About

Trinity

Trinity Lutheran Church is a gathering of believers who share the same faith in God’s plan for our salvation: Jesus died for our sins so we receive eternal life in heaven.

Since 1916, Trinity has been a part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) which allows us to support world missions, pastor and teacher training, and other activities that we could not do by ourselves.

Pastor Brett Brauer

Pastor Lucas Proeber

Trinity’s

Pastors

Pastor Brett Brauer received his divine call to serve at Trinity in April of 2005.

Prior to serving at Trinity, he served as associate pastor at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, from 1994 to 2005. Pastor Brauer graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1994, Northwestern College in 1990, and Oakfield Public High School in 1985.

Brett grew up as one of seven children in the country outside of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He is married with two children.

Pastor Lucas Proeber received his divine call to serve at Trinity in March of 2024.

Prior to serving at Trinity, he served as associate pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, where he had been assigned in 2018. Pastor Proeber graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 2018, Martin Luther College in 2013, and Michigan Lutheran Seminary in 2009.

Lucas spent most of his childhood in Saginaw, Michigan. He and his wife, Amy, got married in 2016. They are blessed with four children.

What We

Believe

    • It is without error and is always useful for our lives (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

    • It is God’s way of telling us what he desires: believe in Jesus as the only way to heaven and live according to his will (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).

    • Though they were written centuries ago, we trust that God’s commands and promises have not and will never change (Isaiah 40:8).

    • There is only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4).

    • The one God has revealed himself in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who work together for our salvation (Matthew 28:19).

    • Ancient Christians have passed this distinction down to us: “They are not three Gods, but one God…All three persons are coequal and coeternal” (Athanasian Creed).

    • All people are conceived and born in sin (Psalm 51:5).

    • All people sin daily in thought, word, and action (Romans 3:23).

    • No one can claim to be better or worse than another person; no one can work their way into heaven; no one is able to cancel out their sins with good deeds (Psalm 53:1-3)

    • Because of this sinfulness, all people deserve God’s punishment, death and hell (Romans 6:23).

    • Jesus is the Son of God who was born of the virgin Mary (Luke 1:30-35).

    • Jesus is fully God and fully human (Colossians 2:9).

    • Jesus lived a perfect life—one that no one else could live (Matthew 5:17).

    • Jesus allowed himself to be put to death on a cross as the perfect sacrifice that paid for the sins of the whole world (Philippians 2:6-8; John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21).

    • Jesus rose from the dead to prove that all our sins are forgiven and assure all who believe in him that they will also rise from the dead on the Last Day (1 Corinthians 15:20).

    • Jesus is not one of many ways to heaven; faith in his sacrificial work on our behalf is the only way we are saved (John 14:6).

    • Faith in Jesus is a gift from God, not something we earn or work for (Ephesians 2:8-9).

    • Fueled by the gift of forgiveness and God’s love in Jesus Christ, Christians seek the good of others and serve God in joy by their daily actions (Romans 15:1-5 or Titus 2:11-14).

    • These good works do not earn us any merit with God, but are simply the natural outcome of having faith in Jesus (John 15:1-4).

    • No one can predict when this will happen (Matthew 24:36).

    • Jesus’ return in glory will be obvious, not a hidden or unknown event (Revelation 1:7).

    • All the dead will rise; those who believe in Jesus as their Savior will spend eternity in heaven; those who rejected Jesus will spend eternity in the torment of hell (John 5:28-29).

    • Baptism saves and brings about the forgiveness of sins, regardless of age, since all are sinful and in need of forgiveness (Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21).

    • We receive the Savior’s true body and blood in, with, and under the bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper; Jesus did not explain how this can be, but we trust this miracle to be true (Matthew 26:26-28).

    • Believers receive this sacrament for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 26:26-28).

    • Unbelievers or those who fail to examine themselves prior to receiving the Lord’s Supper bring judgment on themselves (1 Corinthians 11:27-29).

Fellowship

The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) is a group of more than 330,000 men, women, and children in nearly 1,300 congregations across North America. We share a common faith in Christ’s saving love and the teachings found in God’s Word. See more at wels.net.

The WELS is in fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), a group of about 15,000 people in 120 congregations. See more at els.org.

The WELS is also in fellowship with more than 30 other Lutheran church bodies across the world. This group is known as the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC). See more at celc.info.