. . . offered by Peace Lutheran Church of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, for those desiring communicant membership in our congregation.

1. I believe in the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost (Matthew 28: 19); I believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of the Father (John 1: 1,2, 14), that He died for my sins (2 Corinthians 5: 19-21), that through Him alone I am forgiven, saved and made a child of God (Galatians 3:26; 4:4, 5; Acts 4: 12).

2. I accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the verbally-inspired Word of God (2 Timothy 3: 16; 2 Peter 1:21) in all their parts and words. They do not err but are true, also those portions which touch upon history or the things of nature (John 10:35). The Scriptures are a dynamic, living Word (Romans 1:16) to change men’s hearts and lives and I agree to follow the directives of the Holy Bible for my life.

3. I believe in Holy Baptism as a means whereby God makes me His own (Titus 3:5). Infants too need re-birth in Christ and are to be baptized (Psalm 51 :5: John 3:5,6).

4. I believe in the Lord's Supper as a means whereby God strengthens my faith by giving me the true body and blood of the Lord Jesus under the bread and wine. (1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25). I shal1take Communion frequently (1 Corinthians 11 :26).

5. I believe that God by the almighty power of His Word created all things in six days by a series of creative acts (Genesis 1; Exodus 20:11).

6. I shall be faithful in my church attendance as a member of the body of Christ (Hebrews 10:25), realizing that only through the hearing of the Word of God can faith be created 10:17).

7. I shall lead a godly, decent life (Ephesians 2:10) in appreciation for God's gift of salvation in Christ (Galatians 2:20), and I shall seek to grow in both faith and life (2 Peter 3:18).

8. I do not and shall not belong to any organization or lodge that teaches a way of salvation by character and not by forgiveness in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16; 5:4), realizing that such membership compromises that very heart of the Gospel that I have confessed (2 Corinthians 6:14-17).

9. I shall give to the church willingly (2 Corinthians 9:7), liberally (Malachi 3:10) and from a grateful heart to Jesus, my Savior (2 Corinthians 8:9).

10. I will show concern for all the needs of my neighbor (Galatians 6:10) and I especially seek to help bring them, in the power of God, to faith in Jesus Christ. (Daniel 12:3; Acts 4:20).