About the Lutheran Church

Hope Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, a worldwide body of about 2.8 million members. “Missouri-Synod” simply identifies the location, Missouri, where German Lutheran immigrants settled in the 1840’s.

There are now about 6,000 congregations of our church body in the United States. All congregations of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod hold these essential beliefs:

While our congregations offer various worship “styles,” God’s Word, Baptism, Holy Communion, and the Apostles’ Creed are central to all teaching and preaching. We go by the name “Lutheran Church”, but we do not worship Martin Luther. The name is simply a heritage of respect to the man who reformed the worldwide Christian Church and restored its Biblical roots and Biblical teaching.

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1)  We believe, teach and confess the historic teaching of the Scripture, as understood by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

2)  We are called to bear witness to Christ, locally and globally, as individuals and as a congregation.

3)  Within the boundaries of Lutheran theology and the tolerance of our congregation's people, ministry and worship practices can be flexible.

4)  We practice "safe church principles" throughout our organization.

5)  We esteem marriage, family, and children, highly.  We follow the Community Marriage Policy.

6) We evaluate our congregation every other year so that we might be as effective as possible in Gospel ministry.

Our Mission Statement

At the core of our congregation is our Mission Statement:

“Hope Lutheran Church exists
to bring people to faith in Jesus Christ
and develop our lives as His disciples.”