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| Last updated: Jun 24, 2007. |
| Created: February 18 2001 |
We at St. John's Lutheran Church believe, teach and confess that:
- As stated in the Constitutions of the ELCIC and St. John's, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God through which God still speaks to us, and are the only source of the church's doctrine and the authoritative standard for the faith and life of the church.
- Sexual relations between persons of the same sex are declared clearly, without exception, as sinful by Scripture. We continue to view homosexual practice as sinful. We do not accept same-sex blessing/marriage or practising homosexuals in ordained or consecrated ministry.
-We welcome all sinners to a new life of joy, peace, and wholeness through the grace and transformational power of God through Jesus Christ. "All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved." Ephesians 2:3-5
We will apply these principles to our daily lives as an anchor/basis to our beliefs and as a guide for communicating, decision-making and ministry.