Life Community Church
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 the Nazarene 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> Life Community Church - WA - What We Believe Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Leadership Contact Ministries Kid's Life Youth Women's Hygiene Bank Ekklesia Life Breakthru Youth Education Ministries Next Steps Baptism Signup Connect Card Prayer Request Volunteer Signup Media Give I'm New What We Believe The Bible makes clear that certain truths uniquely define the Christian faith and are the foundation that supports all other Christian beliefs. Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Life Community Church - WA based on the foundational truthsSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Life Community Church - WA - Mission and Vision Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Leadership Contact Ministries Kid's Life Youth Women's Hygiene Bank Ekklesia Life Breakthru Youth Education Ministries Next Steps Baptism Signup Connect Card Prayer Request Volunteer Signup Media Give I'm New You are NOW SENT To love God, love one another, love your neighbor, and love yourself! Our Mission To make a difference by leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. Our Vision Reach, Grow, & Impact Our vision is geared around our transformational looSource ↗
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Life Community Church - WA - What We Believe Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Leadership Contact Ministries Kid's Life Youth Women's Hygiene Bank Ekklesia Life Breakthru Youth Education Ministries Next Steps Baptism Signup Connect Card Prayer Request Volunteer Signup Media Give I'm New What We Believe The Bible makes clear that certain truths uniquely define the Christian faith and are the foundation that supports all other Christian beliefs. Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Life Community Church - WA based on the foundational truths taught in the bibleSource ↗
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