Oak Hills Wesleyan Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
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What The Wesleyan 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
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- 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.
- 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
- Believer's BaptismstandardPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> What We Believe - Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Search Rochester, MN Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Connecting People with Jesus Connecting People with Jesus Home About Us What We Believe Our Staff Our History Previous Pastors Find Us Live Stream Sunday Morning Backup Stream Sunday Morning Worship Light for the Journey Giving Events Calendar Home About Us What We Believe What We Believe We believe that God is an all-wise, holy, loving, infinite, all-powerful, and personal being. He made each of us for a special relationship with Himself and made the worldSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Search Rochester, MN Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Connecting People with Jesus Connecting People with Jesus Home About Us What We Believe Our Staff Our History Previous Pastors Find Us Live Stream Sunday Morning Backup Stream Sunday Morning Worship Light for the Journey Giving Events Calendar About Us Home About Us We are a ministry of the Wesleyan Church, serving Rochester, MN since 1941. Our mission is to connect people with Jesus Christ; connect people to people. Join us Online Meet Our Pastor What We BelievSource ↗
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Our Staff - Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Search Rochester, MN Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Connecting People with Jesus Connecting People with Jesus Home About Us What We Believe Our Staff Our History Previous Pastors Find Us Live Stream Sunday Morning Backup Stream Sunday Morning Worship Light for the Journey Giving Events Calendar Home About Us Our Staff Our Staff Carl Tenney Senior Pastor cntenney@msn.com Judi Heller Discipleship & Outreach Ministries What we love most about Judi is the insight that she brings to the scriptures. If you are looking for a place to studySource ↗
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What We Believe - Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Search Rochester, MN Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Connecting People with Jesus Connecting People with Jesus Home About Us What We Believe Our Staff Our History Previous Pastors Find Us Live Stream Sunday Morning Backup Stream Sunday Morning Worship Light for the Journey Giving Events Calendar Home About Us What We Believe What We Believe We believe that God is an all-wise, holy, loving, infinite, all-powerful, and personal being. He made each of us for a special relationship with Himself and made the world as a place for us to grow in that relationship.Source ↗
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About Us - Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Search Rochester, MN Oak Hills Wesleyan Church Connecting People with Jesus Connecting People with Jesus Home About Us What We Believe Our Staff Our History Previous Pastors Find Us Live Stream Sunday Morning Backup Stream Sunday Morning Worship Light for the Journey Giving Events Calendar About Us Home About Us We are a ministry of the Wesleyan Church, serving Rochester, MN since 1941. Our mission is to connect people with Jesus Christ; connect people to people. Join us Online Meet Our Pastor What We Believe 410 28th Street SW, Rochester, MN 55902 Sunday WSource ↗