Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
We confess one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Abiding Savior is a Lutheran congregation centered on Jesus Christ, grounded in the inspired Word of God, and gathered around the gifts Christ gives through His Word and Sacraments.
We believe that God loves the world and has shown that love most clearly in His Son, Jesus Christ.
Through Christ’s death and bodily resurrection, sinners receive forgiveness, life, and salvation entirely by God’s grace through faith.
Our worship, teaching, preschool, ministries, fellowship, and care for one another flow from this Gospel promise.
We confess one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ is the incarnate Son of God, born of the virgin Mary, crucified, buried, risen bodily, ascended into heaven, and coming again.
A person is justified entirely by God’s grace through faith, created by the Holy Spirit through the Word and Sacraments.
The following statements preserve the doctrinal confession published by Abiding Savior and summarize the first thirteen articles of the Augsburg Confession together with the congregation’s commitment to Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
There is one God in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Every person is conceived and born in sin—original sin—and deserves temporal death and everlasting damnation for both original sin and actual sin.
Jesus Christ is the incarnate Son of God, born of the virgin Mary, was truly crucified, died and was buried, and rose again in His body on the third day. He ascended into heaven and will come again on the last day to be our judge.
A person is saved—justified—entirely by God’s grace through faith, which is created by the Holy Spirit where and when He pleases.
To obtain this faith, God instituted the Office of the Holy Ministry—the preaching office. Through the means of the Word and the Sacraments, the Holy Spirit creates saving faith.
Believers must do good works, but they are not to trust in those works for their salvation.
There is one, holy, catholic—that is, Christian—Church, with Jesus Christ as her head.
The Sacraments of Holy Baptism, Absolution, and the Lord’s Supper are to be retained in the Church.
The Augsburg Confession, of which these teachings summarize the first thirteen articles, is a true and faithful exposition of Holy Scripture.
The books of the Old and New Testaments are the true, inspired, inerrant Word of God.
The rest of the Book of Concord is, like the Augsburg Confession, a true and faithful exposition of Holy Scripture. Our pastors and congregation subscribe unreservedly to it.
These teachings direct us to Jesus Christ, His saving work for sinners, and the gifts He continues to give through His Word and Sacraments.
Lutheran teaching does not direct Christians inward to their own efforts or worthiness. It directs us to Christ and to the places where He has promised to give forgiveness, life, and salvation.
The Old and New Testaments are the inspired and inerrant Word of God and the source and standard of Christian faith and teaching.
Holy Baptism is retained in the Church as one of the means through which God works according to His promise.
Absolution is retained in the Church as the forgiveness of sins announced in the name and by the authority of Jesus Christ.
The Lord’s Supper is retained in the Church as Christ instituted it and is central to the congregation’s life of worship.
God instituted the Office of the Holy Ministry so that His Word may be preached and His Sacraments administered.
Christians are called to love and serve their neighbors, while trusting only in Christ—not their works—for salvation.
The Lutheran Confessions do not replace Scripture. They summarize and faithfully explain what the congregation believes Scripture teaches.
Abiding Savior is a member congregation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and shares a common confession of faith with LCMS congregations.
Our Lutheran identity shapes our teaching, worship, pastoral care, Christian education, preschool ministry, and service to our neighbors.
For a clear and accessible introduction to the Christian faith and Lutheran doctrine, we invite you to read the Small Catechism. It presents the Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, Holy Baptism, Confession, the Lord’s Supper, and daily Christian prayer and vocation.
At Abiding Savior, Divine Service centers on Christ serving His people through His Word and Sacraments.
Christian teaching, Bible study, preschool education, children’s ministry, youth ministry, fellowship, music, and outreach all flow from the faith we confess.
We would be glad to talk with you about Scripture, Jesus Christ, worship, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, the Lutheran Confessions, membership, or any questions you may have about what Abiding Savior believes.