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Harbor Church

📍269 Douglas Avenue, Holland, MI ✝reformed_baptist
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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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General Association of Regular Baptist Churches denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 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."
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 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 General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 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 Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant BaptismSTRONG
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words

Statements

statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Harbor Church - Reformed Baptist nav#handleMenuState' > poppermenu#handlesize" class="poppermenu"> poppermenu#toggle"> About Beliefs Ministries Leadership Beliefs Ministries Leadership Sermons Events Give Belief & Doctrine Harbor Distinctives Below is a glimpse into some of the teachings and practices that make our church what it is. For more detailed information on our doctrines, explore the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession which we have adopted as the statement of our doctrinal conviction and an excellent summary of the major teachings of the Word of
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Harbor Church - Reformed Baptist nav#handleMenuState' > poppermenu#handlesize" class="poppermenu"> poppermenu#toggle"> About Beliefs Ministries Leadership Beliefs Ministries Leadership Sermons Events Give Belief & Doctrine Harbor Distinctives Below is a glimpse into some of the teachings and practices that make our church what it is. For more detailed information on our doctrines, explore the 1689 2nd London Baptist Confession which we have adopted as the statement of our doctrinal conviction and an excellent summary of the major teachings of the Word of God. Reformed A broad term, but this in
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