This church confesses the
Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
This church confesses Jesus
Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as 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 judgment 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 Testaments 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 church 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 church accepts the Apostles',
Nicene, and Athanasian
Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church.
This church 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 church accepts the other
confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the
Augsburg 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 church 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.
