Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA resulted from a union of three North American Lutheran church bodies. The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America. The ELCA came into being officially on January 1, 1988.

The ELCA is the largest Lutheran church body in America with 5,178,255 baptized members. The Rev. Mark S. Hanson is currently serving as the ELCA's second bishop. The church-wide (national) headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois.

There are 65 synods of the ELCA nationwide. Christ Our Savior is a member of the Greater Milwaukee Synod whose bishop is the Rev. Paul Stumme-Diers.

ELCA Vision Statement
The ELCA is a church so deeply and confidently rooted in the Gospel of God's grace that we are free to give our lives joyfully in witness and service.

Please see our Beliefs and Practices Page.

Faith and Life

We at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church understand that many of us have very busy lives. We are organized in a way in which we try to help our members participate in a way where we can make a real difference in the world as we live our faith, even if we have limited time or cannot make long term commitments.

We believe that going to church is a way in which we feed our faith in order to prepare us to live in the world. We gather for worship to celebrate God's promise of forgiveness, freedom and life as we hear God's Word and share in the Sacraments. We care for one another and seek to serve our neighbors because we take Jesus' command to love God by living our neighbors seriously. We believe that God loves us without conditions.

Music
We include traditional and contemporary music in our worship services in order to enhance worship for everyone. For more information on our Music Department please see our music page.

Youth
We offer opportunities for our young people to experience God's presence in themselves and in each other through service and fellowship. For more information on our Youth Programs please see our youth page.

Christian Education
The objective of our Christian Education programs are to teach everyone about the love of God and how it makes a difference in our lives. For more information on Christian Education please see our education page.

Social Activities
Gathering as a people of God in social settings is important to the life of a congregation. We get to know each other as real people, sharing in each other's joys and sorrows, being "little Christs" while having a good time. See our Congregational Life page for more of our social activities.

New Building
We have recently completed our new building. See our Building page for photographs and other information.

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