Our Beliefs

The Order of Lutheran Franciscans claims as its own the Confession of Faith of the Lutheran Church (ELCA):
  • This Order confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...

  • This Order confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior...

  • This Order accepts the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God...

  • This Order accepts the Ecumenical Creeds and the Lutheran Confessions... 

  • This Order confesses the Gospel as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God's mission in the world...

Along with this Confession of Faith:
  • This Order also accepts the writings of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi as important to the shaping of our life as a religious order.