Grace Lutheran Church
Henderson, Nevada
WE BELIEVE, TEACH AND CONFESS...
As an Evangelical church bearing the name of Martin Luther, we accept, without reservation,
the Scripture of the Old and New Testament as the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God,
the only rule and norm for faith and practice. Accordingly, we subscribe wholeheartdly to the
teachings of Christ confessed in the ecumenical creeds of the Christian church (i.e. the Apostles,
Nicene, and Athanasian creeds) and the Lutheran confession of Holy Scripture contained in
the Book of Concord of 1580. We encourage Luther's Small Catechism as a simple instruction
of Christ's doctrine for the Christian family.
We believe and teach that God graciously bestows eternal life to the fallen sinner by the atoning
work of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who shed his holy blood on the cross as sacrifice
and payment for the sins of the world. [John 3:16, Colossians 1:19-23, 2 Corinthians 5:19,21]
Through no merit or effort of our own, we personally receive the benefits of Christ's sacrifice
for the forgiveness of all sins through the God given gift of faith. [Ephesians 2:8-9] The Holy
Spirit bestows faith by means of God's Word (Holy Scripture) and sacraments (Holy Baptism,
The Lord's Supper and Holy Absolution). [Romans 10:17, 2 Peter 1:21, Acts 2:38, Matthew
26:26-28, John 6:53-56, John 20:22,23] Throughout the baptized Christian's life, the gifts of
Christ's body and blood are received for the forgiveness of sins and the strengthening of faith as
they are distributed in the Word and sacraments of the Divine Service. [Matthew 18:20,
Hebrews 10:19-25] Where sins are forgiven, there is deliverance from death and the devil,
life and eternal salvation. [Colossians 1:13-14, Titus 3:5-7]
As a result of this gracious redemption we consider our present vocations as God pleasing
places for service in His kingdom. We are free to serve others as Jesus bid us in His great
commandment to love the Lord with our whole heart, soul and mind and to love our neighbors
as ourselves. Likewise we are Christs's workmanship, created in Him for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. [Matthew 22:37-39, Ephesians 2:10]
As we live and serve in Christ's Name we eagerly await His coming again for the resurrection
of the dead and the life of the world to come. [John 5:28-29, Hebrews 9:27-28, Corinthians
15:42-45]
the Scripture of the Old and New Testament as the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God,
the only rule and norm for faith and practice. Accordingly, we subscribe wholeheartdly to the
teachings of Christ confessed in the ecumenical creeds of the Christian church (i.e. the Apostles,
Nicene, and Athanasian creeds) and the Lutheran confession of Holy Scripture contained in
the Book of Concord of 1580. We encourage Luther's Small Catechism as a simple instruction
of Christ's doctrine for the Christian family.
We believe and teach that God graciously bestows eternal life to the fallen sinner by the atoning
work of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who shed his holy blood on the cross as sacrifice
and payment for the sins of the world. [John 3:16, Colossians 1:19-23, 2 Corinthians 5:19,21]
Through no merit or effort of our own, we personally receive the benefits of Christ's sacrifice
for the forgiveness of all sins through the God given gift of faith. [Ephesians 2:8-9] The Holy
Spirit bestows faith by means of God's Word (Holy Scripture) and sacraments (Holy Baptism,
The Lord's Supper and Holy Absolution). [Romans 10:17, 2 Peter 1:21, Acts 2:38, Matthew
26:26-28, John 6:53-56, John 20:22,23] Throughout the baptized Christian's life, the gifts of
Christ's body and blood are received for the forgiveness of sins and the strengthening of faith as
they are distributed in the Word and sacraments of the Divine Service. [Matthew 18:20,
Hebrews 10:19-25] Where sins are forgiven, there is deliverance from death and the devil,
life and eternal salvation. [Colossians 1:13-14, Titus 3:5-7]
As a result of this gracious redemption we consider our present vocations as God pleasing
places for service in His kingdom. We are free to serve others as Jesus bid us in His great
commandment to love the Lord with our whole heart, soul and mind and to love our neighbors
as ourselves. Likewise we are Christs's workmanship, created in Him for good works, which
God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. [Matthew 22:37-39, Ephesians 2:10]
As we live and serve in Christ's Name we eagerly await His coming again for the resurrection
of the dead and the life of the world to come. [John 5:28-29, Hebrews 9:27-28, Corinthians
15:42-45]