The mission of our parish is summed up in the Great Commission of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  We consider the Holy Bible to be the inspired Word of God  and we accept the writings, creeds, confessions, and instructions recorded in the  Book of Concord, as a correct explanation of God's Word.

  In keeping with His instruction, we endeavor to preach the Word faithfully and to correctly administer the Sacraments, as He has commanded us to do.  This is our practice in our work in the parish, and in our home and foreign mission activities in which we join  with our sister congregations of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod. 

  1859 and 1860 are the years the oldest of our congregation were organized.  The history of our forefathers however, can be traced to the Norwegian immigrants who came to America in the Norwegian migration of the early to mid-1800s.  The first two churches of what was to become the Norwegian Lutheran Synod in America were formed at Koshkonong, Wiscosin by Pastor J.W.C. Dietrichson in 1844.  The Synod was organized and the constitution ratified in 1853 at the Luther Valley Church, located south of Orfordville, Wisconsin.

  The Synod grew in the next 50+ years, but this growth was not without controversy.  In 1905, began a controversy which lead to the Merger of 1917 which resulted in the formation of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. 

  Some did not agree with the merger and in 1918, at Lime Creek Lutheran Church, a minority group of 13 pastors and  3 congregations met and agreed to form a new synod which was called the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod.  Their statement of purpose read:     
   
  "We, members present of the Synod for the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, ministers, delegates of congregations, and members of congregations. join together for this purpose of continuing the work of the Synod on the basis and according to the old principles."

  Thus, the formation of what was to become the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which the 5 churches of the Five Point Parish are a part of today.  Lime Creek Church, where this new Synod was formed, was among the first of the congregations to be a part of the new Synod in 1919 (1860).  Also joining the new synod in 1919 were Lake Mills, which had reorganized in 1917, and Somber, which had reorganized in 1918 (1859).  They were followed by First Shell Rock, which reorganized in 1920 (1859), and joined the Synod the same year.  Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church was formed as a mission congregation in 1969, joined the parish in 1971, and joined the Synod in 1973.   (Dates in parentheses indicate the date the original
congregation was formed and organized)

The motto of the Synod and its congregations was then, and  is today, "The Word Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone".  The anchoring principles of these words binds our congregations together with other like minded Lutherans in America.

While the Evangelical Lutheran Synod is relatively small, its commitment to the Lutheran Confessions, Scripture, and to Christ is strong, and we pursue our mission with faith and confidence in His promise "to be with you always . . .".