What We Believe

Our Statement of Faith

For centuries, the Christian church has subscribed to the full teachings of Scripture by professing to one another its basic teachings in the words of an ancient statement of faith called the Apostles’ Creed. Messiah Lutheran Church and Preschool continues to share and profess this faith in our Triune God.

Apostles’ Creed

I
believe
in
God,
the
Father
Almighty,
maker
of
heaven
and
earth.

And
in
Jesus
Christ,
His
only
Son,
our
Lord,
who
was
conceived
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
born
of
the


virgin
Mary,
suffered
under
Pontius
Pilate,
was
crucified,
died
and
was
buried.
He


descended
into
hell.
The
third
day
He
rose
again
from
the
dead.
He
ascended
into
heaven


and
sits
at
the
right
hand
of
God
the
Father
Almighty.
From
thence
He
will
come
to
judge
the
living
and
the
dead.

I
believe
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
the
holy
Christian
Church,
the
communion
of
saints,
the


forgiveness
of
sins,
the
resurrection
of
the
body,
and
the
life
everlasting.
Amen.

Who is Jesus?

This question can’t possibly be answered in a few lines, but there are some things we know about Him that make all the difference.

  • He made you. He carefully put you together with all the abilities and skills you have – those you like and those you’re not so sure about. He put them together in a miraculous and marvelous way to make you the person you are.

  • He knows you. He knows you through and through – deeper and better than you know yourself. Psalm 139 tells us that all the days of our life are written in His book before one of them came to be.

  • He loves you deeply… sacrificially. In spite of His knowing all of who we are (yes, even those things), He loves you… enough to offer Himself as a sacrifice on your behalf.

  • He wants you to know Him. The very fact that you’re reading these words suggests that He is reaching out to you to draw you into a real and vital relationship with Him that makes all the difference in the world… now and forever.

  • He is alive. Even though He died a criminal’s death some two thousand years ago, Jesus lives. He is the Son of God who came into this world as a man to break the hold that sin has on people and give them the life they were made for.

  • You were made for this life, too. The people and churches who connect with each other through this web site stake their lives on these things. They have something to share with you and a place for you in their community.

Where We Came From

Messiah Lutheran Church and Preschool is associated with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). To be Lutheran simply means that we:

● Accept all of scripture as truth.

● Can only be in relationship with God, and be saved by him, through faith alone, not through anything we do to earn his love.

● Receive God’s incredible love by his grace. He gives it freely to us, regardless of how many times we have broken that relationship by sinning against him. Jesus paid for your sin and gives you new life because he is full of grace for you.

Baptism

Following Jesus is all about relationship. Living in relationship with a person that you cannot see is not always easy. But the compelling thing about Jesus is how consistently he takes the initiative with us. A pastor during the first century once wrote that Jesus loved us before we were able to love him. That is how we understand baptism: Jesus taking the initiative, loving us before we are able to love him. Using water, we baptize people of all ages in God’s name just as he told us, realizing that it is always Jesus who takes the initiative to establish relationship.

(Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Luke 18:15-17; John 3:5; Acts 2:37-39; Romans 6:4; Galatians 3:27; 1 Peter 3:21; Titus 3:5-7)