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This
church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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This church confesses
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the
salvation of all who believe
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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This church accepts the canonical Scriptures
of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the
authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.
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This church accepts the
Apostles',
Nicene, and
Athanasian
Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this church.
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This church accepts 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.
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This church accepts 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.
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This church confesses 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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