The LEPC was officially birthed in 2000 and was formed as a non-profit corporation under the Board of Advisors in 2001.
The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (EPC/GCEPC LEPC) ministers across the United States of America and around the world.
[2] Scripture alone in matters of life, faith, and practice is held to be true rather than the doctrines and traditions of men.
The LEPC adheres to the three creeds, Apostles, Nicene, and Athanasian,[3][failed verification] and confesses Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and the truth and inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures.
(Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 8:26-40) In baptism a believer is identified with Christ whether by immersion, sprinkling, dunking, or pouring where water is provided for such service.
Men and women may serve as deacons, overseers, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelist as examples of all of these can be found in scripture concerning both male and female.
Therefore, abortion is not acceptable under any circumstance except in the rare and unusual instance where the life of the mother is at real risk.
The EPC GCEPC/LEPC shares the essentials with our many Christian sisters and brothers and this is necessary to our faith and belief in Jesus Christ for salvation.
The EPC GCPEC/LEPC ordains both men and women to the gospel ministry noting that scripture states that in “Christ Jesus there is neither male not female, Jew or Greek".
Also, noting that the Book of Concord states that seminaries are for the preparation of men and women but more so that Holy Scripture does not specifically direct yes or no but rather indicates by example that women did pursue the gospel ministry and did serve in positions of authority in Biblical times.
The current and sixth Presiding Bishop of the EPC GCEPC/LEPC is Nancy Kinard Drew.
The EPC GCEPC/LEPC is in historic and valid apostolic succession (AS), which is transmitted "by the laying on of hands during our ordination services of Word and Sacrament".
[5] The EPC GCEPC/LEPC confesses two sacraments: the Eucharist (Communion, The Lord’s Supper) and Holy Baptism.
As seen by the thief on the cross who was told “Today, you shall be with me in paradise,” there are exceptions to the requirements of baptism.
The EPC GCEPC/LEPC is missions oriented and has congregations and church plants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Angola, and Kenya.
Concordia Bible Institute of Kenya prepares indigenous ministers to take the salvation message to their own people.
The EPC GCEPC/LEPC permits a broad range of worship styles from contemporary to traditional to liturgical to renewal/charismatic and messianic.