You Are Welcome Here
Where all are welcome to worship, to learn, to serve, in the name of Jesus Christ.
God’s Work. Our Hands.
St. Martin's Lutheran Church is called by God to be a dynamic, growing, outreaching community in Christ is called to serve, nurture and support its members, non members participating in the life of the church and the community. We are a Christ-centered church that proclaims the Good News of love and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.
As a congregation we seek to fulfill our calling through
Worship: in joyful celebration
Christian education: by learning and growing in knowledge and understanding
Fellowship: by upholding and uplifting each other
Service: by meeting physical, emotional and spiritual needs
Stewardship: by using our God-given abilities and resources in serving our Lord
Witness: by showing our faith and sharing the Word
About the ELCA
St. Martin’s is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). We are part of a network of nearly 10,000 congregations across the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Locally, we are part of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin. We are Church together, serving our neighbors and sharing God’s Word of love in our community of Cross Plains, Wisconsin and across the globe.
As a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we confess the following to be true:
This congregation confesses the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
This congregation confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.
Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God’s revelation centered in Jesus Christ. Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.
This congregation accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith and life.
This congregation accepts the Apostles', Nicene and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of this congregation.
This congregation accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
This congregation accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
This congregation confesses the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God’s mission in the world.