WORSHIP

WHAT WE BELIEVE

 

At Emmanuel Lutheran Church, our faith is rooted in the good news of Jesus Christ and shaped by the historic witness of the Church.

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• The Triune God
  We believe in one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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• Jesus Christ
  We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.

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• Grace Alone
  We believe that we are justified before God by grace alone, through faith in Jesus Christ, and not by our own works.

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• Scripture
  We accept the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of faith, life, and proclamation.

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• Creeds of the Church
  We affirm the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the Christian faith.

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• The Lutheran Confessions
  We accept the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a faithful witness to the Gospel, and the other writings in the Book of Concord as valid interpretations of the Church’s faith.

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• God’s Mission
  We confess the Gospel—recorded in Holy Scripture and confessed in the Creeds and Lutheran Confessions—as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God’s mission in the world.