Zion & St. John

What went wrong

There is something wrong with the world. We can see this in our own lives and in the world around us. Bad things that should not happen do and many times there seems to be no reason as to how or why these things occur. We believe that the problem is sin. Yes, the sins of individual people but more than that, we believe that sin has made its mark on all of creation. Natural disasters, accidents and death itself are all the result of sin and its effects in the world.

How it's fixed

We believe that the solution to the problem of sin is Jesus, God's Son. We believe that Jesus' chief job here on earth was to deal with sin and its effects. We believe that He has done this by dying on the cross to pay for and take away the sins of the world. We believe that His resurrection displays His victory over sin and particularly death. We also believe that Jesus' job is not quite complete in the sense that there is still sin in the world and that one day He will return to completely eradicate it. Individuals are saved from sin through faith in this message about Jesus.

Formal beliefs

Among Christians there are numerous variations when it comes to particular beliefs about God and salvation. We believe that these differences are not insignificant and that what one believes about God matters. For this reason the congregations of Zion and St. John have elected to formally state what they believe, teach and confess about God. We agree with the Lutheran understanding of God as it is found in the Lutheran Confessions. Zion and St. John belong to a larger group of congregations who share our beliefs that is called The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS).