{"id":92,"date":"2018-03-07T18:52:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adventnalc.org\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T14:12:12","slug":"our-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adventnalc.org\/home\/our-church\/our-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.<\/p> The Apostles\u2019, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of the Church.<\/p> The Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.<\/p> The other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.<\/p> The Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God\u2019s mission in the world.<\/p>
Our FAITH is firmly based upon the Word of God as revealed in the Bible.<\/em>
We consider the faith expressed there is essential for a joy-filled life on this earth as well as eternal life with God.<\/em>
As part of the Lutheran church, we confess that justification (being made right with God) is based on faith alone given us freely by God himself. <\/em>
We find that the Lutheran Confessions correctly and helpfully explain the faith of the Scriptures.<\/em>
We consider ourselves a part of the Church that is Christ, <\/em>
and recognize fellowship with all Lutherans and cooperate with all confessing Christians.<\/em>
\u200bOur work is the work of the Lord!<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tTHE TRIUNE GOD \u2014 FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t