Our Theology Is Unchanging

Finding a church home can be a challenging experience in the life of Christians.

There are many churches and church bodies to choose from, many with an ever changing theology, teaching, worship and practice.

What was considered wrong just a few years ago is now often considered right. What was known to be right is now often considered wrong. Such evolutionary theology makes it difficult to find and remain in many congregations and church bodies for many.

The Apostle Paul wrote in the book of Hebrews: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

By believing in Jesus Christ you can be assured of the eternal stability He alone provides. A spiritual stability in your faith for you, your children, and your children’s children. Such faith is a gift of God, given by His grace. It is God who gathers us for worship around the gifts He gives to us through His Word and Sacraments.

There are unchanging truths when it comes to God, for in the Book of Malachi God Himself revealed, “For I am the LORD, I do not change.”

The Lord Jesus Christ taught in Matthew 24:34-46, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” The Holy Bible has not changed, nor have the very truths it teaches.

Saint Mary Evangelical Lutheran Church believes the Holy Bible is God’s Word. We believe and teach the words of God, rather than the ever-changing words of man.

Saint Mary Evangelical Lutheran Church uses historical liturgies in its worship services. This worship of God does not consist of entertaining its members, nor the charisma or personality of its pastor. The focus of liturgical worship is on Christ, not man. Such worship is Christ-centered and never man-centered. Our focus is on Christ while His focus is always on us. We invite you to worship with us in our Christ-centered worship.

Our Congregation Is Confessional

Our congregation accepts without reservation:

The Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament as the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative written Word of God, and the only rule and norm of faith, life, and practice.

All the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, as found in the Book of Concord of 1580, to be a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God, these being: the three Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed), the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of 1530, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Large Catechism of Luther, the Small Catechism of Luther, and the Formula of Concord.

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Saint Mary Evangelical Lutheran Church believes, teaches and practices doctrinally what was found in the former Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference Conference of North America. Many have defined our congregation as being "Old Missouri." We use the The Lutheran Hymnal in addition to Luther's Small Catechism  in our Divine Worship services.