God created and loves all of
creation -- the earth and the seas and all of the
world’s inhabitants. We believe that God's Son, Jesus
Christ, transforms lives through his death on the cross
and his new life, and we trust that God's Spirit is
active in the world.
We are part of God’s unfolding plan. When we gather for
worship, we connect with believers everywhere. When we
study the Bible or hear God’s word in worship, we are
drawn more deeply into God’s own saving story.
The Bible contains the story of God’s interaction with
humankind, first through the understanding of the Jewish
people and subsequently to all people through God’s self
revelation in Jesus. New Creation encourages
questioning, searching, delving, and seeking to unravel
the often-confusing Scripture, along with understanding
its historical context. Extensive information on the
Bible is available on the
ELCA website.
The convictions shared by Christians from many different
traditions are expressed in statements of belief called
creeds. We hold to their value as a strong faith
foundation and as meaningful ties to the larger
Christian family – communities across denominational
lines, throughout our city, across our country, and all
around the world. The creeds that Lutherans affirm and
use in worship confess the faith of the church through
the ages and around the world. Historical Lutheran
creeds:
Nicene Creed,
Apostles’ Creed,
Athanasian Creed
This is a representative statement of faith that New
Creation uses in its service:
We believe in God, the one who comes before us and goes behind us, creating life and opportunities to love and care for the world.
We believe in Jesus Christ who walks with us into real life each day. He is God, yet human like us and experienced all life’s joys and pains and challenges like we do. But his love is so great that not sin nor suffering nor even death could stop it. Today the love of Jesus lives and continues to bring new life to the world.
We believe in the Holy Spirit who comes like the wind and blows in and through us to bring God’s power and light to all the world. The Spirit breathes life into us, the body of Christ we call the church, and enables us to follow the way of Christ.
We believe in God, who goes before and behind, with, in, and through us, bringing hope and life and newness to the world.
Amen
An important element of our Confirmation Class
(generally for younger teens) is examination and
formation of faith. Our 2006 Confirmation Class wrote
the following Statement of Faith as part of their study
together:
We believe God is creator
of both Heaven and earth. God knows all about us and
loves and forgives us, always.
We believe Jesus walked
on earth as a human and suffered like we do. He died on
the cross for us, and rose from hell and went to
heaven.
We believe the Holy
Spirit is always with us and guided us. The Spirit
inspires us to praise God in all ways, to share our
faith with those who are seeking, and leads us to pray
with and for others as they need.
Amen.
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