Heart of the Rockies
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 Christian Church (Disciples 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
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandardVarious denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)
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.
- Immaculate ConceptionSTRONGUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- 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
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweakNo unified national stance.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
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Who We Are Give via Vanco Seekers Welcome Sundays Connect Serve About Us News What to Expect on Sunday Open and Affirming: LGBTQ+ Heartside Hill Capital Campaign Pastors and Staff Calendar Ways to Give Contact Us Give Quick Links Who We Are Kids & Youth Find Your Community LGBTQ+ Serving Our Community Serving Our Church Together @Heart News Events and Happenings Who We Are Loving God. Serving others. Changing lives. God’s Vision for Heart of the Rockies Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Our Core Values Community. Transformation. Service. Heart of the Rockies recognizes that our core valuSource ↗
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About Us Give via Vanco Seekers Welcome Sundays Connect Serve About Us News What to Expect on Sunday Open and Affirming: LGBTQ+ Heartside Hill Capital Campaign Pastors and Staff Calendar Ways to Give Contact Us Give Quick Links Who We Are Kids & Youth Find Your Community LGBTQ+ Serving Our Community Serving Our Church Together @Heart News Events and Happenings About us Who we are Our community was shaped in the same way that Jesus began his ministry, by calling others and equipping them to share abundant life with the world. Jesus’ disciples were ordinary people who followed him and experienceSource ↗
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