Belief and Practice
With the universal Christian Church, The McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being "Lutheran"
Our parish accepts and preaches the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve
love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won
forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life
that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
The Bible is God's immutable Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus
Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
The Lutheran Confessions
Drawn from God's Word, the Lutheran Confessions are a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and serve as authoritative texts for our parish.
What are the Lutheran Confessions? The McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish accepts the Scriptures as the inspired and immutable Word of God, and subscribes unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God.
We accept the Lutheran Confessions as articulated in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they are drawn from the Word of God and on that account regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and as authoritative for our parish.
With the universal Christian Church, The McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.
Being "Lutheran"
Our parish accepts and preaches the Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve
love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won
forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life
that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone)
The Bible is God's immutable Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus
Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
The Lutheran Confessions
Drawn from God's Word, the Lutheran Confessions are a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and serve as authoritative texts for our parish.
What are the Lutheran Confessions? The McConnellsburg Lutheran Parish accepts the Scriptures as the inspired and immutable Word of God, and subscribes unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God.
We accept the Lutheran Confessions as articulated in the Book of Concord of 1580 because they are drawn from the Word of God and on that account regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture and as authoritative for our parish.