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Holy Cross United Methodist Church

📍329 North 5th Street, Reading, PA ✝united_methodist
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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 United Methodist Church 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
  • 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.
  • Marriage as one man and one womanweak
    PC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
  • Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Transubstantiationstandard
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
  • Apostolic Successionweak
    Lutheran and Methodist bodies retain 'succession of doctrine' language without the tactile chain.
  • Believer's Baptismweak
    Paedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
  • Real Presenceweak
    Calvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
  • Theotokosweak
    Confessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words

Statements

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<!DOCTYPE html> Reconciling Statement &#8211; ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Skip to content ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Menu Home Meet the Pastor Community Events Giving in many ways Reconciling Statement Our History Contact Us Reconciling Statement Reconciling Statement Holy Cross UMC Holy Cross United Methodist Church is a family of God dedicated to worshiping, learning, and serving with all people as we embrace Jesus Christ’s message of love and acceptance. Together we are called to share God’s love through ministry with and around our immediate communities and beyond. We are committed
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<!DOCTYPE html> Our History &#8211; ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Skip to content ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Menu Home Meet the Pastor Community Events Giving in many ways Reconciling Statement Our History Contact Us Our History The history of the Memorial Church of the Holy Cross begins with the arrival in Reading of Mr. Emmor Kimber and Mr. Samuel Pettit in 1822 to work on the Union Canal [1] . Mr. Kimber wrote: “There was no Methodist society in Reading and the opposition against people of this religious faith was so strong that regularly ordained ministers of the church were not able t
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Reconciling Statement &#8211; ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Skip to content ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Menu Home Meet the Pastor Community Events Giving in many ways Reconciling Statement Our History Contact Us Reconciling Statement Reconciling Statement Holy Cross UMC Holy Cross United Methodist Church is a family of God dedicated to worshiping, learning, and serving with all people as we embrace Jesus Christ’s message of love and acceptance. Together we are called to share God’s love through ministry with and around our immediate communities and beyond. We are committed to a ministry built on the themes of
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Our History &#8211; ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Skip to content ​​​HOLY CROSS U.M.C. Menu Home Meet the Pastor Community Events Giving in many ways Reconciling Statement Our History Contact Us Our History The history of the Memorial Church of the Holy Cross begins with the arrival in Reading of Mr. Emmor Kimber and Mr. Samuel Pettit in 1822 to work on the Union Canal [1] . Mr. Kimber wrote: “There was no Methodist society in Reading and the opposition against people of this religious faith was so strong that regularly ordained ministers of the church were not able to hold services. We, who adhered to
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