Welcome to Manchester Lutheran Church!
Our story is shaped by God’s Word, which teaches His Law of love, the hope of His Gospel, and makes us His People. We are called to share God’s Word of Christ’s grace with Manchester, through which God’s Spirit gathers people as His Church.
God’s Word: How He gives us trust in Him
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17)
Scripture is the living Word of God. Faith is not something we can muster up or create by our own thoughts, work or preparation. Faith is trust in God’s goodness toward us, and God’s Spirit gives us this trust only as we hear His Word. This is why everything we do at Manchester Lutheran Church is centred on receiving God’s Word through Preaching, Bible Study, Baptism, the Lord’s Supper and conversation with other Christians.
God’s Law: His description of perfect love
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
God’s Law shows us God’s description of perfect love. God’s Law describes what is written on our hearts: that we should love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind, and loving our neighbours as ourselves. At Manchester Lutheran Church, we are committed to hearing God’s Law, which shows none of us love perfectly and so we need Jesus as our Saviour.
God’s Gospel: The heart of our hope
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16)
The Gospel is the Good News that God, in His mercy, sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save sinners. At the cross, Jesus bore the punishment for our sins, and through His resurrection, He offers forgiveness, life, and salvation to all who believe. This is the heart of Manchester Lutheran Church’s mission: to proclaim the saving work of Christ and share His grace with the world.
God’s People: Faith bearing fruit in Christian living and speaking
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)
As those who live by trusting God’s mercy, we are God’s People for whom the Law also serves as a guide. From faith in God’s Gospel we start fulfilling the Law as our lives are increasingly shaped by love. As God’s People we are also all priests: each one of us is called to share the good news of Jesus with others in the context of living out our lives shaped by love.
Be a Part of God’s Story
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price….
Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; (Isaiah 55:1, 3)
We invite you to join us as we live out God’s story in Manchester. Come and discover the power of God’s Word, the beauty of His Law, the hope of His Gospel, and the joy of being part of His People. Together, let’s grow in faith and share His love with the world.