from the dead.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Blessed Trinity

who dwells in all believers, calls humanity through the Gospel, enlightens

with His gifts, sanctifies the whole church on earth, and preserves it in

union with Jesus Christ in one true faith.

We believe that God created the universe as described in Genesis. We

believe that humanity was created in the image and likeness of God, but

through Adam’s sin became alienated from God, acquired a sinful nature,

and came under the Law and the penalty of death.

We believe that salvation is the gift of God offered by grace and not

achieved by any human work or effort but received by faith that is

created by the Holy Spirit by means of the Word of God in the Gospel

and that this faith is manifested in works that are pleasing to God.

We believe that the Sacrament of Baptism, when administered according

to the command of Christ to infants and adults, is a means of grace by

which God offers the forgiveness of sins. We believe that the Sacrament

of the Lord’s Supper is a means of grace and offers communicants in,

with, and under the bread and wine, the true body and blood of Jesus

Christ, and that all who receive the Sacrament in true faith share in the forgiveness of sins procured by Christ’s sacrifice.

WE AFFIRM THE SACRED COVENANT OF MARRIAGE.
God created us male and female, and it is His 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; Ephesians 5:22-33