EL SHADDAI OUTREACH MINISTRIES 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 BaptismSTRONGBaptist confessions; Pentecostal fundamentals; Anabaptist tradition
- 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.
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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakACNA 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
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> El Shaddai Outreach Inc About Us top of page Log In HOME ABOUT US MISSION STATEMENT CONTACT MINISTRIES OTHER MINISTRIES BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED EYE INSIDE GET INVOLVED DONATE WHERE WE ARE BLOG MORE Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Winnie Ihemaguba, President, CEO and Co-Founder, Acting Treasurer Kimberly Parson , Vice President and Worship Leader. Nanaya Owusa-Prempeh, Board Member and Motivational Speaker. FOUNDERS and BOARD MEMBERS Winnie Ihemaguba is an author, attorney and co-founder of El Shaddai Outreach, Inc. She graduated from George Mason UniversitySource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> MISSION STATEMENT | el-shaddai-outreach top of page Log In HOME ABOUT US MISSION STATEMENT CONTACT MINISTRIES OTHER MINISTRIES BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED EYE INSIDE GET INVOLVED DONATE WHERE WE ARE BLOG MORE Use tab to navigate through the menu items. MISSION STATEMENT El Shaddai Outreach, Inc. is a faith-based non-for-profit organization committed to doing God’s work in the world, which includes, but is not limited to, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, providing shelter for the homeless, ministering to those in need or imprisoned, providing resources and funds tSource ↗
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