Peace Lutheran Church
Our Vision:
With Jesus as our cornerstone, Sharing the Faith, Growing in Grace, Building for Eternity.
Our Philosophy of Ministry
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:19-20, commanded His disciples "to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age." The Gospel account according to Luke, Chapter 19, Verse 10, finds Jesus explaining His mission, "to seek and save the lost." During His ministry, Jesus sent out seventy-two by two's and instructed them, "The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few...pray...go..." (Luke 10:2). in the first church, which turned the world upside down, we read in Acts 2:41; 47; 5:14; 10:44-48, "they added to their number." We learn that it is the will of our Lord for the church to grow both spiritually and in number.
Therefore, growth must permeate all activities of the church. We learn that we have a "shepherding" responsibility of "equipping and enabling" the people of God for their ministry of going out and bringing the unsaved into His kingdom (John 21:15-17). The church carries out its responsibility through call ministers, both lay and professional (Eph 4:10-12).
Our Beliefs
What We Believe...
Peace Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod which teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, Creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being "Lutheran," our congregation accepts and teaches Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.
Grace alone:
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Scripture alone:
The Bible is God's inherent and infallible Word, in which he reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
Faith alone:
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through him.
The word "Synod " in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod comes from the Greek words that mean "walking together." It has rich meaning in our church body, because the congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
The congregations of the Synod are "confessional." They hold to the Lutheran Confessions as the correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century. The simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism. The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans believe.
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