In speaking of Zion Lutheran Church and Zion Lutheran School, one must always remember that these two are not separate organizations. We are one. Church and school are separated purely for operational procedures.
Zion Lutheran Church owns all properties currently being utilized by the school or for its program. It is our sincere belief that the strength of the school depends on the continued financial as well as spiritual support of our mother body.
Tuition is charged to all parents with children attending the school. Because of its commitment to Lutheran Education, Zion congregation underwrites a sizable portion of the per pupil costs for all students. Because members of Zion Lutheran Church support the church and school through their Sunday offerings, the tuition rate of Zion members is less than for non-members.
Because everyone’s financial situation is unique, member families are encouraged to be good stewards of the resources with which God has blessed them.
In addition, registration fees are charged for all children attending the school. These charges are reviewed annually by the Board of Christian Education and updated in time for registration for the next school year.
Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
Zion Lutheran Church and School is part of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS or Synod). The LCMS is a mission-oriented and Bible-based denomination that confesses the historic, orthodox Christian faith in the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a faith “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone” (Eph. 2:20). With the universal Christian Church, The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod teaches and responds to the love of the Triune God, who created all that exists; became man to suffer, die, and rise again for the world’s redemption; and brings people to faith and new life through His Word and Sacraments. The three persons of the Trinity – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – are coequal and coeternal, one God.
LCMS congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod, and, although diverse in many ways, all hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture. We believe without reservation that the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament are the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of faith and of practice. In addition, the Synod accepts without reservation the writings contained in the Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church.
Believing in the authority of Holy Scripture and that the Lutheran Confessions are a correct interpretation and presentation of biblical doctrine, our congregations agree to conform all their teaching and practice to the Scriptures and the Confessions.
Zion is pledged to support and promote the purposes of the synodical organization by word, deed, and in accordance with ability, financial support. Thus, we honor all rules, regulations, and resolutions of the Synod in accordance with the word of God, recognizing the congregation’s right to judge the expediency of any directive in its application in the local
condition. As a member of the Synod, the congregation participates in all synodical decisions.
In keeping with the objectives of the Synod to further Christian education through parochial schools, Zion Lutheran Church operates a Christian Day School.