Holy Scripture
The Bible is God’s inspired Word and the source and standard of our teaching. Through the writings of the prophets and apostles, God makes known our need for a Savior and His saving work in Jesus Christ. We confess the one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Law and Gospel
God’s Law tells us what is good and exposes our sin. The Gospel announces what Christ has done for sinners: He has died and risen to forgive and save us. We need both, but they do different things. God’s promises in Christ, rather than our success at keeping the Law, are the foundation of our hope.
Holy Baptism
Baptism is water joined to God’s Word and promise. It is God’s gift, through which He gives forgiveness, new life, and salvation. We baptize children as well as adults because these gifts depend upon His grace. The Christian life is a daily return to the promises God gives in Baptism.
Holy Absolution
Absolution means the forgiveness of sins. When we confess our sins and hear the pastor speak Christ’s forgiveness, we hear a promise meant for us. Christ has entrusted His Church with proclaiming that forgiveness. Private confession and absolution also offer personal comfort to a troubled conscience.
The Lord’s Supper
In Holy Communion, Christ gives His true body and blood with the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of sins. The Supper is His gift and a confession of shared faith. If you are visiting, please speak with the pastor before receiving Communion so he can explain Redeemer’s practice and care for you.
The Lutheran Confessions
The Lutheran Confessions, gathered in the Book of Concord, explain what we believe, teach, and confess from Holy Scripture. They include the ancient Christian creeds, the Augsburg Confession, and Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms. We receive them as a faithful exposition of Scripture; they do not replace it.
Vocation: loving the neighbor in daily life
Vocation means a calling. God gives us neighbors to care for in our families, work, congregation, and community. We do not serve to earn His favor. Because Christ has already shown mercy to us, we are free to serve others in love.
The Christian life
Christians live by repentance and faith, receiving forgiveness and learning to love their neighbors. Prayer, Scripture, worship, and life together in the Church sustain us in Christ’s promises. Good works are the fruit of faith, never the price of salvation.
The theology of the cross
God is most clearly known in Jesus Christ crucified. The cross tells the truth about our sin, the brokenness of this world, and the depth of God’s mercy. We do not promise a life without suffering or treat visible success as proof of God’s favor. We proclaim the Savior who entered our suffering, bore our sin, died in our place, and rose again.
A faith received and handed down
We confess the ancient Christian faith delivered through the apostles. We stand within the Lutheran Reformation that began more than five hundred years ago and belong to The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, established in the United States in the nineteenth century. Redeemer has proclaimed Christ in Fairhope for nearly eighty years. We receive and hand down the faith once delivered to the saints.
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