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What We Believe...
Motivated by the Gospel of Jesus Christ St.
Paul’s Lutheran exists to teach the whole counsel of God. Using Word and
Sacraments, we will seek to nurture the faith and life of our members, as
well as share God’s message and with our entire community and (through the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran
Synod) with the world.
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church was organized in 1851 so that with the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
it might strengthen the faith of its members and reach out into the community
and the world. To carry out this purpose we believe and teach –
- that the Bible is the infallible Word of
God and the only foundation for Christian faith and life;
- that the Lord God revealed in the
Bible (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) is the true and living God;
- that all people have sinned against
His holy will, fall short of His glory, and therefore deserve to be
condemned eternally;
- that Jesus Christ came into the world to
deliver all people from the guilt and power of sin and that he lived and
died and rose again as the perfect and only Substitute;
- that through faith created by the Holy
Spirit the benefits of Christ’s work are received personally;
- that on the last day Jesus will return to
judge the living and the dead and will take all those who trust in him into
eternal life.
We join in that confession
with over 1,200 congregations of the
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran
Synod and with them carry on a world-wide ministry.
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