Church of Christ
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
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What Churches of 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Greenwich Church of Christ Greenwich Church of Christ Home About Us Contact Us Gallery Video Calendar Mr. & Mrs. Noah We are a Bible-based church : That means that we don’t have any beliefs other than what we find in Scripture. Here are a few motto’s that we like to go by: Where the Scriptures speak, we can speak : Where they are silent, we will be silent. We feel that we can take authority on the things that the Bible says, yet we don’t try and make the Bible say things it doesn’t say. We are Christians only, but not the only ChristiansSource ↗
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About Us - Greenwich Church of Christ Greenwich Church of Christ Home About Us Contact Us Gallery Video Calendar Mr. & Mrs. Noah We are a Bible-based church : That means that we don’t have any beliefs other than what we find in Scripture. Here are a few motto’s that we like to go by: Where the Scriptures speak, we can speak : Where they are silent, we will be silent. We feel that we can take authority on the things that the Bible says, yet we don’t try and make the Bible say things it doesn’t say. We are Christians only, but not the only Christians : We don’t likeSource ↗
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