what we believe

Lutherans understand the Church to be people, God's house of living stones, called in faith to Christ Jesus and sent to witness to his truth. The Lutheran Church celebrates two sacraments: Holy Baptism, through which we are once-and-for-all-time reborn children of God; and Holy Communion, through which we continually are nourished by the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ being truly present in and with the bread and wine. Lutherans give special emphasis to God's message of justification by grace through faith, which means we are acceptable to God only because of his unearned love for us and not because of anything we ourselves have done.