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Christ Church, A United Methodist Community

📍2330 W 41st, St, Davenport Iowa, United States
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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 United Methodist Church 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
Denies
  • Assumption of Maryweak
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Immaculate Conceptionstandard
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Marriage as one man and one womanweak
    PC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
  • Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Transubstantiationstandard
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
  • Apostolic Successionweak
    Lutheran and Methodist bodies retain 'succession of doctrine' language without the tactile chain.
  • Believer's Baptismweak
    Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
  • Real Presenceweak
    Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
  • Theotokosweak
    Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words

Statements

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Christ Church Davenport - Beliefs Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge Our Beliefs THE BIBLE We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God&rsquo;s written means of communication with us, which reveals God&rsquo;s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God&rsquo;s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Christ Church Davenport - About CC Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge LEARN MORE Staff Connect Card Beliefs Ministries Prayer Request Events 563-391-5488 | 2330 W 41st St, Davenport, IA 52806 contact@christchurchdavenport.org powered by SnapPages
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beliefs
Christ Church Davenport - Beliefs Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge Our Beliefs THE BIBLE We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God&rsquo;s written means of communication with us, which reveals God&rsquo;s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God&rsquo;s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and practice. GOD We be
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about
Christ Church Davenport - About CC Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge LEARN MORE Staff Connect Card Beliefs Ministries Prayer Request Events 563-391-5488 | 2330 W 41st St, Davenport, IA 52806 contact@christchurchdavenport.org powered by SnapPages
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beliefs
Christ Church Davenport - Beliefs Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge Our Beliefs THE BIBLE We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God&rsquo;s written means of communication with us, which reveals God&rsquo;s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God&rsquo;s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and practice. GOD We be
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about
Christ Church Davenport - About CC Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge LEARN MORE Staff Connect Card Beliefs Ministries Prayer Request Events 563-391-5488 | 2330 W 41st St, Davenport, IA 52806 contact@christchurchdavenport.org powered by SnapPages
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statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Christ Church Davenport - Beliefs Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge Our Beliefs THE BIBLE We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God&rsquo;s written means of communication with us, which reveals God&rsquo;s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God&rsquo;s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Christ Church Davenport - About CC Home Sundays Kids About CC Beliefs Ministries School Partnership Small Groups Staff Media I'm New Give pledge LEARN MORE Staff Connect Card Beliefs Ministries Prayer Request Events 563-391-5488 | 2330 W 41st St, Davenport, IA 52806 contact@christchurchdavenport.org powered by SnapPages
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Leadership

Who serves here

Kerri Tompkins