St. Mark Lutheran Church (WELS) — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Unknown

Founded Unknown

Denomination WELS

Service Times See website

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry No

Website www.stmarcus.org/church

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

WELS subscribes unconditionally to the Book of Concord (1580) — orthodox Chalcedonian Christology.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

WELS holds to verbal plenary inerrancy of the Scriptures — 'the only inerrant and infallible Word of God.'

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

WELS congregations typically run Bible classes, Lutheran Men's activity, and catechetical instruction.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Lutheran sola gratia / sola fide — justification by grace through faith, confessed per the Augsburg Confession.

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Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

WELS practices male-only pastoral ministry by divine institution (1 Tim 2:12) and complementarian household order.

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Called pastor; congregationally governed under Synod oversight.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Lectionary-driven law-and-gospel preaching in historic Lutheran liturgical form.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Great Commission prosecuted through WELS world missions and home mission board.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

WELS is confessionally conservative; no DEI/CRT framework — fellowship principle restricts joint worship with heterodox bodies.

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Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod — closed-communion confessional synod; highest-integrity confessional accountability among US Lutheran bodies.

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Sources & Evidence

Enrichment Notes

URL research: Two WELS candidates: St. Marcus Lutheran (2215 N Palmer St, large urban congregation) at stmarcus.org, and St. Mark Lutheran at 8635 N 60th St Milwaukee. Record's 'St. Mark' name better matches the second; cannot confirm second has its own site without further research.

No URL sources recorded for this church. Rating based on denominational defaults and/or directory-level metadata.

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