- This church confesses the Triune God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- This church
confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of
God for the salvation of all who believe
- Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom
everything was made and through whose life,
death, and
resurrection God fashions a new creation.
- The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and
Gospel
is the Word of God, revealing judgment and
mercy through word
and deed, beginning with the Word in creation,
continuing in the
history of Israel, and centering in all its
fullness in the person and
work of Jesus Christ.
- The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
are the
written Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit
speaking through
their authors, they record and announce God's
revelation centering
in Jesus Christ. Through them God's
Spirit speaks to us to create
and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for
service in the
world.
- This church accepts the canonical
Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and
the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
- This church accepts the
Apostles',
Nicene, and
Athanasian Creeds
as true declarations of the faith of this church.
- This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg
Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it
In faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of
the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
- This church accepts the other confessional
writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg
Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism,
the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid
interpretations of the faith of the Church.
- This church confesses the Gospel, recorded
in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran
confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the
Church for God's mission in the world.
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