Calvary Assembly
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
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<!DOCTYPE html> About | Mysite top of page Home What's Next About Next Steps Water Baptism Child Dedication Get Involved Calvary Kids Calvary Youth Young Adults Adult Ministries Serve Events Impact Give Abide AG Plan Your Visit About Ministries Events Next Steps Resources about abide ag "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 our story Abide Assembly of God is a church plant of Calvary Assembly of God in Willoughby Hills, OH. Calvary serves as Abide's parent-church, providing oversight, resources, and support. Abide is foundedSource ↗
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--> About | Mysite top of page Home What's Next About Next Steps Water Baptism Child Dedication Get Involved Calvary Kids Calvary Youth Young Adults Adult Ministries Serve Events Impact Give Abide AG Plan Your Visit About Ministries Events Next Steps Resources about abide ag "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 our story Abide Assembly of God is a church plant of Calvary Assembly of God in Willoughby Hills, OH. Calvary serves as Abide's parent-church, providing oversight, resources, and support. Abide is founded upon the biblicSource ↗
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--> About | Mysite top of page Home What's Next About Next Steps Water Baptism Child Dedication Get Involved Calvary Kids Calvary Youth Young Adults Adult Ministries Serve Events Impact Give Abide AG Plan Your Visit About Ministries Events Next Steps Resources about our story You’re joining us at an incredible moment, but to truly appreciate where we are now, it’s helpful to reflect on where it all began! Church founders originally attended the renowned “Pentecostal Church of Cleveland” and began meeting in private homes in 1949. Steady growth permitted moves firstSource ↗
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