Over 500 years of confessing Christ, loving the neighbor, and defending the faith with boldness!
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.
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 Bible is God’s inerrant 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.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is a trinitarian, sacramental, confessional, evangelical, liturgical, historic, biblical, and Gospel-centered congregation. We exist to serve our Lord and serve our neighbor in love and compassion by calling sinners to repentance and faith in Christ Jesus our Lord who gave His life for all.
The source and norm of the Christian faith is the Holy Scripture. It is God's Word, infallible and perfect in every way and given to us through God's prophets and apostles for teaching, correcting, rebuking, admonishing, and training up the children of God in all righteousness.
Being a conservative church body, we reject most culturally influenced teachings found in many churches today.
Our theology comes from the Scripture and we boldly teach accordingly. We reject theology that is based on anything but the Word of God.
Our theology flows through our liturgy and our liturgy confesses what we believe. Discover the beauty of the ancient liturgy and the joy of reverent worship!
Lutherans are more than a church in a building. We go out and bring the Good News to our neighbor.
Lutherans are known throughout the world for our commitment to education and learning. Discover our schools, colleges, and seminaries.
Some of the world's greatest hymns and sacred songs are from Lutheran composers, and great Lutheran artists have dedicated their work to the Lord. Click below to learn about the vast history of Lutheran music!
St. Paul's is a sacramental church. This means that we believe, teach, and confess that Baptism saves, Christ is really present in the Lord's Supper, and the Absolution offers forgiveness of sins.
Baptism is not simple water only, but it is the water comprehended in God's command and connected with God's Word, as taught in Matthew 28:19.
It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, under the bread and wine, for us Christians to eat and to drink, instituted by Christ Himself, as taught in Matthew 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:14-23, and 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.
Confession embraces two parts: the one is, that we confess our sins; the other, that we receive absolution, or forgiveness, from the confessor, as from God Himself, and in no wise doubt, but firmly believe, that our sins are thereby forgiven before God in heaven.
Not all Christian churches are in fellowship with one another, and not all Lutheran churches are in fellowship with one another either. Learn about which church fellowship is all about and who we share "Altar and Pulpit" fellowship with.
Accepting Jesus? Deciding? Committing? Joining? Getting Baptized? What are the steps?
What you discover as you wade through the vast waters of church denominations is that for most of them, becoming a Christian is about you and your willingness to change your life or say a special prayer or make a decision or commit to something. There is even a list of steps you must take to achieve the "status" of Christian which is taught throughout American Evangelicalism. It's as if God is not even part of the conversation, that it's all on you. And they always want you to have some experience or emotional outburst as a sign for them that you really mean it when you commit, decide, or will yourself to change. This is all thanks to a movement from the 1800's that American Christianity hasn't put to bed. Trouble is that nowhere in the Scripture do we find that conversion to Christianity is a work you or I do. It is the work of God FOR you through Christ. You merely receive the gift through faith. And what of faith? Faith is planted, nurtured, and grows by the power of the Word of God working through the Spirit to bring you to new life! No decisions or acts of will, no commitments or promises to do better. Simply believe what is true as the Holy Spirit helps you. God gives this gift of faith in many ways, but one of the big ways is through Baptism as we read in 1 Peter 3:21, Acts 2:38-40, John 3:5, and elsewhere. Now, you can reject the gifts. The one thing your broken and sinful will can do is reject and say a big fat "no" to God's promise of forgiveness and salvation. But you can never choose or commit to God and His promises without His Word and Spirit first working in you. Yeah, it's a bit of a mystery how it all works out, but what's best is that you never boast in your own choices or decisions or acts of will, but boast only in the Lord who chose to die for you and give you His salvation. Fact is, you're reading this right now which means that God is already working on you and drawing you to Himself. This is how His living and active Word works.
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