Who We Are

St John's Lutheran Church, founded March 31, 1917, is a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.  We are community of believers in Hooker, Oklahoma centered on the Christ's Word and Sacraments.

We accept and teach Bible-based teachings of Martin Luther that inspired the reformation of the Christian Church in the 16th century. The teaching of Luther and the reformers can be summarized in three short phrases: Grace alone, Scripture alone, Faith alone.

Grace alone

God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.

Faith alone

By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.

Scripture alone

The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.

We acknowledge and accept all the canonical books of the Old Testament and New Testament as the revealed and inerrant word of God, verbally inspired, and submit to them as the only infallible authority in all matters of faith and life.

We acknowledge and accept all the confessional writings of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (see also "What about Being a Lutheran?"), contained in the Book of Concord [2MB pdf file] of the year 1580, as true and genuine expositions of the doctrines of the Bible.  These confessional writings are the three Ecumenical Creeds (Apostles', Nicene and Athanasion), the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, Luther's Large and Small Catechism, and the Formula of Concord. 

Our Mission

It is the mission of St. John's Lutheran Church to spread the kingdom of God, to foster Christian fellowship and love, and to serve its members. This is accomplished through the preaching of the Word of God, the right administration of the sacraments, and the religious instruction of youth and adults, according to the confessional standard of the Lutheran Church.

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