North Heights Lutheran Church
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North Heights Lutheran Church is located in Roseville, Minnesota. It is a Christian church. The church was formally organized on August 17, 1947.
North Heights Lutheran Church is a body of committed believers united in faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. They are a Bible-based church that believes in the Holy Spirit's filling and empowerment, and in God's work through them in areas such as prophecy, healing, and deliverance.
Their members are radically devoted to Jesus Christ, irrevocably committed to each other, and relentlessly dedicated through the intentional equipping of members to reaching people outside the family of God with the awesome news of Jesus Christ. North Heights is a "Major Renewal Center" for incorporating every gifted disciple in order to assist churches across the world to become transformed in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
They are a large, growing church with all the benefits of multiple staff, ministries, programs, and outreaches. At the same time, they offer a caring, loving, relational style of ministry that seeks to build faith and life through small, intimate groups.
They are a church committed to seeking God's will in prayer and to celebrating God's goodness in joyous worship. Their worship services are designed to be uplifting celebrations.
They are a nurturing church actively engaged in feeding, shepherding, training, and deploying their people for abundant living and fruitful service.
They are a compassionate, caring church reaching out to hurting people with Christ's healing love and life.
They are a faith people who believe God's word to be true and powerful. They encourage people to place their full trust and confidence in God and in His promises and provisions. God is in full control and works all things for good. They recognize that even adversity and suffering are intended for beneficial purpose in their lives. Thus they thank and praise God and seek a positive faith outlook on life.
They are an outreaching church committed to sharing with their community, nation, and world the good news of new life in Christ so that many may believe and be saved.
They are a giving church. They desire to give sacrificially and generously, for they recognize these characteristics as expressions of God's nature. They affirm the biblical teaching that the tithe belongs to God, thus they encourage their people to bring their full tithes and offerings to the Lord as an acknowledgement that all they have is a trust from Him.
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[edit] History
[edit] Associations
North Heights Church is a member of the Alliance of Renewal Churches (ARC).
[edit] Pastors of North Heights Lutheran Church
- Pastor David Dale 1947 to 1948
- Pastor Viggo Dahle 1949 to 1953
- Pastor Arthur Kramer 1953 to 1959
- Pastor Calvin Storley 1959 to 1961
- Senior Pastor Morris Vaagenes 1961 to 1999
- Senior Pastor Bob Cottingham 1999 to Present