Kingdom Cathedral
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> Kingdom Cathedral - About The Ministry Kingdom Cathedral Home About The Ministry About The Bishop Ministry Requests Kingdom Connection Give Live Webcast Media Prayer Requests I'm New Our History In July of 1978, Apostle Huie L. Rogers and the Greater Bible Way Temple of Brooklyn, New York began broadcasting a program, “The Sound of Pentecost†on WAVY-TV (Channel 10) in Portsmouth, Virginia. Due to the wide reception and response of the viewers in the local area, and scores of individuals who had given their lives to Christ, the need for discipleship of these new converSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Kingdom Cathedral - About The Bishop Kingdom Cathedral Home About The Ministry About The Bishop Ministry Requests Kingdom Connection Give Live Webcast Media Prayer Requests I'm New About The Bishop Ministry Requests Bishop Michael J. Rogers, a native of Brooklyn, New York answered the call to ministry in 1974. As a freshman to ministry, he prepared himself through prayer and consecration with diligent study of the word of God. His preparation for ministry qualified him for ordination as an Elder of the Church in 1978. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, he was summoned to tSource ↗
about
Kingdom Cathedral - About The Bishop Kingdom Cathedral Home About The Ministry About The Bishop Ministry Requests Kingdom Connection Give Live Webcast Media Prayer Requests I'm New About The Bishop Ministry Requests Bishop Michael J. Rogers, a native of Brooklyn, New York answered the call to ministry in 1974. As a freshman to ministry, he prepared himself through prayer and consecration with diligent study of the word of God. His preparation for ministry qualified him for ordination as an Elder of the Church in 1978. By the leading of the Holy Spirit, he was summoned to the pastorate of the TSource ↗
about
Kingdom Cathedral - About The Ministry Kingdom Cathedral Home About The Ministry About The Bishop Ministry Requests Kingdom Connection Give Live Webcast Media Prayer Requests I'm New Our History In July of 1978, Apostle Huie L. Rogers and the Greater Bible Way Temple of Brooklyn, New York began broadcasting a program, “The Sound of Pentecost†on WAVY-TV (Channel 10) in Portsmouth, Virginia. Due to the wide reception and response of the viewers in the local area, and scores of individuals who had given their lives to Christ, the need for discipleship of these new converts was apparent.In OcSource ↗
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