Five Rivers 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 Church of God in 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
- 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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakACNA no unified position (some dioceses ordain women, others not). GMC restricts by role. COGIC restricts bishop role but ordains women to other ministries.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Five Rivers Church | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Our Story Our Team What We Believe What we believe ... It's really pretty simple ... there's a God and only one God. In fact, He is the Creator of everything. We're made in His image, we are His children. As our Abba Father (looselySource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Five Rivers Church | About Us Skip to main content Menu Menu Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Our Story Our Team What We Believe About Five Rivers Church Five Rivers Church is an independent church affiliated with the Church of God in Anderson, IN. We also have many close relationships with pastors, churches and organizations connecSource ↗
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Five Rivers Church | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Our Story Our Team What We Believe What we believe ... It's really pretty simple ... there's a God and only one God. In fact, He is the Creator of everything. We're made in His image, we are His children. As our Abba Father (loosely translated "daddy"), God loves us beyond what weSource ↗
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Five Rivers Church | About Us Skip to main content Menu Menu Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Plan A Visit New Here? Here In Person What To Expect About Us Our Story Our Team What We Believe Events MEssages Give Prayer Our Story Our Team What We Believe About Five Rivers Church Five Rivers Church is an independent church affiliated with the Church of God in Anderson, IN. We also have many close relationships with pastors, churches and organizations connected to the Independent Christian Church. At FiveSource ↗
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