VISION & VALUES

OUR VISION

Trinity Lutheran Church is a member of the North American Lutheran Church (NALC) and is dedicated to proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  We trust that God loves us unconditionally and has given us his Son, Jesus, to live, die, and rise from the dead for our forgiveness, life, and salvation.  Therefore, we teach that we are saved by faith in Jesus and not by any of our own works.  Yet since God has given us this gift of salvation, we are eager to do those works that serve our neighbor, the community, and the world.

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STATEMENT OF FAITH

This congregation confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

The congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the Salvation of all who believe. We believe that:

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.
   
   

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

We accept the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this congregation.

We accept 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.

We accept 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.

We confess 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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