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OUR BELIEFS, BRIEFLY NOTED … (We are happy to discuss these matters with you at any time!)
We believe in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- The Father has created all that is and He has created us in His image and still watches over and preserves His creation.
- The Son, Jesus Christ, is both God and Human. His mission was to reach people who had fallen from God's image into sin and reunite them with God in a true and living relationship.
- The Holy Spirit creates faith within people – a faith that trusts God day by day for everything (temporal and eternal); a faith that believes that Jesus Christ has rescued us and gives us the gift of life with God here and forever in heaven.
We believe that humans now live in the condition of sin and need someone to save us. The only one who can do that, we believe, is Jesus Christ. He lived the life we were meant to live. He reached out to people; he suffered; he died and God raised him from death to demonstrate that Jesus had accomplished this.
We believe that God's full communication to us is in Jesus Christ, the true Word of God, made human, as the Bible describes him. Through the direction and power of the Holy Spirit, the Bible was written; it is God's Word about "the Word," Jesus Christ. The Old Testament of the Bible not only relates history, but shows the relationship of God to people and our need for rescue. In this time period before Christ, God worked in and through people and promised them the Messiah (Jesus Christ), who would free us from sin and restore our relationship with Him. The New Testament is a witness to how God's promises came true in His Son, Jesus, and proves Jesus to be the promised One of God. We believe and hold to what the Bible teaches. We have various customs, but the Bible is what is authoritative. It directs us, as well as encourages and comforts us.
Lutherans are a body of believers in God, who have a distinct confession of faith, based upon the Bible and a number of historical documents referred to as The Lutheran Confessions.
We confess and hold to the three universally held creeds (formal statements of faith): The Apostles' Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Athanasian Creed.
We define a Sacrament as a holy action, begun by God, which has visible elements connected to God's Word and used as He directs for the forgiveness of sins. Consequently, we count two Sacraments: Holy Baptism and Holy Communion. These are celebrated regularly as part of our life together. Holy (Christian) Baptism is administered to people of all ages, infant to adult. It is the application of water in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28.19) and is connected to a Christian life of faith. (Confirmation is a ceremony, begun by Christians. At that time young teenagers or adults confirm the faith of their Baptism in a public worship setting.) Holy Communion is a gift of Jesus Christ to assure his people of forgivenss and it gives strength to life the Christian life. Communion is also an act of remembering what Jesus did for us and a demonstration to all of Jesus' saving work. Christian people of a common faith who understand their need for forgiveness and are sorry for their sins and acknowledge the Lord Jesus' real presence in bread and wine respond to Jesus' invitation and commune (are united) with him and with each other in this Sacrament. Holy Communion is celebrated regularly among us.
The Chrtistian Church is made up of all who believe in the Triune God and trust in Jesus for all that they need spiritually (primarily the forgiveness of sins, which creates a living relationship with God that lasts through time and eternity). We have a deep, special relationship with all who beleive this.
We WORSHIP, GROW, CARE, and SHARE as God's people.
We are …
- A Church that Worships regularly, often and in various ways. Pastors and congregational members are actively involved in WORSHIP.
- A Teaching Congregation. - This is shown by our commitment to Christian education through our school. (Our national church body runs the second largest parochial school system in this country.) It is also demonstrated through our ownership and support of a Lutheran Christian elementary school. (We also have association with Concordia Lutheran High School here in Fort Wayne.) We have a wide range of educational opportunities for people of all ages: pre-school through adult. GROW
- A Church that takes seriously our responsibilty to CARE for others with the love of God in Jesus Christ within and beyond our congregation. This is demonstrated through many caring ministries and activities.
- A Church that Reaches Out to people locally, nationally and internationally with the Good News of Jesus. We are committed to sharing our faith in many ways, both by our actions and by our involvement in and support of mission work. SHARE
For more information on these beliefs, feel free to contact us.
