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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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