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What we believe, teach, and confess
To be Lutheran is to be an evangelical, catholic, Christian. Our faith didn’t start with Martin Luther in the Reformation. It is the faith that was revealed by God in Christ through His prophets and apostles. The God of Lutherans is the God of the Bible: The Holy Trinity-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Before the Emperor and world, our fathers confessed in the city of Augsburg, “Our churches teach with common consent that the decree of the Council of Nicaea about the unity of the divine essence and the three persons is true. It is to be believed without any doubt…Our churches condemn all heresies that arose against this article” (Article I of the Augsburg Confession).
Lutherans believe the Father is our true Father, and we are His true children. We believe that Jesus Christ redeemed us, lost and condemned creatures, purchased and won us from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil by His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death. We believe we cannot, by our own reason or strength, believe in Jesus or come to Him. But the Holy Spirit calls us by the Gospel, enlightens us with His gifts, sanctifies, and keeps us in the truth faith.
Lutherans believe that people cannot be justified before God by anything they have done, do, or will do. Before God all are sinners and fall short of God’s glory. Everyone is equally condemned and damned by the Law (Romans 3:9-20). The Father sent His Son to redeem all who are under the curse of the Law by being the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the World through His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. We are now freely justified by God's grace through faith for Christ’s sake. This faith is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-10).
To receive this gift, God established the Office of the Holy Ministry to preach His Word and administer His Sacraments. The Holy Spirit creates, grows, and sustains faith through the Means of Grace as we are gathered for Divine Service, where God comes to us and we respond in thanksgiving for the marvelous things He does.
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The Liturgy is not adiaphora.
That is to say, The Liturgy isn't one option among many styles of worship. There is a popular phrase among liturgical students: Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. The Law of Prayer is the Law of Belief, which means that the way you worship influences what you believe, just as what you believe shapes how you worship. Liturgy is prayed doctrine.
Worship forms are not neutral. If you worship as a Non-Denomethobapticostal, then you will become a Non-Denomethobapticostal.
We love to be Lutheran in belief and practice. The Reformation did not seek to reject everything that came before but to reform what had become corrupt according to God's Word. There is a difference between changing the baby's bathwater and throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Lutheran worship is unique. We do not start with what we can do for God; instead, we start with what God does for us. We are gathered as His church in the Divine Service to receive His gifts of Word and Sacraments. We respond with thanksgiving and praise to this action of God. The Liturgy is the activity of God speaking His Word to us, and we speak His Word back to Him.
Our Pastor
Rev. Michael Trombley
Pastor Trombley was called to Trinity in 2015. He is a 2008 MDIV graduate from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. He graduated with a BA from Concordia Wisconsin in 2004. And an Associates of Science in 1996 from Monroe County Community College.
Pastor is married to Deaconess Kimberly Trombley. They have 5 children: two grown and three littles. An English Bulldog named Luther-who serves as a pastoral assistant-and a German Shepherd, Brandy.
Pastor Trombley preaches God's Word in its truth and purity, in season and out of season, and administers the Sacraments as Christ instituted.
