The Mission
The mission of St. Paul's Lutheran Church - NE is "Growing and Serving Together In Christ".
Following Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:18-20, we are “called to make and grow disciples of Jesus Christ.”
This “Great Commission” is highlighted in A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles, which says, “We believe, teach and confess that the primary mission of the church is to make disciples of every nation by bearing witness to Jesus Christ through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments. Other necessary activities of the church, such as ministering to men’s physical needs, are to serve the church’s primary mission and its goal that men will believe and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior...”
Following Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:18-20, we are “called to make and grow disciples of Jesus Christ.”
This “Great Commission” is highlighted in A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles, which says, “We believe, teach and confess that the primary mission of the church is to make disciples of every nation by bearing witness to Jesus Christ through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments. Other necessary activities of the church, such as ministering to men’s physical needs, are to serve the church’s primary mission and its goal that men will believe and confess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior...”
The Vision
The vision of St. Paul's Lutheran Church - NE shall be to give honor and glory to the Triune God, to carry out His will, to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world, to nurture the faith of its members, to manifest the unity of our faith in Jesus Christ as God and Savior, to foster Christian fellowship and love, to extend a helping hand in human need, and to achieve its objectives by the preaching of the Word of God, by the administration of the sacramnets, and by the religious instruction of all its members according to the Confessional Standard of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.