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Grace Community Church

📍5501 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Saint Cloud, FL
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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.

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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

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Our Statement of Faith | Grace CC Website top of page Home About Us Our Mission Our Priorities Our Statement of Faith Our Church Covenant When We Gather Our Elders Our Deacons Online Giving RSO Policy Ministries Calendar Sermons Building Campaign Location Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Our Statement of Faith The Statement of Faith of Grace Community Church is the Abstract of Principles (1858) and the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith as set forth below: Abstract of Principles Abstract of Principles I. The Scriptures. II. God. III. The
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us | Grace CC Website top of page Home About Us Our Mission Our Priorities Our Statement of Faith Our Church Covenant When We Gather Our Elders Our Deacons Online Giving RSO Policy Ministries Calendar Sermons Building Campaign Location Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Reaching Up ​ Scripture commands us to love God with our whole being because we were created for His glory. However, we have not treasured God as we should. Thankfully, the gospel conveys to us the remedy. It teaches us that Jesus Christ has laid down His life for the church. Because
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mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Our Mission | Grace CC Website top of page Home About Us Our Mission Our Priorities Our Statement of Faith Our Church Covenant When We Gather Our Elders Our Deacons Online Giving RSO Policy Ministries Calendar Sermons Building Campaign Location Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Reaching Up Scripture commands us to love God with our whole being because we were created for his glory. However, we have not treasured God as we should. Thankfully, the gospel conveys to us the remedy. It teaches us that Jesus Christ has laid down his life for his church. Becaus
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about
--> About Us | Grace CC Website top of page Home About Us Our Mission Our Priorities Our Statement of Faith Our Church Covenant When We Gather Our Elders Our Deacons Online Giving RSO Policy Ministries Calendar Sermons Building Campaign Location Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Reaching Up ​ Scripture commands us to love God with our whole being because we were created for His glory. However, we have not treasured God as we should. Thankfully, the gospel conveys to us the remedy. It teaches us that Jesus Christ has laid down His life for the church. Because of this great l
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beliefs
--> Our Statement of Faith | Grace CC Website top of page Home About Us Our Mission Our Priorities Our Statement of Faith Our Church Covenant When We Gather Our Elders Our Deacons Online Giving RSO Policy Ministries Calendar Sermons Building Campaign Location Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Our Statement of Faith The Statement of Faith of Grace Community Church is the Abstract of Principles (1858) and the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith as set forth below: Abstract of Principles Abstract of Principles I. The Scriptures. II. God. III. The Trinity. IV. Provid
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