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First United Methodist Church Stillwater

📍400 W 7th, Ave, Stillwater Oklahoma, United States
Pastor: Wayne Wilczek
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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

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Stillwater First UMC - Our Beliefs Home Connect Kids Youth Young Adults Adults Ministries Media Give About Our Beliefs Pastors & Staff Contact Early Childhood Center This Week Mission Statement & Beliefs We are a church beyond walls. The Mission We are called to be a church beyond walls: strengthening our faith, sharing the gospel, & serving and loving our neighbor. This is our unique way to fulfill the mission of the United Methodist Church, &ldquo;&hellip;to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.&rdquo; The Vision The vision of First United Met
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beliefs
Stillwater First UMC - Our Beliefs Home Connect Kids Youth Young Adults Adults Ministries Media Give About Our Beliefs Pastors & Staff Contact Early Childhood Center This Week Mission Statement & Beliefs We are a church beyond walls. The Mission We are called to be a church beyond walls: strengthening our faith, sharing the gospel, & serving and loving our neighbor. This is our unique way to fulfill the mission of the United Methodist Church, &ldquo;&hellip;to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.&rdquo; The Vision The vision of First United Methodist Church Still
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beliefs
Stillwater First UMC - Our Beliefs Home Connect Kids Youth Young Adults Adults Ministries Media Give About Jobs Our Beliefs Pastors & Staff Contact Early Childhood Center This Week Mission Statement & Beliefs We are a church beyond walls. The Mission We are called to be a church beyond walls: strengthening our faith, sharing the gospel, & serving and loving our neighbor. This is our unique way to fulfill the mission of the United Methodist Church, &ldquo;&hellip;to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.&rdquo; The Vision The vision of First United Methodist Church
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statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Stillwater First UMC - Our Beliefs Home Connect Kids Youth Young Adults Adults Ministries Media Give About Jobs Our Beliefs Pastors & Staff Contact Early Childhood Center This Week Mission Statement & Beliefs We are a church beyond walls. The Mission We are called to be a church beyond walls: strengthening our faith, sharing the gospel, & serving and loving our neighbor. This is our unique way to fulfill the mission of the United Methodist Church, &ldquo;&hellip;to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.&rdquo; The Vision The vision of First Unite
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Leadership

Who serves here

John Curtis
Wayne Wilczek