Celebrating God’s Faithfulness & Our Community
First Visit FAQs
What are the service times?
Fellowship Breakfast is every Sunday at 8:30 AM, followed by Sunday School (for all ages) at 9:00 AM, and Worship at 10:00 AM.
Where is Concordia Lutheran Church located?
What is the Lutheran faith?
The Lutheran faith emphasizes salvation through faith alone, the authority of Scripture, and the priesthood of all believers.
How do I become a member of Concordia Lutheran Church?
Is there a dress code for attending worship services?
We encourage you to dress respectfully, but you are also welcome to come as you are.
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Our Values
Concordia Lutheran Church is a church family committed to the authority of the Bible as the inspired Word of God. In keeping with the Lutheran Confessions, we believe all doctrines should and must be judged by the teaching of Scripture. We are a church centered on the unique Gospel of Jesus Christ, animated by missions and evangelism, grounded in the 2,000-year Christian faith tradition, and organized chiefly to serve our congregations.
Concordia Lutheran Church has embraced four core values of the NALC, which shape our everyday life:
Christ-Centered
We confess the apostolic faith in Jesus Christ according to the Holy Scriptures. We affirm the authority of the Scriptures as the authoritative source and norm, “according to which all doctrines should and must be judged” (Formula of Concord). We accept the ecumenical creeds and the Lutheran Confessions as true witnesses to the Word of God.
Mission Driven
We believe that the mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel and to make disciples for Christ. We believe that making disciples — in our congregations, in our communities and nations, and around the world — must be a priority of the Church in the present age.
Traditionally-Grounded
We affirm the ecumenical creeds and the faithful witness of the Church across time and space. We endorse the form and practices of the universal Church that are consistent with Scripture, particularly the office of the ministry and the tradition of worship under Word and Sacrament. We seek dialogue and fellowship with other Lutheran churches and with faithful Christians of other confessions.
Congregationally-Focused
We strive to be a church that is organized to facilitate the ministries of local congregations in a posture of servanthood and a spirit of partnership through the provision of resources, connections, and information.
The Lutheran Faith
According to thenalc.org
- The Triune God — Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.
- Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.
- The proclamation of God’s message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
- The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. Inspired by the Holy Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God’s revelation centering on Jesus Christ. Through them, the Holy Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.
- The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life, “according to which all doctrines should and must be judged.” (Formula of Concord, Epitome, Part I)
- The Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the faith of the Church.
- The Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel, acknowledging as one with it in faith and doctrine all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.
- The other confessional writings in the Book of Concord, namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Treatise, the Small Catechism, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid interpretations of the faith of the Church.
- The Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the Church for God’s mission in the world.
- Concordia Lutheran Church honors and accepts The Common Confession (2005) as a summary of teachings otherwise affirmed in the Lutheran Confessions.
Our Staff
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Carlin Ours currently serves as the pastor of Concordia Lutheran Church of China Grove North Carolina. He formally served at Organ Lutheran Church of Salisbury, North Carolina and First Lutheran Church of Pontiac, Illinois. He is also the former Dean of the Great Rivers Mission District of The North American Lutheran Church. Pastor Ours has worked in various capacities of ministry for many years.
Carlin is a native of Petersburg, West Virginia. His wife Michelle is a native of Salisbury North Carolina, she is a busy mother, wife and full-time employee of Wayne Brothers Construction.
The Ours’ family consist of five children four boys and one girl. Jesse, Cory, Ian, Mary Margaret, and Kellin. The family is blessed with a son-in-law Chris and a Daughter-in-law Sarah. The Ours’ also have five grandchildren and are very active in their lives. In 2013 their oldest son Jesse took his life because ofsuffering from Post Traumatic Stress brought on during his tour in the Iraq War as an Infantryman in the U.S. Army. As a result, the family has started a charity event to honor their late son and help other veterans suffering from PTSD. This event is the annual Jesse’s Ride and Run for PTSD. The family hopes to start a foundation in the future to continue this mission.
Carlin is a graduate of Catawba College here in Salisbury, NC, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He is very appreciative of his time at Catawba College. Carlin went on to attend Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston Salem, NC and earned a Master of Divinity degree. Carlin is now a doctoral candidate enrolled in the Doctoral program at Gardner Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, NC. He is working on a Doctor of Ministry degree in Pastoral Counseling and Care.
Debby Isenhour
Admin. Assistant
Phone: 704-857-2163 (Ext. 1)
Email: concordia185@gmail.com
Office Hours:
Monday – Thursday
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
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Tia Wackerhagen and her husband Matt, along with their daughter Charlotte (11 years), live in Charlotte NC. She has lived in Charlotte for 15 years. Before coming to Charlotte, she lived all over the United States as a child with her Navy family, but spent a lot of time in Missouri after her father’s retirement from the military.
Tia is a graduate of Queens University in Charlotte with her bachelors of science in Nursing. Her graduate work towards a doctorate in the family nurse practitioner specialty is at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Tia comes to Concordia Lutheran after years at Roof Above in Charlotte, serving individuals who were chronically unhoused. Prior to that, she was a physical rehabilitation nurse with Atrium Health. Her passions are using food as a pathway to optimal health, working one-on-one with individuals to achieve longevity, and spirituality as a path to best health.
In her spare time, Tia hikes and camps with her family and enjoys snowboarding and surfing. She loves gardening and raising backyard chickens with her daughter, Charlotte. Her dream is to grow all of the food for her family, but with her black thumb she has to visit the farmers market frequently!
Jason Ritchie
Council President
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Concordia Lutheran Church
Sunday Hours:
Fellowship Breakfast at 8:30 AM
Sunday School at 9:00 AM
(Available for all ages)
Service at 10:00 AM
Office Hours:
Monday – Thursday
8:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Phone: 704-857-2163
Email: concordia185@gmail.com
Ministry Partners
The NALC
NALC Carolinas Mission Region
Lutheran CORE
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