Our Visions
The vision of OECWDC is to proclaim the Gospel both in words and action to multitudes of Oromo immigrant community members (both saved and unsaved) in the United States, especially in the Washington DC metro area, and to reach out (with Good News and action) to the Oromo people who are not yet to receive Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior in Oromia. We are part of a larger mission rooted in the Great Commission to “Go into the world and make disciples of all nations.” Through worship and prayer, fellowship and discipleship, we seek to bring healing to our community and hope to our world through the good news of Jesus Christ. We also seek to initiate and implement peace making strategies to resolve conflict among congregations of similar confession and Oromo people in general.
The OECWDC, for many, is the major connection people have to their home country, its tradition, language and culture. We are committed to sustaining this ties, especially for our young generation. At the same time we are committed to helping the incoming Oromo people integrate smoothly into American society. We also have responsibility to welcome and assist Oromo immigrants who seek refuge from persecution. As our congregation is striving in many aspects of life here in America, we foresee ourselves planting branch churches not only around Washington DC Metro area but also in Oromia as well.
PILLARS OF OUR CHRISITIAN FAITH:
- We, the OECWDC accept, believe, teach and confess without reservation both the Old and New Testaments as the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of faith and practice.
- God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebels against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly through Christ.
- By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
- The Bible is God’s inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
- We believe, teach, and confess that all the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and position of the word of God, to wit: the three Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed), the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Large Catechism of Luther, the Small Catechism of Luther, and the Formula of Concord.
MARIAGE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY:
- The Oromo Evangelical Church of Washington DC without reservation believes and accepts the holy Marriage between the opposite sexes (male and female) as instituted and directed by God in the Scriptures.