About Reclaimed
We are a small church plant community of families who know they are broken by sin and find forgiveness, healing and rest in the hands of Jesus. We practice radical hospitality and long to build a community that is with each other through the struggle, and cheers for each other in the best parts of life. We are a people who pray now and wear out our Bibles as we pursue a relationship with the triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What We Believe
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We believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior.
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We believe that all of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired and inerrant Word of God.
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We believe we are saved by grace (it's God's free gift) through faith alone (and not by our works).
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We believe Jesus was truly human and was the Son of God.
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We believe that there is one God who is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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We believe and confess the three universal creeds of the Christian faith.
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We believe that Baptism and the Lord's Supper are sacred rites that God uses to offer us His grace.
We are affiliated with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
Our teachings can be summed up in the phrase:
Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.
Grace Alone: God created a perfect world and two people, Adam and Eve, without sin. When they, in pride, disobeyed God’s command, they brought death and corruption to all of mankind and all of creation (Genesis 1—3). Consequently, all people are sinners who are accountable from birth for the sin they are born in and the sins they commit, and the wages of that sin is death (John 3:5-6, Romans 3:9-10, Romans 6:23). None of us is righteous, and none of us deserves God’s kindness, (Romans 3:10—18) but God, in His mercy, sent His Son, Jesus, into the world to save the lost. We are chosen by Him, not out of merit, but solely out of grace.
Faith Alone: Jesus Christ, the Son of God, true God and true man, lived a sinless life in our stead (Galatians 4:4– 5). On the cross He took upon Himself the sins of the world, made full payment for them, and won forgiveness for all (Isaiah 53:4—5, John 1:1—14, R o m a n s 5 : 1 9 , 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 2:24). All those who believe in Him will receive eternal life (John 3:16). This life is a gift of God. We cannot earn it by performing good works or living our lives in a certain way. It comes only through faith in Christ (Romans 5:6-8, Romans 3:23-24, Ephesians 2:8-9).
Scripture Alone: The Bible is the Word of God. By this we mean that God the Holy Spirit gave to His chosen writers the words they were to write, thus making the Bible God’s own Word and the Truth, without error. This applies to everything written in Scriptures. It is thus the sole rule and norm for all our doctrine (2 Peter 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 2:13). Jesus, the Savior of the world, is the heart and center of the Holy Scriptures. Through this Word, the Holy Spirit brings forth faith (John 5:39, John 20:31, Acts 10:43, Romans 10:17, 2 Timothy 3:15).
We subscribe to the three ecumenical creeds.
Apostles' Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian* Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
*Christian: the ancient text reads “catholic,” or "universal", meaning the whole Church as it confesses the wholeness of Christian doctrine.
Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only‐begotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men* and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And He will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And I believe in one holy Christian** and apostolic Church I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
*Us men refers to all people.
**Christian: the ancient text reads “catholic,” or "universal", meaning the whole Church as it confesses the wholeness of Christian doctrine.
Athanasian Creed
Whoever desires to be saved must, above all, hold the catholic faith. Whoever does not keep it whole and undefiled will without doubt perish eternally.
And the catholic* faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the persons nor dividing the substance. For the Father is one person, the Son is another, and the Holy Spirit is another. But the Godhead of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is one: the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit: the Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Holy Spirit uncreated; the Father infinite, the Son infinite, the Holy Spirit infinite; the Father eternal, the Son eternal, the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet there are not three Eternals, but one Eternal, just as there are not three Uncreated or three Infinites, but one Uncreated and one Infinite. In the same way, the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, the Holy Spirit almighty; and yet there are not three Almighties, but one Almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God; and yet there are not three Gods, but one God. So the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord; and yet there are not three Lords, but one Lord. Just as we are compelled by the Christian truth to acknowledge each distinct person as God and Lord, so also are we prohibited by the catholic religion to say that there are three Gods or Lords.
The Father is not made nor created nor begotten by anyone. The Son is neither made nor created, but begotten of the Father alone. The Holy Spirit is of the Father and of the Son, neither made nor created nor begotten, but proceeding. Thus, there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits. And in this Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than another; but the whole three persons are co-eternal with each other and coequal, so that in all things, as has been stated above, the Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity is to be worshiped. Therefore, whoever desires to be saved must think thus about the Trinity.
But it is also necessary for everlasting salvation that one faithfully believe the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, it is the right faith that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is at the same time both God and man. He is God, begotten from the substance of the Father before all ages; and He is man, born from the substance of His mother in this age: perfect God and perfect man, composed of a rational soul and human flesh; equal to the Father with respect to His divinity, less than the Father with respect to His humanity. Although He is God and man, He is not two, but one Christ: one, however, not by the conversion of the divinity into flesh, but by the assumption of the humanity into God; one altogether, not by confusion of substance, but by unity of person. For as the rational soul and flesh is one man, so God and man is one Christ, who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father, God Almighty, from whence He will come to judge the living and the dead. At His coming all people will rise again with their bodies and give an account concerning their own deeds. And those who have done good will enter into eternal life, and those who have done evil into eternal fire.
This is the Christian* faith; whoever does not believe it faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.
*Christian: the ancient text reads “catholic,” or "universal", meaning the whole Church as it confesses the wholeness of Christian doctrine.