First Christian 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 Christian Church (Disciples 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
- 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.
- 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
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweakNo unified national stance.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> BELIEFS | Mysite top of page First Christian Church Elizabethton, TN HOME I'M NEW ABOUT US BELIEFS MEET OUR STAFF CHILDRENS MINISTRY YOUTH MINISTRY SERVICES GIVING More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. WHAT WE BELIEVE At First Christian Church we have some beliefs that we consider to be essential when it comes to God, Jesus, the Bible and more. They come directly from Scripture (both Old and New Testaments). How we Know God… God can be known because He wants to be known. It is within His nature to know us, and He has hard-wired us to want to knowSource ↗
about_us
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<!DOCTYPE html> YOUTH MINISTRY | Mysite top of page First Christian Church Elizabethton, TN HOME I'M NEW ABOUT US BELIEFS MEET OUR STAFF CHILDRENS MINISTRY YOUTH MINISTRY SERVICES GIVING More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Student Ministry What's this ministry all about? At First Christian Church we feel that it is important for Youth to learn about God’s word. Parents can rest easy knowing that the youth that come to First Christian Church are receiving direct teaching from the Bible. First Christian Church also offers special events for our Youth. Our FCC Youth pSource ↗
beliefs
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