About Our Church

Our Mission

As believers in Jesus Christ, the Son of God and Savior of the nations, we acknowledge him as the loving Head of the church and ourselves as his body
(1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:4-5).

 We receive both our spiritual life and our marching orders from Jesus who died and rose again to set us free from sin, death, and the devil. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit through the gospel to empower, equip, and motivate us to serve him and each other. The work that is done for the church, by the church, and through the church, is the work of Christ our Lord. With that understanding, we have chosen this as our mission statement:

Look what Christ is doing!

  • He binds us together in fellowship
  • He gathers us together for worship
  • He equips us for service
  • He sends us out with the gospel

Our Beliefs

The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases:
Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.

 

SOLA GRATIA

(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.

SOLA FIDE

(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.

SOLA SCRIPTURA

(Scripture Alone)

The Bible is God’s inerrant 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.

As Lutherans, we believe, teach, and confess that God’s Word in Scripture is the only source and norm for Christian teaching. From God’s Word we learn:

    • Each and every person is a sinner, dead in trespasses and sins, separated from God and deserving only eternal punishment from him (Romans 3:20; Ephesians 2:1).
    • No one can earn salvation by good works (Galatians 2:16-21).
    • While we were still sinners, God sent Jesus, true God and true man, to fulfill the Law for us, die in our place for our forgiveness, and rise on Easter (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
    • God gives us salvation by grace alone through faith alone on account of Christ alone (Ephesians 2:4-10).
    • God gives his life, forgiveness, and salvation today through his Word (Romans 10:17), Baptism (Matthew 28:18-20), and Christ’s true body and blood in the Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

As Lutherans, we summarize these teachings in the Book of Concord, to which we hold because it is a true exposition of Scripture.  The Small Catechism is the most well-known document in the Book of Concord and gives a simple introduction to what Lutherans believe.

We are a member congregation of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). The WELS is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC), a worldwide group of 32 Lutheran church bodies.

For more information about the Book of Concord, please visit: http://bookofconcord.org/
For more information about the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, please visit: https://wels.net/