I. The Bible shows that a desire to hear and learn God’s Word is a mark of a Christian. He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God. Jn. 8:47 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. Jn. 8:31 . . . read more

Naturally, a Lutheran is a follower of Martin Luther. Wrong! We are followers of Jesus Christ. Martin Luther as well as you and I are earthen vessels to carry the treasure of the Gospel to the world. We are of common, sinful clay with the surpassing glorious treasure being redemption in Jesus. We believe like Martin Luther that we are saved: By . . . read more

In our Lutheran congregations our practice has always been to have ‘close’ communion, that is that we do not serve the Lord’s Supper on a ‘come one, come all’ basis. Frequently, visitors to our services do not understand this practice. They sometimes feel excluded or even insulted. Because we are concerned about people and their . . . read more

With this pamphlet we shall try to tell you who we are and why we are a separate Lutheran church. . . . read more

The question has arisen, what if a pastor wants to join our church, what should we do about that?  Our practice is to have a meeting or colloquy with him.  Several of our church body sit with him for a period of time and ask him questions as to what he believes according to the Bible.  The answers should be given with the Scripture support for . . . read more

My Church and Others A Summary of the Teachings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church As Distinguished From Those of Other Denominations Sixth Edition By John Theodore Mueller PART I Doctrine l. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES WE BELIEVE (a) that the Holy Scriptures in contradistinction to all other writings in the world are the Word of God, . . . read more