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Mount Olive's mission is to glorify the Triune God by sharing His gift of salvation through Jesus Christ — in ministry, worship, education, and prayer — with family, our community, and the world.
Founded in 1894, for more than 80 years Mount Olive (a member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod) has been bringing the Good News of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to our neighbors in the Washington Heights and the surrounding community. We are an active, thriving congregation with a quality Christian Day School. For an in-depth description of Mount Olive's beginnings, three histories published in celebration of Mount Olive's 50th (1944), 75th (1969) , and 100th (1994) anniversaries are available below. 50th Anniversary | 75th Anniversary | 100th Anniversary Our faith is based solely in the writings of the Sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments which witness to Jesus Christ our Savior. "No other foundation can anyone lay than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ." The Holy Scripture is God's inspired and inerrant Word. With the Christian church we confess the faith of the three ecumenical creeds, the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian. With the Evangelical Lutheran Church we confess the faith of the Book of Concord of 1580 including the Augsburg Confession, the Apology (i.e., defense) to the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, the Small and Large Catechisms of Dr. Martin Luther, and the Formula of Concord. Our God-given mission is to faithfully proclaim and witness to the Christian faith. This faith is the greatest gift anyone can possess. We believe that human beings are born sinful and separated from God and His love. They would be lost eternally without the work of God's grace. We believe that by grace the Triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) has worked decisively in history to bring about our salvation. We believe that Jesus Christ, God's only Son, was born, lived a perfect life, was crucified and rose again from the dead. We believe that we have forgiveness of sins, and the promise of eternal life through faith which trusts in God and the work of Christ. We believe that faith is the work of the Holy Spirit who uses the Word of God as a means of grace. The sacrament of Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper (Holy Communion) are also means of grace. We believe that Baptism is the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. We believe that in the Lord's Supper the body and blood of Jesus Christ are truly present and offered to believers for the forgiveness of sins and the strengthening of faith. We believe that the Christian life is a life of service and praise in thankfulness for this gift of salvation. This is what we believe. A Brief Guide in the Christian Doctrine for Adult Catechumens
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