What We Believe
Messiah is a Christian church that is an independent congregation
of the Lutheran Church.
We believe that God accepts us as we are. Yet God loves us so
much that God never leaves us where we are.
Although we as humans often choose destructive behaviors
and thoughts, we believe we are also created as good and
suited for purposes that make the world a better place.
Our sin leads us to ignorance, indi!erence, injustice, and
inequity. Yet we believe that God created us to know what is
good, to love our creative di!erences, to seek justice, and to
elevate inequity.
We believe that God comforts the afflicted and afflicts the
comfortable.
We believe that God rejects uniformity and embraces unity
through diversity.
In reaction to God’s ongoing reconciling action in Jesus, we
risk by being a church that is Daring to Embody the Gospel