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Gilmanton Community Church

📍497 Province Road, Gilmanton, NH ✝baptist;congregational
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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.

Historical

Historical details

Heritage statusNational Register of Historic Places listed place
Tension detected

3 stances that depart from the denomination

The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.

AI summary — these stances are inferred by AI from the church's own public text and may be inaccurate. Report a correction.

American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of remembrance, not a sacrament conveying grace. Christ is present spiritually through faith, but the elements are symbols."
American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected. Only believers may be baptized. Infant "baptism" is considered unbiblical — no NT command or clear example supports it."
Inherited from denomination

What American Baptist Churches 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
Denies
  • Apostolic Successionweak
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • 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.
  • Infant Baptismstandard
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presenceweak
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • Transubstantiationstandard
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
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In their own words

Statements

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<!DOCTYPE html> News | Gilmantoncommunitych top of page Home Calendar News News Archives Missions You Can Help Our History Mary Morse History archives Gallery Hall & Sanctuary Bookings Terms and Conditions About Us GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision Editors Blog - A GUIDE TO THE BIBLE 497 Province Rd Gilmanton NH 03237 Back Up-coming Events ​ ​ ​ Community Dinner: Our former Pastor Christopher Stevens will be the guest speaker at our Dinner on June 13th Save the date: We will be celebrating our 200th anniversary on August 1st 9am-4pm It's going to be quite the event! ​ ​ upcoming news A b
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<!DOCTYPE html> GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision | Gilmantoncommunitych top of page Home Calendar News News Archives Missions You Can Help Our History Mary Morse History archives Gallery Hall & Sanctuary Bookings Terms and Conditions About Us GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision Editors Blog - A GUIDE TO THE BIBLE 497 Province Rd Gilmanton NH 03237 Vision Statement: ❖ A loving family of Christian believers; ❖ Enriched through faithful study of God&rsquo;s Word; ❖ Striving to reflect God&rsquo;s grace, love and power in the local community and beyond; ❖ Connected with the wider church in mission,
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us | Gilmantoncommunitych top of page Home Calendar News News Archives Missions You Can Help Our History Mary Morse History archives Gallery Hall & Sanctuary Bookings Terms and Conditions About Us GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision Editors Blog - A GUIDE TO THE BIBLE 497 Province Rd Gilmanton NH 03237 About Us ​ We are affiliated with The American Baptist Church's of VT. & NH. and a member of NACCC. At Gilmanton Community Church, we are more than just a church. We are a family of believers who are passionate about serving our community in New Hampshire. Together, we com
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The Centre Congregational Church is a historic Congregational church on Province Road in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Built in 1826–27, it is one of the region's best examples of a late Federal-period church. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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--> GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision | Gilmantoncommunitych top of page Home Calendar News News Archives Missions You Can Help Our History Mary Morse History archives Gallery Hall & Sanctuary Bookings Terms and Conditions About Us GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision Editors Blog - A GUIDE TO THE BIBLE 497 Province Rd Gilmanton NH 03237 Vision Statement: ❖ A loving family of Christian believers; ❖ Enriched through faithful study of God&rsquo;s Word; ❖ Striving to reflect God&rsquo;s grace, love and power in the local community and beyond; ❖ Connected with the wider church in mission, passionate worshi
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--> About Us | Gilmantoncommunitych top of page Home Calendar News News Archives Missions You Can Help Our History Mary Morse History archives Gallery Hall & Sanctuary Bookings Terms and Conditions About Us GCC Covenant/ Mission / Vision Editors Blog - A GUIDE TO THE BIBLE 497 Province Rd Gilmanton NH 03237 About Us ​ We are affiliated with The American Baptist Church's of VT. & NH. and a member of NACCC. At Gilmanton Community Church, we are more than just a church. We are a family of believers who are passionate about serving our community in New Hampshire. Together, we come before the Lord
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