Holy Temple Church of God in Christ

📍691 Windsor Avenue, Windsor, CT ✝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 BaptismSTRONG
Baptist confessions; Pentecostal fundamentals; Anabaptist tradition
Marriage as one man and one womanSTRONG
Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
Permissibility of divorce and remarriagestandard
Matthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.

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.

Wrestles with

Pacifism vs. just-warweak
Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
Women in pastoral / ordained officeweak
ACNA 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

statement_of_faith

<!DOCTYPE html> Statement of Faith top of page Holy Temple Church of God in Christ Dr. Robert A. Young, Founder and Pastor Celebrating 22 years of ministry: 2004 - 2026 Welcome About our Pastor 2026 Church Theme Prayer: Pastor Robert Young Ministry of the Word 2022 Audio Messages 2021 Audio Messages 2020 Ministry of the Word Schedule of Services Our Church Statement of Faith Ministries Motto Honoring J. C. Haynes Bible Institute Holy Temple YouTube Channel Contact Us Directions Guest Book Our Statement of Faith We believe that there is One God, eternally existent in three Persons; God

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about_us

<!DOCTYPE html> About our Pastor top of page Holy Temple Church of God in Christ Dr. Robert A. Young, Founder and Pastor Celebrating 22 years of ministry: 2004 - 2026 Welcome About our Pastor 2026 Church Theme Prayer: Pastor Robert Young Ministry of the Word 2022 Audio Messages 2021 Audio Messages 2020 Ministry of the Word Schedule of Services Our Church Statement of Faith Ministries Motto Honoring J. C. Haynes Bible Institute Holy Temple YouTube Channel Contact Us Directions Guest Book The Reverend Dr. Robert Allison Young, was born in Waterbury, CT. His parents sought to instill Chri

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beliefs

--> Statement of Faith top of page Holy Temple Church of God in Christ Dr. Robert A. Young, Founder and Pastor Celebrating 22 years of ministry: 2004 - 2026 Welcome About our Pastor 2026 Church Theme Prayer: Pastor Robert Young Ministry of the Word 2022 Audio Messages 2021 Audio Messages 2020 Ministry of the Word Schedule of Services Our Church Statement of Faith Ministries Motto Honoring J. C. Haynes Bible Institute Holy Temple YouTube Channel Contact Us Directions Guest Book Our Statement of Faith We believe that there is One God, eternally existent in three Persons; God the Father, God the

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