Statement of Faith

If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved..  Romans 10:9 NRSV


Lutherans believe in the Triune God. God created and loves all of creation -- the earth and the seas and all of the world’s inhabitants.  We believe that God's Son, Jesus Christ, transforms lives through his death on the cross and his new life, and we trust that God's Spirit is active in the world.

We are part of God’s unfolding plan.  When we gather for worship, we connect with believers everywhere.  When we study the Bible or hear God’s word in worship, we are drawn more deeply into God’s own saving story.

The convictions shared by Christians from many different traditions are expressed in statements of belief called creeds.

These ecumenical creeds that Lutherans affirm and use in worship confess the faith of the church through the ages and around the world . . . The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America accepts the following creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church (and you are welcome to use these links to learn more about these creeds):

 

The Apostles Creed

The Nicene Creed

The Athanasian Creed


Taken from the “Statement of Faith” from www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Statements-of-Belief