We believe, teach and confess the other confessional writing in the Book of Concord namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcarld Articles, the Treatise, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures.
We believe, teach and confess the gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and the Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the priesthood of all believers for God’s mission in the world.