St Stephen Lutheran Church in Portland Texas

<body> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" style="line-height: 120%; margin-left: 6" align="left"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue">Stephen Lutheran Church is a member of the<b> </span> <a href="http://www.elca.org" target="_blank"> <span style="font-family: Arial"><u> <font color="#FF0000"> Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)</font></u></span></a> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"> </span> </b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue">and is part of the </span> <a href="http://www.swtsynod.org" target="_blank"><b> <span style="font-family: Arial"><font color="#008000"> Southwestern Texas Synod</font></span></b></a><font color="#800000"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue">.</span></font></font></p> <p class="MsoBodyText3" style="line-height: 120%; margin-left: 6" align="left"> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font size="4">The teachings of Martin Luther and his insights into Holy Scripture, help us to understand how God's Holy Word is as relevant today as it was when it was first written. We believe and teach in accord with the Lutheran Confession.</font></span><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="line-height: 120%; margin-left: 6" align="left"> <span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue"><font size="4">St. Stephen is a not only a building of brick and mortar -- St. Stephen is a group of ordinary people. We are not perfect, but we are forgiven. God's grace is proclaimed in the Cross of Christ. In the shadow of the Cross our sins are forgiven, our woundedness is healed, and our brokenness is made whole.</font></span> </body>