As the Lutheran Churches of Calvary Grace (LCCG) Senior Pastor and founder, I feel constrained to speak on this question, because I was not always Lutheran. Most of our other pastors also came from different denominations before joining us. I came to the Lutheran Church as a young child but left when I was in my ealry twenties to another denominationand returned to the Lutheran Church upon my call to the ministry by the Lord. Lord. One might well ask why I returned to the Lutheran Church after so many years and considerable training in another denominaiton. After years of harsh indoctrination in a conservative denomination preaching an unforgiving in intollerant "god" I found that it is here that you will hear about the love that God has for you. We do not for example give people an impossible list of things to accomplish in order to measure up to God. What you will find instead of lectures on damnation is how God gave His Son that you might have forgiveness and new and eternal life.
The Lutheran church is the church of the Reformation. Martin Luther was the first voice in a long time proclaiming to a Christianity lost in myth and philosophy that God loves all people and has moved to save them through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Lutheran Church was the first voice to once again, as did the apostolic church, to proclaim that we are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, because of what Jesus did for us, as the Scripture alone declares to us. Why be Lutheran? Because Lutherans believe, teach, and confess what Scripture proclaims:
For by grace you have been saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
NAU Ephesians 2:8-9
The Lutheran Churches of Calvary Grace are
a church bodies that believes in proclaiming the full truth that is revealed
to us through the pages of the Holy Scriptures. Our church bodies holds in
the highest esteem God's Word. It depends upon God's Word alone for faith
and practice. And it encourages all people to make use of God's Word
for it is able to make one wise unto
salvation.
The Lutheran Churches of Calvary Grace believes
that without Jesus there is no way into heaven. The LCCG is committed to
reaching out to the world with the goodnews of Jesus Christ so that all people
may receive in full all the wonderful gifts that God desires to give including
forgiveness, new life, communion with God, and fellowship with God's
people.
The Lutheran Churches of Calvary Grace believes God
has given us one to the other to love and care for one another. The
members of the various congregations of the LCCG are committed to loving and
caring for each other. We confess that every congregation is a family of
God gathered around His Word and Sacraments in a given place. When one has
God as his father, he also has many brothers and sisters in
Christ.
Not only is it a high priority for us to be
reaching out with the goodnews of Jesus Christ to all the world, but is a of
utmost importance for us to be sure we are proclaiming the truth to
people. Jesus said, "If you hold to my teachings you will know the truth,
and the truth will set you free."{John 8:31-32} Therefore we endeavour to
remain faithful to God's Word in our understanding and proclamation. Jesus
Himself said He is the way the truth and the life and that no one can come to
the Father except by Him. We want to declare God's Word to the world in
truth and purity so that the faith we live may be based on the reality of God
and His true blessings and no on illusion and vain hopes.
In the LCCG you will find that you not
only have a family in your particular congregation, but that our church body as
a whole strives to work together for the common mission of Jesus Christ.
Even when we disagree with one another, we meet and discuss our
disagreements over Scripture so that we may come into harmony and walk
together.
Why Be Lutheran? Because in the LCCG you will hear the truth of God's riches given us through Jesus Christ. It will not be watered down. God's greatest treasures given through His Word and His Sacraments are here bestowed as God has commanded. It is indeed a great blessing to be in the Lutheran Churchs Of Calvary Grace.
