What We Believe
Scripture Only
We believe that the Bible should be the only source and corrective for theology.
Faith Only
We believe that God calls us into a relationship of trust with Him. Our part of the relationship is to trust Him and His is to be trustworthy to us.
Grace Only
We believe that God does everything for us in salvation. He saves us through His grace, His favor bestowed on mankind.
Jesus Christ Only
We believe that Jesus is the only person who saves us, and is thus the only savior of the world. We try not to get in the way of that by playing God ourselves.
About Lutherans
Lutherans are a Christian movement that began in the 1500's as a response to some abuses that were happening at the time in the Christian Church. That response was called the Reformation, and it attempted to call Christians back to their Biblical roots and source of what it means to be followers of Jesus. Since then, Lutherans have continued their movement by planting churches throughout the world and continuing to call people back to an understanding of Christianity that is centered on Jesus, taken straight from the Bible, acting in faith and trust, and received as a gift (grace) from God.
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74 Million
There are approxmiately 74 million Lutherans throughout the world today. -
500 Hundred Years
Lutherans have been around for about 500 years. In fact, we're celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran reformation in 2017.
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Jesus Only
Lutherans believe that Jesus is the only way to get to a trusting relationship with God and eternal life. We don’t believe that just “living a good life,” no matter how good it is, will be good enough to earn those great gifts. The logic of Jesus Only If we could live lives that were Read more about Jesus Only[…]
Lutherans and the Bible
One of the first things that Martin Luther did at the beginning of our movement was to translate the Bible into something that was readable by his German neighbors and friends. He wasn’t the first person to do this, but it does show that since the beginning, Lutherans have felt the Bible is important. In Read more about Lutherans and the Bible[…]
Meet a Lutheran: Scott
I am Scott, a Lutheran layman (not professional church worker). I’m actually a criminal defense lawyer, but before that I worked as a dishwasher, busboy, lawn care worker, lumberyard worker, janitor, carpenter’s apprentice, army officer (I was really bad at this), lawn sprinkler installer, prosecutor, divorce and bankruptcy lawyer. Some people ask me how I Read more about Meet a Lutheran: Scott[…]
Do Lutherans do Ash Wednesday?
Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the season of Lent, a time that the historic church set aside to prepare for Easter specifically through the spiritual disciplines of fasting and prayer. Lent is a 40 day season (excluding Sundays) in which Christians are called to consider themselves and their place before God. One of the Read more about Do Lutherans do Ash Wednesday?[…]
Meet a Lutheran: Darrell
Hello! My name is Darrell. I became a Lutheran during my senior year in college. Before then I had attended a number of different churches—Pentecostal, Baptist, Methodist, and many others. I drifted from one church to another because I never really felt at home in church and was always looking for the right fit. After spending Read more about Meet a Lutheran: Darrell[…]
Meet a Lutheran: Mark
My name is Mark, and I’ve been a Christian a lot longer than I’ve been a Lutheran. I was born to Presbyterian parents, I was baptized as an infant, and grew up taking for granted the basic framework of beliefs that confessional Christians believe. My family moved us to a Baptist church for my high Read more about Meet a Lutheran: Mark[…]
Our jobs and why they matter – Vocation
Lutherans believe that your job matters – no matter what that job is (as long as it is not flagrantly and inherently in conflict with the Word of God). People in the Lutheran movement recognize that God has called all Christians to be a part of His Body. That means that the people in our Read more about Our jobs and why they matter – Vocation[…]
Meet a Lutheran: Jay
My name is Jay, but a lot of people call me “PJ” or “Pastor Jay” or just “Pastor”. Because that is what I am vocationally called to be. My story starts off that I was born in the Philippines. My parents were there as Lutheran missionaries and I happened to come along 2 years after Read more about Meet a Lutheran: Jay[…]
Faith Only
Lutherans believe and teach that human beings are saved by “faith only”. This seems like a simple enough idea, but some people seem to have a mistaken notion about what it means to be saved by “faith only”. This is perhaps because often when people think about the word “faith” they are thinking about holding Read more about Faith Only[…]
What were the 95 Theses about?
The 95 Theses were a document that Martin Luther posted to a church door in Wittenburg, Germany. His posting of this document amounted to the first definitive act of the Lutheran reformation. The posting of the 95 theses was a rather ordinary event in the academic life of Wittenburg, Germany, the city in which Martin Read more about What were the 95 Theses about?[…]