Lake Shore Drive Church of Christ
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A stance that departs from the denomination
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Churches of Christ denies.
This congregation affirms.
"we believe that homosexuality, choosing to practice sexual intimacy and relations with another person of the same gender, is a sinful behavior."Source ↗
Inherited from denomination
What Churches of Christ 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.
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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
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> Beliefs Home Beliefs Ministries Sermons Youth Leaders Contact Giving Directory Junior Camp VBS Watch Live Email Us churchofchristlakeshore@gmail.com Call Us (254) 753-1503 Request Bible Study Beliefs "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ~John 8:31-32 WE BELIEVE JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND THE SON OF GOD. Jesus is declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:3). God made the same Jesus which was crucified both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). The apostle Peter confesseSource ↗
beliefs
Beliefs --> Home Beliefs Ministries Sermons Youth Leaders Contact Giving Directory Junior Camp VBS Watch Live Email Us churchofchristlakeshore@gmail.com Call Us (254) 753-1503 Request Bible Study Beliefs “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:31-32 WE BELIEVE JESUS IS THE CHRIST AND THE SON OF GOD. Jesus is declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead (Romans 1:3). God made the same Jesus which was crucified both Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). The apostle Peter confesseSource ↗
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