Boone Mennonite Brethren Church
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Inherited from denomination
What Mennonite Church 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.
- Pacifism vs. just-warSTRONGAnabaptist pacifism — Schleitheim Confession Art. VI; Dordrecht Art. XIV.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Our Church - Boone Mennonite Brethren Church Skip to content Main Menu Welcome About Our Church Meet The Pastor Our Programs Our History Our Core Values African-Americans in North Carolina Becoming a Believer Confession of Faith Standing Up To The KKK Giving Junaluska Gospel Choir Contact Us About Our Church Meet the Pastor Our Programs Our Core Values Our History Our Confession of Faith Copyright © 2026 Boone Mennonite Brethren ChurchSource ↗
about
About Our Church - Boone Mennonite Brethren Church Skip to content Main Menu Welcome About Our Church Meet The Pastor Our Programs Our History Our Core Values African-Americans in North Carolina Becoming a Believer Confession of Faith Standing Up To The KKK Giving Junaluska Gospel Choir Contact Us About Our Church Meet the Pastor Our Programs Our Core Values Our History Our Confession of Faith Copyright © 2026 Boone Mennonite Brethren ChurchSource ↗
beliefs
Confession of Faith - Boone Mennonite Brethren Church Skip to content Main Menu Welcome About Our Church Meet The Pastor Our Programs Our History Our Core Values African-Americans in North Carolina Becoming a Believer Confession of Faith Standing Up To The KKK Giving Junaluska Gospel Choir Contact Us Confession of Faith The Boone MB Church is a part of the US Mennonite Brethren Conference Our Confession of Faith 1. God We believe in the one true God, the source of all life, who reigns over all things as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and who lovingly cares for all creation. God the Father planneSource ↗
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