As a member of First Lutheran:

+ This church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

+ This church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as

     the power of God for the salvation of all who believe

    ~  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.

    ~ The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel is the

        Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed,

        beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and

       centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

    ~  The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written

        Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors,

        they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ. 

        Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian 

        faith and fellowship for service in the world.

+ This church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New

     Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and

     norm of its proclamation, faith, and life.

+ This church accepts the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true

     declarations of the faith of this church.

+ This church accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness

     to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it In faith and doctrine all

     churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg

     Confession.

+ This church accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord,

     namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles

     and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the

     Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.

+ This church confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and

     confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as

     the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God's mission in the

     world.

As a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America:

Being called by God through Baptism and strengthened by the Word and

Sacrament of our Lord’s Table, God guides First Lutheran Church to teach, preach,

live, and spread the Word of God.