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About Us

Faith Lutheran Church is now in its 83rd year of serving Carthage!

If you are looking for a Bible-based, liturgical, hymn-singing church that is down to earth, yet transformed by the mysteries of heaven, we would be honored to serve you and your family! 

We are a traditional church, believing the Bible to be God's Word without error or contradiction, and the only source of faith and doctrine. 

Our theology is evangelical, meaning we put the Gospel message of Christ crucified for the sins of the world at the center of our proclamation of faith.  We endeavor to live in harmony with the will of God as it is revealed in His Law, but at the same time we confess that we have fallen short of the glory of God.  Trusting in His love and mercy, we believe His promise that we have the forgiveness of sins.  This grace of God has been revealed to us in Christ Jesus, the crucified and risen Son of God, who is the second person of the Holy Trinity.  And through faith in Christ Jesus, created in us by the Holy Spirit, we have peace with the only true God and life everlasting.

We retain the use of the historic Christian liturgy handed down by the early church, since it is global and multi-cultural.  Transcending time and place, liturgical worship provides a sacred structure to our service, while avoiding the pitfalls and passing fads of contemporary worship that are so common today. We sing the great hymns of the church.

We embrace the three Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed), and the writings of the Reformation (The Book of Concord), because they are a correct statement of the teachings of Scripture.   

View Videos from the British Broadcasting Company on the history of  the Reformation, Lutheran Worship history and especially the role of the great Lutheran Composer J.S.Bach in shaping Lutheran Worship even today.

Faith Lutheran Church + Carthage, Missouri

Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. + Romans 10:17