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e Believe: Lutherans share a common confession centered in the Gospel: |
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever | |
believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. ”(John 3:16) | |
It is in the congregation that Jesus Christ gathers His people around | |
God’s Holy Word; to hear it proclaimed, to study it, to proclaim it | |
in worship. In Holy Baptism, God claims each child, young or | |
old, as a member of His family, calling them by name into His | |
kingdom. In Holy Communion, Christ is truly present in | |
the bread and wine, given to His people to eat and drink, | |
for the forgiveness of sins, for life and for salvation. |
