We recognize and will challenge dynamics of power and privilege that create barriers to participation and equity in this church and society – for women, people of color, minority ethnic groups, people with disabilities, people who are marginalized or living in poverty, and the LGBTQ community.Ĭourage and openness to change – Because we trust in God's promise and understand faith to be a living, daring confidence in God's grace, we are emboldened to embrace learning and change in our spiritual and institutional journey as church. We are a church that does not view diversity as a barrier to unity. ![]() Inclusion and diversity – As Christ's church, we value the richness of God's creation and offer a radical welcome to all people, appreciating our common humanity and our differences. ![]() Through proclamation of the gospel, through worship and as servants of God working for healing and justice in the world, we uphold and seek to protect the dignity and human rights of all people. We respect this God-given right to dignity and, inspired by the life of Jesus, show love and compassion for all people. As a people of God, we embody forgiveness in speech, action and relationships, and our ministry in reconciliation is foundational.ĭignity, compassion and justice – Each person is created in God's image. Forgiveness and reconciliation flow from what God has made us to be in Jesus Christ and what God is doing with us in the world. They speak to the way this church lives and practices our faith, and they will guide how we journey forward in Christ as church together.įorgiveness and reconciliation – We are reconciled to God by God's forgiving mercy. Our values are grounded in faith, in our biblical and Lutheran confessional sources and our love of God and neighbor. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” 11:17-34.įor more information, visit the LCMS Belief and Practice website.A Connected, Sustainable Church: Raising the bar together Because those who eat and drink our Lord's body and blood unworthily do so to their great harm and because Holy Communion is a confession of the faith which is confessed at this alter, any who are not yet instructed, in doubt, or who hold a confession differing from that of this congregation and The Lutheran Chuch-Missouri Synod, and yet desire to receive the sacrament, are asked first to speak with the pastor or an usher. ![]() Our Lord invites to His table those who trust His words, repent of all sin, and set aside any refusal to forgive and love as He forgives and loves us, that they may show forth His death until He comes. The Lord's Supper is celebrated at this congregation in the confession and glad confidence that, as He says, our Lord gives into our mouths not only bread and wine but His very body and blood to eat and to drink for the forgiveness of sins and to strengthen our union with Him and with one another. Immanuel and all members of the LCMS accept and believe these confessions to be a correct and accurate interpretation and presentation of biblical doctrine. These confessions are contained in The Book of Concord. The Lutheran Confessions are statements of belief that were transcribed and shared by the church leaders in during the 16th century. Though diverse in our service, we all hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in the Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. The word “Synod” in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) comes from Greek words that mean “walking together.” The term has a rich meaning in our church body, because congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the synod. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian teaching. The Bible is God’s inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.īy His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. These teachings can be summarized in three phrases: Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Scripture Alone. Immanuel accepts and preaches the Biblical teaching of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. ![]() These three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God. Immanuel Lutheran 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 mankind and to rise to life again in victory over death and the devil and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God’s Word and Sacraments.
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