What We Believe

As a member of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), we at St. Peter Lutheran Church hold to the teachings of the Holy Scriptures (the Bible) as the divinely inspired, inerrant word of God, and confess the faith revealed in it.  The Book of Concord, and Luther's Small Catechism contained within, offer an excellent summary of the Bible's Teaching.  Yet the following is a brief summary of the Good News of the scriptures:

There is only one true God. In the Scriptures, this one true God has revealed Himself to be one God in three persons–the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. This mystery has been confessed throughout the history of Christianity, especially in the Apostle's Creed, Nicene Creed, and Athanasian Creed.

This same God is the creator and preserver of all that exists. He created all in perfection, but since the Fall of Adam into sin, all people are born in bondage to sin, death, and the devil.  From conception, all are spiritually dead and unable to save themselves, or become right with God by their own will or effort. Thus, God promised a Savior.

Jesus Christ, true God (the second person of the Trinity) and true man (born of the Virgin Mary), is the fulfillment of that promise. He lived a perfect and righteous life for us, suffered and died on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead on the 3rd day declaring victory over sin, death, and the devil for us.

Because we cannot come to God or trust in His promises from our own reason or strength, the Holy Spirit calls us through the Word of God to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ; the same Holy Spirit freely delivers to us the forgiveness, life, and salvation, which Christ won for us, through the preaching of that Word, the receiving of Baptism, the pronouncement of absolution, and the eating and drinking of Christ’s true body and blood in Lord’s Supper; and the same Holy Spirit, by that same Word, preserves all Christians in the faith and works in them acts of love for the neighbor until death comes or Christ returns in glory.

On the last day Christ will come again to raise all who have died and to judge both the living and the dead. He will give eternal life to all who believe in Him and trust in His promise of salvation.

If you would like to learn more about what we believe as members of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS), please check out the official synod website below.  Also, our pastor's door is always open, so stop by any time!

Beliefs - The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (lcms.org)