Living Hope Fellowship Church of Christ Holiness Unto the Lord
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
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Skip to content Menu Home Services About The Leadership Mission & Beliefs Give Contact Us Community About Living Hope Fellowship is not about a building, a person or an event. LHF is about you. It is about people. We simply love God and love people. This is a place where you, your family and friends can feel loved no matter what state of faith you are in . We want you to see God and become who He created you to be. We believe that support, growth and strength takes place in fellowship . God never designed us be alone, but to be a communitySource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Mission & Beliefs Skip to content Menu Home Services About The Leadership Mission & Beliefs Give Contact Us Community Mission & Beliefs Our Mission Love God Love People Lead believers to an authentic relationship with God Our Beliefs The Holy Scriptures We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the verbal, inspired words of God, authoritative, and without error in the original manuscripts. We further believe that the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are designed for our practical instruction in faith and conduct. 2 Timothy 3:15Source ↗
about
About Skip to content Menu Home Services About The Leadership Mission & Beliefs Give Contact Us Community About Living Hope Fellowship is not about a building, a person or an event. LHF is about you. It is about people. We simply love God and love people. This is a place where you, your family and friends can feel loved no matter what state of faith you are in . We want you to see God and become who He created you to be. We believe that support, growth and strength takes place in fellowship . God never designed us be alone, but to be a community of believers united by common beliefs, purpSource ↗
beliefs
Mission & Beliefs Skip to content Menu Home Services About The Leadership Mission & Beliefs Give Contact Us Community Mission & Beliefs Our Mission Love God Love People Lead believers to an authentic relationship with God Our Beliefs The Holy Scriptures We believe the Holy Scriptures to be the verbal, inspired words of God, authoritative, and without error in the original manuscripts. We further believe that the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are designed for our practical instruction in faith and conduct. 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21; John 10:35 The GodheadSource ↗
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