Who Are We

Holy Cross Lutheran Church is part of the theological confession known as The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.  Though our church has changed since its founding, our belief in the saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is unchanged, and we remain fervent in our mission to spread the Good News and serve our neighbors.

What We Believe
 

• We believe the sixty-six Books of the Holy Bible are the inerrant word of God written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

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• We believe that there is one true God. He has revealed Himself as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yet One Divine Essence.  The universal Christian faith is rightly confessed in the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds.

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• We believe God has come to us in the person of the eternal son, Jesus Christ.  Jesus is both true man and true God and He lived to fulfill God's law for us, died on the cross to atone for our sins, and physically rose from the dead to demonstrate His victory over sin, death, and the devil.

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• We believe that there is no way to know God or to have a right relationship with Him apart from faith in Jesus.

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• We believe that faith in Jesus is a gift from God, given by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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• We believe that God creates faith and forgives sins through His Word and through the sacrament of Holy Baptism.  For believers, He sustains their faith and gives the assurance of the forgiveness of sins through Holy Communion, wherein He feeds us with His true body and blood given along with the bread and wine

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• We believe Christians are called to love, honor and obey God, and to love and care for our neighbor.  This is accomplished through the many and various gifts that God has given to His people, but chiefly through faith in Jesus for eternal life.