Bridge of Hope
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
Inherited from denomination
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
about_us
<!doctype html> About — Bridge of Hope About Leadership Team Ministries Bridge of Hope I'm New Sermon Give Contact Menu About BOH History Bridge of Hope has been around for more than sixty years, founded on August 23, 1953 in Struthers, Ohio by 35 young pioneers who launched a new work for the Lord called Calvary Assembly of God . Over the years the church was led by nine pastors and their families. Pastor Elvin Irwin started the church and led it for three years, from 1953-1956. During much of his time as pastor the church met in a IOOF Lodge Hall, but towards the end the churchSource ↗
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About — Bridge of Hope About Leadership Team Ministries Bridge of Hope I'm New Sermon Give Contact Menu About BOH History Bridge of Hope has been around for more than sixty years, founded on August 23, 1953 in Struthers, Ohio by 35 young pioneers who launched a new work for the Lord called Calvary Assembly of God . Over the years the church was led by nine pastors and their families. Pastor Elvin Irwin started the church and led it for three years, from 1953-1956. During much of his time as pastor the church met in a IOOF Lodge Hall, but towards the end the church purchased a piece of prSource ↗
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