Detroit Laestadian Lutheran Church, Neighbor

The Detroit Laestadian Lutheran Church is a member of the Laestadian Lutheran Church which has its headquarters in Loretto, Minnesota. The church is named after the reformer Martin Luther and Lars Levi Laestadius, a Lutheran pastor who served in northern Sweden from 1825-1861.

Today the sermon of Jesus' ­suffer­ing, death, and victori­ous resur­rec­tion remains centermost of the teachings of the Laestadian Lutheran Church. Laestadians teach that the work of Jesus Christ con­tin­ues in this world as the work of the Holy Spirit in Christ's congre­gat­ion. We teach of God's kingdom and preach repentance and the for­give­ness of sins. We hold, in accord with the Lutheran Confessions, that the Bible is the high­est guide and authority for Christian faith, doctrine, and life.