About Us

    Statement of Core Values

    • The Bible is central in our congregations and in our households.
    • The Gospel is our treasure and our joy.
    • We revere God's law.
    • The Word and the Sacraments are God's precious means of grace.
    • We cherish the love and fellowship of God's people.
    • We long for people to trust in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord, to come to know Him in a personal way.
    • We seek to be people of prayer.

    Our Staff

    Pastor Anthony Heiraas
    Pastor Anthony Heiraas
    Erik Rust, Youth and Young Adult Director
    Erik Rust, Youth and Young Adult Director
    Dezell Domke, Music Director/Administrative Assistant
    Dezell Domke, Music Director/Administrative Assistant
    Jenya Rust, Sunday School Superintendant
    Jenya Rust, Sunday School Superintendant

                   

    What We Believe

    Peace Lutheran Church is a member of the Church of the Lutheran Brethren Canada. As such, we subscribe to its Statement of Faith.

    The Bible

    The Bible, including both Old and New Testaments as originally given, is the verbally and plenarily inspired Word of God and is free from error in the whole and in the part, and is therefore the final authoritative guide for faith and conduct.

    The Trinity

    There is one God eternally existent in three distinct persons in one divine essence, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

    • God the Father
      God the Father has revealed Himself as the Creator and preserver of the universe, to Whom the entire creation and all creatures are subject.

    • The Human Race
      God created Adam and Eve in His image to live in fellowship with Him.

    • God the Son
      Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son, is the image of the invisible God. To accomplish our redemption, He became fully human, being conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.

    • God the Holy Spirit
      The Holy Spirit is a divine person eternally one with the Father and with the Son. Through the Word of God, He convicts people of sin, persuades them to confess their sinfulness to God and calls them to faith through the Gospel.

    • Means of Grace
      The knowledge and benefit of Christ's redemption from sin is brought to the human race through the means of grace, namely the Word and the sacraments.

    • Law and Gospel
      Through the Word of the Law God brings sinners to know their lost condition and to repent.

    • Baptism
      In the Sacrament of Baptism, God offers the benefits of Christ's redemption to all people and graciously bestows the washing of regeneration and newness of life to all who believe.

    • Communion
      In the Sacrament of Holy Communion, Christ gives to the communicants His body and blood in, with, and under the bread and wine. He declares the forgiveness of sin to all believers, and strengthens their faith.

    • Salvation
      Eternal salvation is available to every living human being on earth by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

    • Justification
      Justification is God's gracious act by which He, for Christ's sake, instantaneously acquits repentant and believing sinners and credits them with Christ's righteousness.

    • Sanctification
      Sanctification is God's gracious, continual work of spiritual renewal and growth in the life of every justified person. Through the means of grace, the Holy Spirit works to reproduce the character of Christ within the lives of all believers, instructing and urging them to live out their new nature.

    • The Church
      The Church Universal consists of all those who truly believe on Jesus Christ as Savior. The local congregation is an assembly of believers in a certain locality among whom the Gospel is purely taught and the sacraments are rightly administered.

    • Church Governance
      The Church of the Lutheran Brethren practices the congregational form of church government and the autonomy of the local congregations. The office of pastor and elder is to be filled by men only.

    • Lutheran Confessions
      The Lutheran confessions are a summary of Bible doctrines. We adhere to the following confessional writings: The Apostles' Creed, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds, unaltered Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism.

    More than Peace Lutheran, Calgary

    We are a church body made up of churches all over Alberta and Saskatchewan. We also have American brothers and sisters who we connect with often throughout the year. Please click the links to find out more about our church body in Canada (CLBC) and our church body in American (CLB).

    Church of the Lutheran Brethren Canada: https://www.lbcanada.org/

    Church of the Lutheran Brethren (USA): https://clba.org/

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