Days of Grace Fellowship
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Assemblies of God USA affirms.
This congregation denies.
"qualifications for men who hold the offices of Pastor or Deacon"Source ↗
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
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Days of Grace - What We Believe Home Sermons handouts Events I'm New Connect Card About Us Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Contact_us Prayer Request What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer 1. We believe in the complete inspiration of the accepted cannon of Scriptures as originally given. The Scriptures are infallible, inerrant, and the sole and final authority for all matters of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13). 2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead Who has reveaSource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Days of Grace - Mission and Vision Home Sermons handouts Events I'm New Connect Card About Us Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Contact_us Prayer Request Mission & Vision Go therefore and make disciples... The Mission The mission of Days of Grace Fellowship is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The Vision The vision of Days of Grace Fellowship is S.E.R.V.E SAVE the Lost EQUIP the Saints RESTORE the Wounded VALUE EVERYONE StatementSource ↗
mission
Days of Grace - What We Believe Home Sermons handouts Events I'm New Connect Card About Us Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Contact_us Prayer Request What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer 1. We believe in the complete inspiration of the accepted cannon of Scriptures as originally given. The Scriptures are infallible, inerrant, and the sole and final authority for all matters of faith and conduct. (2 Timothy 3:16; 1 Corinthians 2:13). 2. We believe in the Eternal Godhead Who has revealed Himself as OneSource ↗
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