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What We Believe

Town and Country Lutheran Church, as a member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over sin, death, and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God’s Word and Sacraments.

What has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.

St. Vincent of Lérins, Commonitory, chapter 2
The sanctuary's stained glass window, a mosaic of small colored triangles, with a plain white cross hanging in front of it
The window and the cross that hangs before it.

As Lutherans, we embrace the Bible-based teachings of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther, whose 16th-century Reformation work is summarized in three core doctrines.

Grace Alone

God extends love to sinful humanity. He sent Jesus to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.

Scripture Alone

The Bible is God’s inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ.

Faith Alone

Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for us. Those who hear this Good News and believe have the eternal life that it offers.

The Synod’s name comes from Greek words meaning “walking together.” Its congregations are voluntarily united in a shared confession of Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, which are gathered in The Book of Concord.


More about what we teach

The Trinity

One God, three persons — and a friendly warning about analogies.

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Jesus

Why the Church confesses that salvation is found in Christ alone, and why that’s good news.

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The Divine Service

What happens on Sunday morning and why.

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Confession and Absolution

Both corporate and private — and why the pastor’s ear is a tomb.

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Holy Baptism

What Lutherans believe about Baptism, including the baptism of infants.

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The Lord’s Supper

Christ’s true body and blood — and our practice of closed communion.

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Catechesis

The Christian Faith in Plain Language, our instruction class.

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Life

Why we speak for life, from conception to natural death.

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Marriage

God’s gift of marriage, and a word about the single life.

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Sexuality

Human sexuality and the Christian life, spoken about everyone.

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