Family Fundamental Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
Tension detected
3 stances that depart from the denomination
The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.
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General Association of Regular Baptist Churches denies.
This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches denies.
This congregation affirms.
"rejects — The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of remembrance, not a sacrament conveying grace. Christ is present spiritually through faith, but the elements are symbols."
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches denies.
This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected. Only believers may be baptized. Infant "baptism" is considered unbiblical — no NT command or clear example supports it."
Inherited from denomination
What General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 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
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Family Fundamental Church: About Us Pages Welcome Sermons About Us What We Believe Our Pastor Location Photos Contact Us Free Gift! About Us The Family Fundamental Church is an Independent Baptist style church that will challenge you in your walk with Christ, your knowledge of God's Word and Spirit-filled, victorious living. Our pastor, Gerald Krahn, has been serving since before our first service in 1993. Pastor Krahn has a firm commitment that each believer should be grounded in God's principles. You can expect solid, practical, Bible-based instruction in everySource ↗
about
Family Fundamental Church: About Us Pages Welcome Sermons About Us What We Believe Our Pastor Location Photos Contact Us Free Gift! About Us The Family Fundamental Church is an Independent Baptist style church that will challenge you in your walk with Christ, your knowledge of God's Word and Spirit-filled, victorious living. Our pastor, Gerald Krahn, has been serving since before our first service in 1993. Pastor Krahn has a firm commitment that each believer should be grounded in God's principles. You can expect solid, practical, Bible-based instruction in every service that will help you toSource ↗
mission
Family Fundamental Church: What We Believe Pages Welcome Sermons About Us What We Believe Our Pastor Location Photos Contact Us Free Gift! What We Believe Purpose - The purpose of this local church is to glorify God at all times, and to accomplish the will of the Lord Jesus Christ through the uniting of Christians in fellowship, for spiritual edification, for winning sinners to Christ, to observe ordinances, promote missions, and to encourage Christians in their walk with God. What we Believe About: The Bible - We believe the scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the inspired Word of God. BeSource ↗
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