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 Share the Good News of Jesus Christ and to make disciples of all nations;

Therefore, with God’s help we will:

Proclaim Christin word and deed.

Invite the unchurched to “Come and See Jesus’.

Commit ourselves to discipleship: through Bible sStudy, worship, prayer, Christ- 

like servanthood and fellowship.

Open ourselvesto the Holy Spirit’s leading, so that whatever we do, we do in 

Jesus’ name.

We believe, teach and confess the Triune God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

We confess Jesus as Lord and Savior who is revealed through the Word of God as the Lord of the church.

• a.  Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
• b. The proclamation of God’s message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgement and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word of God, creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
• c. The congregation accepts the Apostles’, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith.
• d. The congregation accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely the Catechism, and the Formula of Concord as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures

We believe the Bible to be the divinely inspired Word of God, and is useful for teaching the truth, rebuking error, correcting faults, and giving instruction for right living, so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17). In matters of life and faith, the Bible is our highest authority.

I believe in God, the Father Almighty

maker of heaven and earth;

And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried;

the third day he rose from the dead;

he ascended into heaven,

and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic** church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

We believe in the triune God, one divine being, eternally existing in three persons… the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. (Psalm 51:5, Romans 5:12, John 8:34, Ephesians 2:1-3)

We believe that we are saved by Grace alone. God’s Grace is God’s undeserved love poured out for us in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This Grace, which is an unearned gift that can be neither earned, purchased, or merited in any way, bestows forgiveness of sins and new life on the believer. (John 3:16, Ephesians 4:4-5, Colossians 13-14)

We believe God’s Grace is received only through faith (trust, hope) in the cleansing work and person of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 4:8-9, John 3:16-18, John 14:6)

We believe that the Holy Spirit working in the life of the believer, empowers good works which bring glory to God. Although good works “reflect” God’s presence in our lives, they cannot “affect” God’s presence in our lives. (John 15:5, Ephesians 2:10)

We believe God also gives His Grace to us through the sacraments. We understand a sacrament to be something that Christ Himself commanded us to do, that involves an earthly element (water, bread and wine), and which bestows God’s forgiveness and new life to the believer. The Lutheran church celebrates two sacraments, Baptism and The Lord’s Supper. (Matthew 28:19-20, Romans 6:1-11, Matthew 26:26-29)

Communion, also known as the Lord’s Supper, is a meal for followers of Christ to receive an assurance of God’s presence and forgiveness.  God’s promises are offered through ordinary bread and wine, which become extraordinary because of the real presence of Christ.

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Neola is a member of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC).