Belonging > Believing

Yeah, we’re Lutheran. But that doesn’t mean you have to be.

What’s important to us is that we center ourselves in Christ’s love to create a community where everyone knows that they truly belong. We might not all believe exactly the same things about God, the church, the Bible, Baptism & Communion, or anything else… and that’s ok. We don’t have to all believe the same things in the same ways. We don’t think doctrine should be emphasized over praxis.

That said, many of us are rooted in the Lutheran tradition, and that shows up in the way we think about God, the world, and our lives:

We believe that God has already saved the world by grace through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ.

This means that God’s works of forgiveness, healing, and salvation are free gifts of God’s love, and our actions (good or bad) play no part in them.  It’s already been done.  But this gift is also a call – it is a call to go out and share this good news with a world that desperately longs to hear it.

We believe that the good news of Jesus Christ is stronger than the powers of evil.

This means that we try to live lives of love and generosity and hospitality instead of fear and scarcity and security.  We don’t always get it right, but we do always strive to better live out our baptism.

We believe that all people are created in God’s image.

This means that everyone - regardless of race, religion, culture, gender identity, sexual identity, economic status, or anything else - is knit by God to be exactly who they are; and who they are is a beautiful reflection of who God is.

We believe that we are all called by God to live out God’s mission of love on earth.

This means that God’s work is also ours! It’s an exciting, messy, challenging, rewarding, and grace-filled (even if not always graceful) calling that leads us into worship, service, and fellowship with one another, our community, and the world.

We’d love for you to come by sometime and help us to discern what God is up to in our lives and community, and what God is calling us to do and be.  You are welcome here.