UPPER DEER CREEK MENNONITE CHURCH
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 Mennonite Church USA 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.
- Pacifism vs. just-warSTRONGAnabaptist pacifism — Schleitheim Confession Art. VI; Dordrecht Art. XIV.
- 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.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> What We Believe | UDC top of page WHAT WE BELIEVE Statement of Faith Scripture (Bible) We believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are God-inspired, are without error in the original writings and are the final authority in all matters of life, faith, and practice (2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20, 21). God We believe in the eternal Triune God; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each Person being equal, three parts, but one person (John 1:1, 2, 14; 10:30; 14:16, 26; 2 Corinthians 13:14). Jesus Christ We believe in the miraculous virgin birth of Jesus Christ tSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> ABOUT US | UDC top of page HOME ABOUT US Who We Are What We Believe Our Staff MINISTRIES Visitors Nursery Kids Students Women INC Adults Community MEDIA PLAN YOUR VISIT More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> WHO WE ARE The mission of Upper Deer Creek Church is to serve and glorify God by developing disciples of Jesus Christ who actively share God's love and grace right here in our community and around the world. We are a family-friendly church witSource ↗
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