About Us

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A mid-size congregation of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, St. Paul Lutheran Church is where some of the believers in Jesus Christ from the Greater Austin area gather around God’s purely preached Word and rightly administered Sacraments in order to receive the forgiveness of their sins. We have been a part of the Austin community for more than 100 years, and we continue to reach out with the Good News of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ in Austin, across our region and nation, and around the world. We invite you to check us out and join us if you like! The information linked to this page will tell you a lot more about us.

· What We Believe — Learn what faithful Lutherans believe, teach, and confess about the Christian faith as taught in the Bible.

· Pastors & Staff — Meet and contact the called pastors and full-time staff of St. Paul Lutheran Church.

· Building & Grounds — See the facilities at our current location and how they serve our members and the community.

· Church Shopping — Looking for a church home? We guide you through the process and tell you how we measure up on one set of criteria.

· Mission Work — Understand the sending of the church and how our congregation and her members serve that broader purpose.

· Our History — Find out the background of St. Paul Lutheran Church and School and how we have been a significant part of Austin education since our beginning

· Join Us — Ready to become a member? We tell you what to expect.

Our Logo

St. Paul’s logo evokes the long-standing Christian symbol of the Jerusalem Cross, which has a larger central cross and four smaller crosses, signifying the cross on which Jesus earned the forgiveness of our sins and His five wounds on that cross. The four smaller crosses are sometimes taken as representing either the four evangelists who report Jesus’s death on the cross and resurrection of the grave or the four compass directions that the report of the cross goes. The Jerusalem cross suggests mission, as Pope Urban II (1042-1099) reportedly gave it for the first crusade (1095-1099), which was to free Jerusalem and Christians there from Islamic rule.