Grace Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS).
With the universal Christian Church, we teach and respond to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all people and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates and sustains faith through God’s Word and Sacraments.
We believe in the following:
Being “Lutheran,” our congregation accepts and teaches 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 short phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.
Grace Alone (Rom 3:23-24, Jn 3:16, 1 Jn 2:2)
God loves all the people of the world, even though we are sinful, rebel against Him, and do not deserve His love. We cannot earn it through our own works. But His love and forgiveness is indeed given to one and all, on account of His Son, Jesus Christ. Through His death and resurrection, God loves the unlovable; He seeks and saves the lost.
Faith Alone (John 11:25-26; Eph 2:8-9; Rom 1:16, 3:22, 10:17)
Jesus, the Lamb of God, gave Himself on the cross for the sin of the world, according to God’s salvific plan. Faith in this Good News is given through hearing, not by our own natural effort to believe. The Holy Spirit works this faith in believers, who then personally receive all the benefits of Christ’s death and resurrection.
Scripture Alone (2 Tim 2:15, 3:16-17; Lk 24:27; Jn 5:39; Heb 1:2)
The Bible, Holy Scripture, is God’s inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals in the Old Testament and New Testament, salvation through Jesus Christ. In it, the Lord reveals His holy will: commands and penalties for sin (Law), promises and forgiveness of sins in Christ (Gospel). The Bible is the sole rule and norm by which all Christian doctrines are to be judged, and the Bible itself is not subordinated to other doctrinal authority or tradition.