What We Believe

Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church in Door County is a confessional church. This means that we commit ourselves to confessions – set, written documents that express the teachings of Holy Scripture.

The Nicene Creed

One of the most important confessions we adhere to is the Nicene Creed, a confession written to express the Bible’s teachings about the Holy Trinity, the Two Natures (God and man) of Christ, and human salvation:

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of Life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Ten Commandments

Another confession we adhere to is Luther’s Small Catechism, which contains the Ten Commandments (along with other writings):

  1. You shall have no other gods.
  2. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
  3. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
  4. Honor your father and your mother.
  5. You shall not murder.
  6. You shall not commit adultery.
  7. You shall not steal.
  8. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
  9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
  10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Other Confessions

The complete collection of our confessions can be found in the Book of Concord of 1580.

Saint Peter's Lutheran Church

Street Address:
316 W. Main Street
Forestville, WI 54213

Mailing Address:
PO Box 85
Forestville, WI 54213

920-856-6420[email protected]

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