We believe, teach and confess:
 

that there is only one true God, who revealed Himself in Three Persons; the Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit;

that God the Father sent His One and Only Son, Jesus Christ, to be born of the Virgin Mary and to suffer and die on the cross in our place as payment for the sins of the world;

that after His crucifixion Jesus Christ rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, where He lives and reigns eternally with the Father;

that Jesus Christ will return on the last Day to judge both the living and the dead and to take all those who believe in Him to eternal life in heaven;

that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone, for Christ's sake alone;

that the Holy Spirit works through the means of grace (preaching and teaching of God's Word and the Sacraments of Baptism and Holy communion) to bring us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life;

and that the Lutheran Confessions are the correct interpretation and summary of the teachings of Holy Scripture.
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