First Assembly of God 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 Assemblies of God USA 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandardVarious denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)
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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Benton First - What We Believe BENTON FIRST ASSEMBLY Home I'm New Welcome Connect Card Next Steps Groups to Join Forms Give Watch Past Sermons Watch LIVE About Meet The Team Mission and Vision What We Believe Contact AG News Ministries Kids Ministry BFA YTH Events What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Benton First based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblicalSource ↗
mission
Benton First - Mission and Vision BENTON FIRST ASSEMBLY Home I'm New Welcome Connect Card Next Steps Groups to Join Forms Give Watch Past Sermons Watch LIVE About Meet The Team Mission and Vision What We Believe Contact AG News Ministries Kids Ministry BFA YTH Events Mission & Vision Go therefore and make disciples... The Mission The mission of Benton First is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Vision The vision of Benton First is create a community of autSource ↗
mission
Benton First - What We Believe BENTON FIRST ASSEMBLY Home I'm New Welcome Connect Card Next Steps Groups to Join Forms Give Watch Past Sermons Watch LIVE About Meet The Team Mission and Vision What We Believe Contact AG News Ministries Kids Ministry BFA YTH Events What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Benton First based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines. God ThereSource ↗
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Benton First - What We Believe BENTON FIRST ASSEMBLY Home I'm New Welcome Connect Card Next Steps Groups to Join Forms Give Watch Past Sermons Watch LIVE About Meet The Team Mission and Vision What We Believe Contact AG News Ministries Kids Ministry BFA YTH Events What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Benton First based on the foundational truths taught in the bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblicalSource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Benton First - Mission and Vision BENTON FIRST ASSEMBLY Home I'm New Welcome Connect Card Next Steps Groups to Join Forms Give Watch Past Sermons Watch LIVE About Meet The Team Mission and Vision What We Believe Contact AG News Ministries Kids Ministry BFA YTH Events Mission & Vision Go therefore and make disciples... The Mission The mission of Benton First is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Vision The vision of Benton First is creaSource ↗
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