Welcome to Yellowstone Lutheran on-line!

We extend our welcome to those of you who may be first time visitors, as well as those who are regular attendees!

This web site is for you and we hope you will find it both useful and informative. We invite you to come and worship with us.

We are a congregation of the Church of
the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA).

For more information about the CLBA, click here.

Yellowstone Lutheran's History

Yellowstone Lutheran Brethren Church officially organized in September 1955 with 36 members. The Rev. Omar Gjerness served as the church's first pastor. The congregation began meeting as a home missions group in December 1954 and worship services were held in the newly completed YWCA in 1956. Pastor Gjerness resigned during the summer of 1957 to serve as pastor in Pasadena, CA. Later that year the congregation voted to temporarily suspend meeting together. That temporary suspension lasted over 15 years.

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Our Core Values

The Bible is central in our congregations and in our households.

The Word of God is the focus of our worship services, the textbook for our teaching ministries, and the foundation for our daily lives. Whether we are preaching, teaching, singing for just talking, we want to be people of the word.

The Gospel is our treasure and our joy.

We want the Good News of God's grace to us in Jesus Christ to be the centerpiece of our mission. All people need the Gospel. God's children need to hear it again and again. The Good News is God's power, which saves us, draws us together, and motivates us for service.

We revere God's Law.

The Law of God cannot save us, but it is necessary for our salvation. We need to see our sin and be driven to the cross of Christ for forgiveness. We need to be reminded that we cannot earn God's love or merit, His blessings. We need the ethical guidance that God's Law gives. We can not make up our own morality.

The Word and Sacraments are God's precious means of grace.

The Word teach us, Baptism washes us, and the Lord's Supper nourishes us. In our Sacramental life together we are brought again and again to the crucified and risen Lord Jesus Christ who alone is the source of salvation.

We cherish the love and fellowship of God's people.

We need each other. We need the spiritual gifts that the Holy Spirit imparts to us, His people. We experience God's peace as we worship and work together, forgive one another, and bear one another's burdens.

We long for people to trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and come to know him in a personal way.

We are called by the love of Christ to share His Gospel. Our mission is as local as our neighborhood and as universal as the world.

We seek to be people of prayer.

Whether in public worship, small groups, or in our personal liveS we want prayer to be foundational. Prayer supports and propels us in our mission. We desire that prayer be as essential in our ministries as breathing is in our physical lives.

Yellowstone Lutheran Church, CLBA

852 Governor's Boulevard

Billings, MT 59105