The Heartland District is a geographical district of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC), comprised of congregations in Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.
As members of the priesthood of all believers, called by the Holy Spirit to confess the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ in its purity, we give thanks for God’s continual faithfulness.
In partnership with one another, we unite to carry out God’s mission to the world in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Our Statement of Faith
We, the members of Heartland District believe, teach and confess the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe, teach, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe in Him.
- Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
- The proclamation of God's message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy in the person and work of Jesus Christ, through whom God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself.
We believe, teach, and accept the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the sole authoritative source and norm of our proclamation, faith, and life.
We accept the Apostles, Nicene, and Athanasian creeds as true declarations of the scriptural faith we believe, teach, and confess.
We believe, teach, and accept the Unaltered Augsburg Confession and the Small Catechism as true witnesses to the Word of God, normative for our teaching and practice. We acknowledge that we are one in faith and doctrine with all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
We believe, teach, and confess the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures.
We believe, teach, and confess the gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the priesthood of all believers for God's mission in the world.
Our Mission
- To offer fellowship, worship, and educational opportunities for different groups through the Heartland District Men’s Ministry, Women of the Word (WOW), and Youth gatherings.
- Supply congregations with information on mission opportunities
- Provide information and support on the pastoral certification and call process
- Assist congregations and pastors in conflict.
- Offer support for church professionals through our District Pastors
- Serve as support and resource for congregations with a variety of issues and topics
- Offer financial aid for Seminary students
- Provide opportunities for networking and fellowship through annual gatherings, speakers, special training, and regional events.
