First Haitian Church of God

📍6219 Lancaster Avenue, PA ✝church_of_god

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 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 BaptismSTRONG
Baptist confessions; Pentecostal fundamentals; Anabaptist tradition
Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONG
Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandard
Matthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Women in pastoral / ordained officestandard
Various denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)

Denies

Apostolic Successionstandard
Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
Assumption of Marystandard
Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
Infant BaptismSTRONG
Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
Real Presencestandard
Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
TransubstantiationSTRONG
Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.

Wrestles with

Pacifism vs. just-warweak
Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.

In their own words

Statements

statement_of_faith

<!DOCTYPE html> Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe - First Haitian Church of God Skip to content First Haitian Church of God Home Sou Nou / About Us Istwa Nou / Our History Pastè Nou / Our Pastor Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Minister Nou / Our Ministries Mamn Board Nou / Our Board Member Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Kalandriye Evènman / Events Calendar Bay / Give Kontakte Nou / Contact us Menu What_We_Believe_2-881x294-1 Home » Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Sa nou kwè! Nan enspirasyon vèbal Bib la. Nan yon sèl Bondye etènèlman egziste nan twa mo

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about_us

<!DOCTYPE html> Sou Nou / About Us - First Haitian Church of God Skip to content First Haitian Church of God Home Sou Nou / About Us Istwa Nou / Our History Pastè Nou / Our Pastor Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Minister Nou / Our Ministries Mamn Board Nou / Our Board Member Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Kalandriye Evènman / Events Calendar Bay / Give Kontakte Nou / Contact us Menu Home » Sou Nou / About Us Byenvini nan Premye Legliz Bondye Ayisyen oswa "FH" jan li konnen avèk afeksyon. Ou pral dekouvri ke pasyon nou se ede moun vin pi pre Bondye

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mission

Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission - First Haitian Church of God Skip to content First Haitian Church of God Home Sou Nou / About Us Istwa Nou / Our History Pastè Nou / Our Pastor Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Minister Nou / Our Ministries Mamn Board Nou / Our Board Member Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Kalandriye Evènman / Events Calendar Bay / Give Kontakte Nou / Contact us Menu Home » Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Our Vision Pou REVIVRE kwayan yo, RENOVALE kilti, ak mantalite. RESTABILE fanmi yo, REBATI moun ki kase yo epi LAGE moun yo pou

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mission

Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe - First Haitian Church of God Skip to content First Haitian Church of God Home Sou Nou / About Us Istwa Nou / Our History Pastè Nou / Our Pastor Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Minister Nou / Our Ministries Mamn Board Nou / Our Board Member Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Kalandriye Evènman / Events Calendar Bay / Give Kontakte Nou / Contact us Menu What_We_Believe_2-881x294-1 Home » Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Sa nou kwè! Nan enspirasyon vèbal Bib la. Nan yon sèl Bondye etènèlman egziste nan twa moun; sètadi, Papa a, Pitit la, ak Sentespri. Ke

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about

Sou Nou / About Us - First Haitian Church of God Skip to content First Haitian Church of God Home Sou Nou / About Us Istwa Nou / Our History Pastè Nou / Our Pastor Vizyon ak Misyon Nou / Our Vision & Mission Minister Nou / Our Ministries Mamn Board Nou / Our Board Member Sa Nou Kwè / What We Believe Kalandriye Evènman / Events Calendar Bay / Give Kontakte Nou / Contact us Menu Home » Sou Nou / About Us Byenvini nan Premye Legliz Bondye Ayisyen oswa “FH” jan li konnen avèk afeksyon. Ou pral dekouvri ke pasyon nou se ede moun vin pi pre Bondye ak pi pre youn ak lòt nan rel

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