FIRST LUTHERAN

First Lutheran is a congregation of the ELCA, located in the heart of downtown Lorain, Ohio. As Lutherans, we walk by faith, trusting God's promise in the gospel and knowing that we exist by and for the proclamation of this gospel word. We proclaim Jesus Christ crucified and raised from the dead for the life of the world. As the apostle Paul wrote (Romans 1:16-17), we are not ashamed of this gospel ministry because it is God's power for saving all people who trust the God who makes these promises. God's word, specifically God's promise in Jesus Christ, creates this liberated, confident and generous faith. God gives the Holy Spirit who uses gospel proclamation - in preaching and sacraments, in forgiveness and in healing conversations - to create and sustain this faith. We understand to be Lutheran is to be ecumenical - committed to the oneness to which God calls the world in the saving gift of Jesus Christ, recognizing the brokenness of the church in history and the call of God to heal..