This congregation accepts and acknowledges the canonical books of the Bible, both of the Old and of the New Testaments, as the verbally inspired Word of God, and all the confessional writings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church contained in the Book of Concord -- to be the true and sound exhibition of Christian doctrine, taken from, and in full agreement with, the Holy Scriptures. According to these the Word of God shall be preached, and all controversies shall be settled.