Mission Statement

Our mission statement at House of Prayer is easy to remember.  It is: Gather, Go, and Grow in the name of Jesus Christ.   We seek  to make Christ known in worship, in service to others, in study, and in prayer to all who need  a vision of God's grace and love.

Martin Luther's work can be a model for worship that welcomes all people. As with Luther's reform and renewal of worship, a balance of new and old, shows how the whole world across generations and cultures stands in need of God's grace and mercy.       

Essential to worship that embodies God's promise of forgiveness, mercy, and  grace is ministry that invites and welcomes everyone. More than doing one thing or another, hospitality is a way of being the church, a way of being welcoming and inviting. Shaped by word and sacrament, we welcome all people who are hungry for God's grace. Beyond style and taste, beyond generations and cultures, beyond any distinctions the world might draw to separate people one from the other, we are called to welcome others as Christ has welcomed us.