Our Lutheran Beliefs
We accept and preach the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, 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.
Scripture Alone - Sola Scriptura
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.
Faith Alone - Sola Fide
Grace Alone - Sola Gratia
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.
With the universal Christian Church, Grace Lutheran Church, teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God:
What Does it Mean to Be Lutheran
Lutherans accept and preach the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Drawn from God’s Word, the Lutheran Confessions are a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and serve as authoritative texts for all pastors, congregations and other rostered church workers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
The Lutheran Confessions
What are the Lutheran Confessions?
Grace Lutheran Church accepts the Scriptures as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and the we subscribe unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God.
We accept the Lutheran Confessions as articulated in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they are drawn from the Word of God, and on that account we regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and as authoritative for all pastors, congregations and other rostered church workers of Grace Lutheran Church and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
Book of Concord of 1580
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The Father is the creator of all that exists;
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Jesus Christ, the Son became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan.
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The Holy Spirit creates faith through God’s Word and Sacraments.
The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
the Father
the Son
& the Holy Spirit
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Our Beliefs & Practices
Holy Communion at Grace
The Lord’s Supper is celebrated at Grace Lutheran Church in the confession and glad confidence that, as he says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but his very body and blood to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with him and with one another.
Our Lord invites to his table those who trust his words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as he forgives and loves us, that they may show forth his death until he comes.
Because those who eat and drink our Lord’s body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this altar, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod are asked to not partake in the Lord's Supper, but may come to the altar, cross your arms and receive the blessing during communion.
For further study, see Matthew 5:23f.; 10:32f.; 18:15-35; 26:26-29; 1 Cor. 11:17-34.
"So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord."
1 Corinthians 11:27
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"What About Fellowship and the Lord's Supper"
by Dr.A.L.Barry President The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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