Kalamazoo Free Methodist Church
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 The Wesleyan 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
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Believer's BaptismstandardPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Kalamazoo Free Methodist Church - Our Statement Of Faith Home About Mission and Vision Our Statement Of Faith Core Beliefs Our Story Leadership Happenings Events Off Campus Ministry Days Operation Christmas Child Success Connect Media Contact giving I'm New Our Statement of Faith "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer The Holy Trinity There is but one living and true God, the maker and preserver of all things. In the unity of this Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These tSource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Kalamazoo Free Methodist Church - Mission and Vision Home About Mission and Vision Our Statement Of Faith Core Beliefs Our Story Leadership Happenings Events Off Campus Ministry Days Operation Christmas Child Success Connect Media Contact giving I'm New Purpose, Mission, Vision, & Values Our Purpose To bring Jesus to our neighbors where they are and to grow together in our love for God and one another. Our Vision Our Vision: We see a church led by the fire of the Holy Spirit burning inside us, fueled by our growing relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord. We see people of evSource ↗
beliefs
Kalamazoo Free Methodist Church - Our Statement Of Faith Home About Mission and Vision Our Statement Of Faith Core Beliefs Our Story Leadership Happenings Events Off Campus Ministry Days Operation Christmas Child Success Connect Media Contact giving I'm New Our Statement of Faith "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer The Holy Trinity There is but one living and true God, the maker and preserver of all things. In the unity of this Godhead there are three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one in eteSource ↗
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