Adventure of Faith Church
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 Evangelical Presbyterian 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.
Confessional standard: Westminster Confession of Faith · Westminster Larger Catechism · Westminster Shorter Catechism
Affirms
- Infant BaptismstandardWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Marriage as one man and one womanstandardGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweakMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Denies
- Apostolic SuccessionweakCongregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
- Assumption of MaryweakUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsstandardRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionstandardUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Perpetual Virginity of MaryweakNatural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
- TransubstantiationstandardOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandard1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismweakPaedobaptist 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.
- Real PresenceweakCalvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
- TheotokosweakConfessionally 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> Adventure of Faith - What We Believe Home About What We Believe Vision, Mission & Values Leadership Contact Connect Adventure: Equip Adventure:Kids Adventure Preschool Adventure Youth BaseCamp Pastoral Care Worship Current Messages Media Library Give Weekly Newsletter What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer We are a family of ordinary people who have placed our faith in an extraordinary God, who has revealed himself and redeemed us through His Son, Jesus Christ. We like to think of ourselves as "rSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Adventure of Faith - Vision, Mission & Values Home About What We Believe Vision, Mission & Values Leadership Contact Connect Adventure: Equip Adventure:Kids Adventure Preschool Adventure Youth BaseCamp Pastoral Care Worship Current Messages Media Library Give Weekly Newsletter Vision, Mission & Values because what we believe drives how we live... The Vision We believe God is who He says He is and He will do what He says He will do. The Mission To help people make a life-transforming connection with Jesus Christ and equip them to live the adventure of faith. The Values As demSource ↗
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Adventure of Faith - What We Believe Home About What We Believe Vision, Mission & Values Leadership Contact Connect Adventure: Equip Adventure:Kids Adventure Preschool Adventure Youth BaseCamp Pastoral Care Worship Current Messages Media Library Give Weekly Newsletter What We Believe "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer We are a family of ordinary people who have placed our faith in an extraordinary God, who has revealed himself and redeemed us through His Son, Jesus Christ. We like to think of ourselves as "real people servingSource ↗
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