What’s a Lutheran? Led by former priest, Martin Luther, Lutherans were the first Christians to break away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500’s.  Today, we have some practices in common with the Roman Catholic Church as well as other Protestant churches, but there are also significant differences. The ELCA is the largest group of Lutherans in the country, including nearly five million members in ten thousand congregations.  We are an open church.  We believe that everyone is welcome and everyone has gifts to share.  Women have been pastors in the Lutheran Church since the 1970’s.

Abundant Life is a Mission Church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in a America (ELCA).  That means that we are at the very beginning of our ministry together.  The Strong family moved to Braselton in January, 2006 and began meeting people.  We held informal Bible studies and preview services until we started Sunday morning worship in December, 2006.  Abundant Life had a few temporary locations until we moved into our first seven-day-a-week home on Zion Church Road in May, 2007. 

As the ministry grows, we will acquire bigger and better facilities, but for us, the church will always be about the people gathered in God’s name.  It’s true that being a part of a Mission Church is challenging, but it’s also exciting to be in on the ground floor of a new thing that God is doing in our midst!