* Christ Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, meaning our congregation is united in an association of Christian fellowship called a "synod", which means "walking together." The Lutheran Church Missouri synod is a family of 2.6 million Christians, gathered in more than 6,000 congregations throughout the United States. Our church body was founded more than 150 years ago by a small band of immigrants in America who were dedicated to preaching and teaching the Gospel of the forgiveness of sins through Christ alone. Many of the founders of our synod were from Missouri, hence the word Missouri in the church's name.
By God's blessing, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is committed to being strongly in the Word, Christ-centered and people-sensitive, reaching out boldly with the Gospel, faithful in the Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions and marked by peace and unity in the Lord.
The name Lutheran derives from Martin Luther, the great Christian Reformer of the 16th century, who boldly proclaimed the bible's most important message: that Christ came into the world to save sinners, and lived among us to defeat our enemies - sin, death and the devil. Luther believed and taught that Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross washed away the sins of the whole world and that those who place their trust in Him are forgiven. Luther began his teachings in 1517 and in 1580, the official statements of Lutheran belief were gather together in what is known as the Book of Concord. The LCMS places great value in retaining and advancing the cause of the Lutheran Reformation and we see in this movement the hand of God working to preserve the truth of His Word and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
* Copied with permission by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
