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The Lutheran Church is the largest Protestant denomination in the world, with over 60 million members. It originated in the 16th century when Martin Luther, a German monk, protested the Catholic Church's practices. Luther's central belief was that salvation could only be achieved through faith in God's grace.
This foundation forms the cornerstone of our beliefs. From it, our faith in Jesus Christ and the Gospel shapes everything we hold true and strive to live out.
We are people who believe and confess our faith in the Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We trust and believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
We believe and confess that all human beings are sinners, and that sinners are redeemed by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God alone justifies human beings by faith in Christ – a faith that God creates through the message of the Gospel. As ambassadors for Christ, God uses us to proclaim His Word and build His kingdom.
We believe and confess that the Bible is God’s revealed Word to us, spoken in Law and Gospel. The Bible is the final authority for us in all matters of our faith and life.
We accept and uphold that the Lutheran Confessions reliably guide us as faithful interpretations of Scripture and that we share a unity and fellowship in faith with others among whom the Gospel of Jesus Christ is preached and the sacraments are administered, in accordance with the Gospel.
We believe and confess that the Holy Spirit makes all who believe in Jesus Christ to be priests for service to others in Jesus’ name and that God desires to make use of the spiritual gifts he has given through the priesthood of all believers.
We believe and confess that the marriage of male and female is an institution created and blessed by God. From marriage, God forms families to serve as the building blocks of all human civilization and community. We teach and practice that sexual activity belongs exclusively within the biblical boundaries of a faithful marriage between one man and one woman.
We believe and confess that the church is the assembly of believers called and gathered by God around the Word and Sacrament and that the mission and ministry of the church is carried out within the context of individual congregations, which can work together both locally and globally.
