Greater Lansing Church of God in Christ
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
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us | Greater Lansing Church of God In Christ | United States top of page Home Welcome Leadership History We Believe Our Ministries Community Events Calendar Giving Visit Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. WELCOME We welcome you with open arms here at Greater Lansing Church of God In Christ. We make it our mission to love one another as the scripture commands. No matter what it looks like, come see for yourself. FAITH Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Mailing Address: P. O. Box 2234 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 bSource ↗
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--> About Us | Greater Lansing Church of God In Christ | United States top of page Home Welcome Leadership History We Believe Our Ministries Community Events Calendar Giving Visit Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. WELCOME We welcome you with open arms here at Greater Lansing Church of God In Christ. We make it our mission to love one another as the scripture commands. No matter what it looks like, come see for yourself. FAITH Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Mailing Address: P. O. Box 2234 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101 bottom of pageSource ↗
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