What We Believe

This is Christ's church.​

There is a place for you here.

We are the church that shares a living, daring confidence in God's grace. Liberated by our faith, we embrace you as a whole person — questions, complexities, and all. Join us as we do God's work in Christ's name for the life of the world.
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Mountain Grove Lutheran Parish is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. As such, we espouse these beliefs:

• We believe in the triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• We believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. He is the only begotten Son of God. He is the Word of God incarnate. Through him, everything was made. His life, death, and resurrection are the means by which the grace of God is extended to all people. In him, we are made new and given eternal life.
• We accept the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God. We confess the good news of the gospel as recorded in the Holy Scriptures and professed in the ecumenical creeds.
• The church is a people created by God in Christ. We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live as children of God, and we bear witness of God's love and redemptive power to all people.
• The church is claimed by God, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and sent by Christ to spread the gospel, to help all who are in need, to work for justice in the world, and to love and serve God's creation. We are also called to give thanks to God through worship, regular interaction with the word of God, and the observance of the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion.
• We are saved by the grace of God alone - not by anything we do.
• Our salvation is through faith alone - a confidant trust in God, who in Christ promises us forgiveness, life and salvation.
• The Bible is the norm for faith and life - the true standard by which teachings and doctrines are to be judged.