About Us

Concordia Lutheran Church can best be seen through our Mission statement: “Concordia is the Church where love of Christ is shared through our hearts, our hands, and our voices.” You will see our hearts displayed in our programs for spiritual growth, our hands displayed in our missions to serve others, and our voices displayed in our joyous Worship services. We provide a solid foundation of faith for our members and guests. Shown below are the building blocks of that foundation.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Concordia is the Church where the love of Christ is shared through our hearts, our hands, and our voices.

Concordia Lutheran Church proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people and is a dynamic, growing community of believers that welcomes everybody. The church focuses on God’s Word and sacraments, serving our neighbors, worshipping our heavenly Father, and sharing those gifts with others.

Core Values

1. We believe in one God, our Father, His Son Jesus our savior and shepherd, and His Holy Spirit our helper and comforter. We believe that God comes first in our lives.  Therefore, attendance and worship and active, enthusiastic, and persistent involvement in God’s mission are vital to our witness.
   
   
2. We believe that trusting God’s love for us all is at the heart of our relationship to Him, and to our relationships with each other, and should be a part of every aspect of church life (1 Corinthians 13; John 13:34-35).
   
   
3. We believe that every person matters to God, and therefore, all people matter to the church. Likewise, we believe that we should be a loving, welcoming, and compassionate place that actively invites our community and neighbors to join us (Luke 15; Luke 5:30-32).
   
   
4. We believe, as Christ’s followers, that we have been humbled, that we should be authentic (real) about our own need for forgiveness, that we live in God’s amazing grace, and that we yearn for continuous growth (Ephesians 4:25-26; Hebrews 12:1).
   
   
5. We believe that God’s church is one, and holy as He is Holy, and that His love and forgiveness is universal in scope, and that we should remain faithful to the Biblical truths passed on to us by Christ and Scripture, the apostles, and expressed in Lutheran doctrine while engaging with our surrounding culture through our facility, mission efforts, and communications (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).
   
   
6. We believe the pursuit of full devotion to Christ is normal for every believer and this includes the teaching or servanthood and putting our faith into action, stewardship and the pursuit of kingdom goals (Philippians 2:1-11; 2 Corinthians 8:7).
   
   
7. We believe God is uniting His people into one Body with His over-arching ministry of reconciliation, and that every believer is endowed with certain unique spiritual abilities and we should equip them to minister out of their gifts and passion (Ephesians 4).
   
   
8. We believe that we are to be patient, kind, gentle, honest, peaceful, loving, and that having self-control is essential to our witness and church effectiveness. This includes speaking the truth in love, communicating honestly with one another, and practicing forgiveness with one another (Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 4:15).
   
   
9. We believe excellence honors God and inspires people, and that our giving of thanks for whatever we can do, see, or find that is excellent, brings God honor. We also believe that God has given us First Article gifts with which we work to be innovative, adaptable, and dynamic in the way we minister to our communities (Malachi 1:6-14; Proverbs 27:17; First Article of The Apostles’ Creed).
   
   
10. We Believe that we are to be a people of prayer as Jesus taught us, calling on God as children ask their dear Father. We pray continually for our families, for Church, for our communities, for out leaders, for our nation, and for the Holy Spirit to bring all people to faith (Matthew 6:9-15).