Arbor Bridge Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
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What Churches of Christ teaches
Positions bound by the denomination's confessional standards. This is what the tradition teaches; whether this specific congregation publicly holds each is a separate question — see Statements below.
Affirms
- Believer's BaptismSTRONGBaptist confessions; Pentecostal fundamentals; Anabaptist tradition
- Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONGGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandardMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Denies
- Apostolic SuccessionstandardCongregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
- Assumption of MarystandardUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONGRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionSTRONGUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Infant BaptismSTRONGBaptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
- Perpetual Virginity of MarystandardNatural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
- Real PresencestandardMemorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
- TransubstantiationSTRONGOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
about_us
<!doctype html> About — Arbor Bridge Church - Ann Arbor, MI * About Momco Football Parking Get Involved Media Giving * About Momco Football Parking Get Involved Media Giving WHAT TO EXPECT We mean come as you are. You don’t need to look, act, or be a certain way to worship at our church. No experience necessary – it doesn’t matter where you are at with God right now, where you’ve been, or what you’ve done. You will find nothing but care and love from the people at our church. Our Worship Team does an amazing job of leading our hearts in worshipping God each week. You doSource ↗
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About — Arbor Bridge Church - Ann Arbor, MI * About Momco Football Parking Get Involved Media Giving * About Momco Football Parking Get Involved Media Giving WHAT TO EXPECT We mean come as you are. You don’t need to look, act, or be a certain way to worship at our church. No experience necessary – it doesn’t matter where you are at with God right now, where you’ve been, or what you’ve done. You will find nothing but care and love from the people at our church. Our Worship Team does an amazing job of leading our hearts in worshipping God each week. You don’t need to know the words or howSource ↗
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