Junction Highway Church of Christ
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
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What Churches 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
- 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> What We Believe - Junction Highway Church of Christ Junction Highway Church of Christ Leadership Articles Study Resources Home About Us What We Believe Directions Contact What We Believe The Organization of the Church New Testament churches were simple in their organization. They had no organizations larger than, smaller than, or other than the local church. In the New Testament, local churches were self-governing (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2). They were not affiliated with any denomination, synod, council or any other humanly devised organization. Ideally, eacSource ↗
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What We Believe - Junction Highway Church of Christ Junction Highway Church of Christ Leadership Articles Study Resources Home About Us What We Believe Directions Contact What We Believe The Organization of the Church New Testament churches were simple in their organization. They had no organizations larger than, smaller than, or other than the local church. In the New Testament, local churches were self-governing (Acts 20:28; 1 Peter 5:2). They were not affiliated with any denomination, synod, council or any other humanly devised organization. Ideally, each congregation had elders and deaconsSource ↗
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About Us - Junction Highway Church of Christ Junction Highway Church of Christ Leadership Articles Study Resources Home About Us What We Believe Directions Contact About Us When you visit the Junction Highway Church of Christ, you can expect a warm welcome and to experience a simple worship service that follows the pattern found in the New Testament. Here is what you will see when you visit. We sing praises to God (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16). We pray to God (Acts 2:42; Philippians 4:6-7). We edify one another through preaching and Bible classes (Acts 20:7; Ephesians 4:11-16). We give (1Source ↗
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