Like many things, there's a long and a short answer to that question. The short answer is that we believe in the triune God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe that this God is a God of love, and that His love for us is seen most clearly in the gift of His Son Jesus who suffered and died in our stead to achieve the forgiveness of our sins. We believe that Jesus physically rose from the dead, that He has ascended into heaven, and that He will return one day to take those who placed their trust in Him to heaven to be with Him for eternity.

If you want a (significantly) more detailed explanation of what we believe, we would invite you to explore the hyperlinks listed below.

The Beliefs of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

The Three Ecumenical or Universal Creeds

The Augsburg Confession

The Defense of the Augsburg Confession

The Large Catechism

The Small Catechism

The Smalcald Articles

The Epitome of the Formula of Concord

The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord

...accept the Scriptures as the inspired and inerrant Word of God. We subscribes unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God. Because the Confessions are drawn from the Word of God we regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture. They are authoritative for all pastors, congregations and other rostered church workers of The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

The entire sum and substance of our faith is recorded in a book called ”The Book of Concord” and is otherwise known as the ”Lutheran Confessions.”The entire Book of Concord may be downloaded in PDF Format (2MB file). These texts are in the public domain and may be copied and distributed freely. The source of these translations is Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921).