St. James Lutheran Church of Imperial Beach, California, is a church focused on the Gospel. God, through His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, shows His boundless love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). God's inspired and infallible Word and life-giving Sacraments bring us Christ's great work of salvation, that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19). For us then, the Divine Service becomes more about what  God does for us than what we do for Him. Through His Son's shed blood, we receive eternal life. For all this and His abundant, daily blessings, it is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to the Lord our God, King of all creation. 

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St. James is a member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

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