"Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
A Confessional, Sacramental, Liturgical Lutheran congregation in Mississauga, Ontario, gathered around Christ in Word and Sacrament. We follow traditional forms of worship, chanting and singing hymns from the Lutheran Service Book. Whoever you are, you are welcome here.
Risen Christ Lutheran Church is a Confessional, Sacramental, Liturgical Lutheran congregation of Lutheran Church–Canada in Mississauga, Ontario, gathered around Christ in Word and Sacrament. We are part of a dual parish with Immanuel Lutheran Church, a neighbouring LCC congregation in Georgetown, with whom we share pastoral ministry. Here the Gospel of Jesus Christ, crucified and risen for sinners, is preached in its truth and purity, and the Sacraments are administered according to Christ's own institution. We follow traditional forms of worship, chanting and singing hymns from the Lutheran Service Book.
We are not a thin or trendy faith. We hold a theology rooted in Scripture and centred on Christ, the same faith that has sustained Christians through plagues, wars, and reformations for five centuries. Whoever you are, and wherever you are on the journey, there is a place for you at this altar.
If the word is new to you, here is the short version, who Lutherans are, where we came from, and what stands at the centre of it all.
A Lutheran is simply a Christian who confesses the faith as it was recovered and clearly taught during the Reformation, the faith summarized in the writings that carry the name of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German monk, pastor, and teacher of Scripture. We are not followers of a man. We take the name because, in Luther's preaching, the Church heard again the plain promise of the Gospel that had grown obscured.
That recovery began quietly. In 1517 Luther offered ninety-five points for debate, questioning practices he believed had drifted from the Word of God. What he intended as a call to reform from within spread across Europe far faster than anyone expected, carried by the newly invented printing press. Within a few years the disagreement could no longer be contained: at the Diet of Worms in 1521 Luther was condemned and outlawed, and the division between those who held to the Reformation and those who did not became public and lasting.
At its heart, the Reformation turned on two questions, where the Church's final authority is to be found, and how a sinner is set right with God.
Where authority rests: the Scriptures alone. The written Word of God stands above every council, tradition, and office as the rule by which all teaching is tested.
How we are saved: justification. God declares the sinner righteous for Christ's sake, a gift received through faith, not earned by works.
To be justified is to be declared righteous by God. We confess that God himself does this, lifting the guilt and the penalty of sin, and counting the sinner righteous, not because of anything we have achieved, but because of Christ, who died and rose in our place. This righteousness is God's gift, credited to us and received through faith alone, apart from our works. Grace alone, through faith alone, on the basis of Scripture alone: three short phrases that hold the whole Gospel together.
For all that the Reformation changed, Lutherans kept a great deal. We never set out to build a new church, only to return the one Church to the measure of God's Word. So we have gladly retained the historic liturgy of the Western church and its reverence for the Sacraments, above all the Lord's Supper, in which Christ gives his own body and blood for the forgiveness of sins. That same inheritance shapes our worship today: a service drawn from Scripture, ordered by the Lutheran Service Book, where the Supper is celebrated each Lord's Day. You can see what a visit looks like or read more of what we confess below.
Risen Christ gathers each week in Mississauga to receive the gifts of God in Word and Sacrament. As a dual parish, our shared pastor also serves Immanuel Lutheran Church in Georgetown, you're welcome at either. Come as you are.
4090 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON L4W 1M4
89 Mountainview Road, Georgetown, ON
If you've never been to a Lutheran service, here's what your visit will be like, and the shape of the worship we share.
Little ones are a blessing in worship. You won't be the only family, and a wiggle or two is no trouble at all.
We're at 4090 Dixie Road in Mississauga with parking on site. Arrive a few minutes early and someone will help you get settled.
We treasure Communion as Christ's true body and blood. If you're visiting or new to the Sacrament, please speak with a pastor first, and come forward for a blessing in the meantime.
Sunday Bible study at 9:30 a.m., before the 10:30 service, digs into Scripture together. Newcomers are especially welcome.
The Divine Service
Everything we do on the Lord's Day has one centre: God serving us with the forgiveness of sins through His Word and Sacraments. We call our worship the Divine Service because it is first His service to us, and only then our thanks returning to Him.
“Faith is that worship which receives God's offered blessings… It is by faith that God wants to be worshiped, namely, that we receive from Him what He promises and offers.” Apology of the Augsburg Confession IV.49
We begin as we began at the font, in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Standing before the holy God, we confess our sins, and the pastor, by Christ's own command, forgives them in His name. We enter cleansed, ready to receive.
Invocation · Confession · Absolution
God speaks. The day's theme opens in the Introit and Kyrie; we adore Him in the Gloria; we hear the Old Testament, Epistle, and Holy Gospel, and the sermon applies Christ crucified and risen to our lives. We confess the faith in the Creed and sing the Hymn of the Day.
Introit · Kyrie · Gloria · Readings · Sermon · Creed
In obedience to Jesus' command, we come to His Supper. In, with, and under the bread and wine we receive His true body and blood, given and shed for the forgiveness of sins. We depart in peace, sent to live as His redeemed people in the world.
Preface · Sanctus · Words of our Lord · Agnus Dei · Distribution · Benediction
We treasure Communion as Christ's true body and blood. If you're visiting or new to the Sacrament, please speak with a pastor first, and you're warmly invited to come forward for a blessing in the meantime. Sunday Bible study at 9:30 a.m., before the 10:30 service, is a gentle place to start.
With the whole Lutheran Church, we confess what Scripture teaches and the Book of Concord summarizes. Here is the heart of it.
The Holy Scriptures are the inspired Word of God and the only rule and norm by which all teaching and life are to be measured.
Formula of Concord, Epitome · 2 Timothy 3:16We are saved entirely by God's grace, never by our works or worthiness, as a free gift won for us by Jesus Christ.
Augsburg Confession IV · Ephesians 2:8–9This grace is received through faith in Christ alone, who lived, died, and rose for us, and faith itself is the Spirit's gift.
Augsburg Confession IV · Romans 3:28God comes to us through means he has chosen, the preached Gospel, Holy Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, by which the Spirit creates and keeps faith.
Augsburg Confession VIn Baptism God claims us as his own, joins us to Christ's death and resurrection, and works the forgiveness of sins, a gift for all ages, including children.
Small Catechism IV · Titus 3:5 · Acts 2:39In the Supper we receive the true body and blood of Christ, in, with, and under the bread and wine, for the forgiveness of sins, his own testament for us.
Small Catechism VI · Words of InstitutionRightly distinguishing Law and Gospel is the heart of faithful preaching: the Law shows our sin and need; the Gospel gives Christ and his forgiveness.
Formula of Concord VWe hold the Book of Concord (1580), the three Ecumenical Creeds, the Augsburg Confession, Luther's Catechisms, and the Formula of Concord, as a faithful exposition of God's Word.
Read the full text in our Library belowThese summaries are drafted for review and approval by our pastoral leadership before publication, to ensure they faithfully reflect our confession.
A servant of the Word, called to preach Christ and administer his gifts among us.
Pastor Paul is a native of Punjab, India; his mother tongue is Hindi, and he also speaks Punjabi. He graduated from Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 2020, and holds a Master's degree in Economics, with extensive corporate experience in banking and credit rating. He serves as pastor of Risen Christ Lutheran Church and as Vice-President of the Asia Lutheran Mission Society.
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