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OUR BELIEFS

 5th SUNDAY after PENTECOST 2025 Jul 13

 

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Doctrinal Positions of the LCMS

Of the Church

    1. Since it is by faith in the Gospel alone that men become members of the Christian Church, and since this faith cannot be seen by men, but is known to God alone, 1 Kings 8:39; Acts 1:24; 2 Tim. 2:19, therefore the Christian Church on earth is invisible 'til Judgment Day, Col. 3:3, 4. In our day some Lutherans speak of two sides of the Church, taking the means of grace to be its "visible side." It is true, the means of grace are necessarily related to the Church, seeing that the Church is created and preserved through them. But the means of grace are not for that reason a part of the Church; for the Church, in the proper sense of the word, consists only of believers, Eph. 2:19, 20; Acts 5:14. Lest we abet the notion that the Christian Church in the proper sense of the term is an external institution, we shall continue to call the means of grace the "marks" of the Church. Just as wheat is to be found only where it has been sown, so the Church can be found only where the Word of God is in use.

https://www.lcms.org/about/beliefs/doctrine/brief-statement-of-lcms-doctrinal-position

ABOUT US

'The Word of the Lord Remains Forever'

We are now in the 508th year of the Protestant Reformation and in our 79th year in Chatham, proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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519-352-1860

 

445 McNaughton Ave W
Chatham, ON

 

lutheranchurchchatham@gmail.com

www.lutheranchurchchatham.com

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