What We Believe
We accept without reservation:
A) All Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament as the inspired and written Word of God, without error or contradiction, and the only rule and norm of faith and practice.
B) All the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as contained in the Book of Concord of 1580 as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God. These Symbolical Books are:
C) In order to maintain, support, and adhere to these confessional standards, we teach and confess nothing contrary to these Creeds and Confessions. As a Congregation we promote and preserve our Confessional heritage by strictly following the proper
synodical guidelines concerning Altar and Pulpit Fellowship.
B) All the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as contained in the Book of Concord of 1580 as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God. These Symbolical Books are:
C) In order to maintain, support, and adhere to these confessional standards, we teach and confess nothing contrary to these Creeds and Confessions. As a Congregation we promote and preserve our Confessional heritage by strictly following the proper
synodical guidelines concerning Altar and Pulpit Fellowship.
- The three Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed),
- the Unaltered Augsburg Confession,
- the Apology of the Augsburg Confession,
- the Smalcald Articles,
- Luther's Small Catechism,
- Luther's Large Catechism, and
- the Formula of Concord.
