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First United Methodist Church Natchitoches

📍220, Amulet, St Natchitoches Louisiana, United States
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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 United Methodist 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.

Affirms
Denies
  • Assumption of Maryweak
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Immaculate Conceptionstandard
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Marriage as one man and one womanweak
    PC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
  • Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Transubstantiationstandard
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
  • Apostolic Successionweak
    Lutheran and Methodist bodies retain 'succession of doctrine' language without the tactile chain.
  • Believer's Baptismweak
    Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
  • Real Presenceweak
    Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
  • Theotokosweak
    Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words

Statements

about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Home About Us Programs Sunday Groups FUMC KIDS FUMC YOUTH Men&#039;s Ministry Women&#039;s Ministry Worship Calendar Resources Contact Us UMC News Giving About Us Learn more about who we are The start was humble with a simple white frame church erected in 1878 on the corner of Lafayette and Second St. It didn't take long to reach so many in our community and outgrow our first church. Since 1878 we have reached 10,000s in our community through our worship services, children and youth programs, community service, and working with our neighbors. We strive t
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About Home About Us Programs Sunday Groups FUMC KIDS FUMC YOUTH Men&#039;s Ministry Women&#039;s Ministry Worship Calendar Resources Contact Us UMC News Giving About Us Learn more about who we are The start was humble with a simple white frame church erected in 1878 on the corner of Lafayette and Second St. It didn't take long to reach so many in our community and outgrow our first church. Since 1878 we have reached 10,000s in our community through our worship services, children and youth programs, community service, and working with our neighbors. We strive to develop disciples of Jesus Chris
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About Home About Us Programs Sunday Groups FUMC KIDS FUMC YOUTH Men&#039;s Ministry Women&#039;s Ministry Worship Calendar Resources Contact Us UMC News Giving About Us Learn more about who we are The start was humble with a simple white frame church erected in 1878 on the corner of Lafayette and Second St. It didn't take long to reach so many in our community and outgrow our first church. Since 1878 we have reached 10,000s in our community through our worship services, children and youth programs, community service, and working with our neighbors. We strive to develop disciples of Jesus Chris
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Home About Us Programs Sunday Groups FUMC KIDS FUMC YOUTH Men&#039;s Ministry Women&#039;s Ministry Worship Calendar Resources Contact Us UMC News Giving About Us Learn more about who we are The start was humble with a simple white frame church erected in 1878 on the corner of Lafayette and Second St. It didn't take long to reach so many in our community and outgrow our first church. Since 1878 we have reached 10,000s in our community through our worship services, children and youth programs, community service, and working with our neighbors. We strive t
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Leadership

Who serves here

Lynda Hammett