what we believe, teach, and confess

...the Holy Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and the only source and norm for Christian doctrine and practice.

...there is only one true God, who has revealed Himself in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

...that by His innocent suffering and death on the cross in our place, Jesus Christ made full atonement for our sins.

...Jesus rose from the dead on Easter morning, later ascended into heaven where He now lives and reigns to all eternity.

...Jesus will return on the last day to judge the living and the dead and take all believers in Him to eternal life and glory.

...God comes to us in His Church through chosen means of grace which are the Word of God (The Holy Scriptures) and the Sacraments of Baptism and The Lord's Supper (Holy Communion), and that through these means of grace He conveys to us His forgiveness.

...we are saved only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, which is a free gift of the Holy Spirit to us.

...Holy Baptism brings us into God's Kingdom and makes us members of the Body of Christ as we receive the Holy Spirit, who works faith in our hearts.

...the Sacrament of Holy Communion is the true body and blood of Christ which is received with the mouth along with the bread and the wine (Real Presence). This is not a symbolic eating and drinking. We believe that those who receive this Sacrament actually eat and drink the body and blood of our Lord and Savior shed for us on the cross. We do not understand or try to explain this. It is a mystery. We therefore, celebrate "closed" communion and ask that those who have not been confirmed in the Lutheran Church refrain from communion until they have been properly taught about the sacrament.

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     Pastor Jonathan G. Schultz was born in McCook, NE to Rev. Glenn and Connie Schultz. He attended Concordia University in Seward, NE, and graduated in 2004 with a B.A. in Psychology. He met his wife Amy (Van Velson) at Seward, where she graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music Education.

     Jonathan began his studies at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, in 2004. Jonathan and Amy were married in 2005. He served as Vicar (pastoral intern) at Trinity Lutheran Church in Baton Rouge, LA. He graduated with a Master of Divinity in May of 2008 and continued his studies at Concordia Seminary for a second master’s degree, which is not yet completed.

     Jonathan was ordained on March 22, 2009 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Vernal, UT. Jonathan and Amy have been blessed with five children. Joshua (2007), Isaac (2010), Samuel (2013), and Rachel (2015) and Hannah (2017).

     In 2020, Jonathan was commissioned as a Chaplain (Captain) in the Colorado Air National Guard. He has since transferred to the Montana Air National Guard, located in Great Falls.

     Joshua is a Boy Scout and plays the baritone. Isaac is also a Boy Scout and has his Ham Radio Operator’s License. Samuel  is a Cub Scout, loves to read and see how things work. Rachel  also loves to read. She loves to play with Hannah, and they ride bikes and play pretend. Pastor and his family enjoy hiking, visiting national parks, reading, going on adventures to discover new things, and visiting family in South Dakota and Nebraska.