We believe that the Holy Scriptures are the inspired, inerrant Word of God.
We subscribe without reservation to the Confessions of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church as the correct exposition of the Word of God.
The best brief summary of our faith is in the Nicene Creed, confessed every Sunday at Immanuel:
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and
the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and
glorified; who spoke by the Prophets. And I believe in one holy
Christian and apostolic Church.I acknowledge one Baptism for the
remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the
life of the world to come. Amen.
The Lutheran Church also confesses the Apostles' Creed (an early baptismal creed) and the Athanasian Creed (a symbol of faith once attributed to Saint Athanasius; St. Athanasius did not actually write this creed, although it is consistent with his biblical, orthodox theology and faithful confession of the Holy Trinity).
To our knowledge, we are the only Lutheran church in northern Virginia that uses the traditional liturgy with the historic lectionary and church year. To read sermons by our Pastor on the traditional lessons of the church year, click here.
For more information about our faith, please visit the home page of our Synod.
For excellent Christian books, please visit Concordia Publishing House.
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