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St. Peter's began in 1983 with 47 individuals who joined together with the hopes of bringing God's precious gifts of forgiveness, new life, and salvation, delivered through Word and Sacrament, to the community of Middleburg and the surrounding area. From humble beginnings, St. Peter's has now grown into a loving family of believers who seek to gather friends and grow disciples, so that we all would receive forgiveness, life and salvation. Through Word and Sacrament, we receive those gifts in our life together. Our family of believers welcomes you to join us so that together, we would receive Christ's gifts of life and salvation each and every Sunday!

 

St. Peter's Lutheran Church is in the Florida-Georgia District of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS).

 

From the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod website :
With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God: the Father, creator of all that exists; Jesus Christ, the Son, who became human to suffer and die for the sins of all human beings and to rise to life again in the ultimate victory over death and Satan; and the Holy Spirit, who creates faith through God's Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity are coequal and coeternal, one God.

Being Lutheran,our congregations accept and teach Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Faith alone, Scripture alone.

 

Grace alone
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.

Faith alone
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.

Scripture alone
The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.

What does Synod mean?
The word Synod in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod comes from Greek words that mean walking together. The term has rich meaning in our church body, because congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Though diverse in their service, these congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions which they believe are a correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine. Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were put into writing by church leaders during the 16th century. The simplest of these is Luther's Small Catechism. The Augsburg Confession gives more detail on what Lutherans believe.