Church Profile
Service Times
9 AM - Worship
10:30 - Cross+Generational Learning Time
(217) 352-1732
Pastor Tom Hillertz
Our Mission
Preaching, Teaching, and Reaching in Jesus name
Our mission is to share the Good News of salvation with all people through our words and through our actions. Because of our relationship with Christ, we seek to live changed, Christ-centered lives with all people.
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About Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is part of the Evangelical Lutheran in America and is an outpost for mission on the south side of Champaign. Feel free to visit us online at gslc-cu.org. We are also on most social media platforms -@GSLChampaign.
Denomination / Affiliation:
Evangelical Lutheran in America
Community Projects:
11-24
Primary Language:
English
MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Church Ministries
Kids
Youth
Men’s
Women’s
Sunday School
Choir
Groups and Public Services
Weddings and Receptions
Funerals
Food Pantry
Vacation Bible School
BELIEFS
ELCA Teaching
The ELCA confesses the Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In our preaching and teaching the ELCA trusts the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.
ELCA teaching or theology serves the proclamation and ministry of this faith. It does not have an answer for all questions, not even all religious questions. Teaching or theology prepares members to be witnesses in speech and in action of God’s rich mercy in Jesus Christ.
Scriptures, Creeds and Confessions
The ELCA’s official Confession of Faith identifies the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (commonly called the Bible); the Apostles’, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds; and the Lutheran confessional writings in the Book of Concord as the basis for our teaching. ELCA congregations make the same affirmation in their governing documents, and ELCA pastors promise to preach and teach in accordance with these teaching sources. This Confession of Faith is more than just words in an official document. Every Sunday in worship ELCA congregations hear God’s word from the Scriptures, pray as Jesus taught and come to the Lord’s Table expecting to receive the mercies that the Triune God promises. Throughout the week ELCA members continue to live by faith, serving others freely and generously in all that they do because they trust God’s promise in the Gospel. In small groups and at sick beds, in private devotions and in daily work, this faith saturates all of life.
Teaching for a life of faith
This connection to all of life is the clearest demonstration of the authority that the canonical Scriptures, the ecumenical Creeds and the Lutheran Confessions have in the ELCA. The Holy Spirit uses these witnesses to create, strengthen and sustain faith in Jesus Christ and the life we have in him. That life-giving work continues every day, as Martin Luther explained in the Small Catechism: the Holy Spirit “calls, gathers, enlightens and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth and preserves it in union with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.”
Primary Bible Version Used:
New International Version
Baptism:
Both
Communion Frequency:
Weekly
Regularly Practice:
Praying the Lord’s Prayer
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Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a Lutheran Church located in Zip Code 61820.
Church Profile Manager: Jasper Fishead