About Good Shepherd

Good Shepherd is striving to be a church that lives up to the motto of “God’s work.  Our hands.”  We worship and nurture our faith but then reach out to serve our community and world. Our worship life is musically rich and intellectually stimulating, joyous and sacramental. We are prayerfully trying to pariticipate in God’s mission for the world.

What does ELCA Lutheran mean?

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).  The ELCA has about 4,800,000 members spread across the USA.  The ELCA was formed in 1988 when three Lutheran church bodies consolidated.  The headquarters of the ELCA are in Chicago and the Presiding Bishop is the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton.Good Shepherd is a part of the Southeastern Minnesota Synod of the ELCA, which is headquartered in Rochester, MN. The SE MN Synod consists of 184 congregations with 30,000 baptized members.

Who we are as a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA):

  • We are a church called to roll up our sleeves and get to work in the world.
  • We are a church whose unity is in Jesus Christ, wo gathers us around word and water, bread and wine.
  • We are a church who worships beneath the cross, always asking what the death and resurrection of Jesus means for the world and our lives.
ELCA Teachings
ELCA Teachings
The ELCA confesses the Triune God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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ELCA Website
The (ELCA) is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States.
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SE MN Synod
Our mission statement is, “We are equipping congregations and leaders to follow Jesus into a changing world.”
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