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What Assemblies of God USA 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.
- 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.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
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about_us
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mission
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about
About Us | LifePoint #11 (no title) About Us What We Believe Our Team Ministries Youth Ministry Beling Group Studies Team Jesus Sermons Assurance of Salvation Appointed to Success – Teen Challenge The Witness of Christ The Collaboration of Love and Faith The Evidence of Godly Love Love Lifted Me 1 Appointed For Success – Love In Action Appointed for success Abiding In Christ Ten Ways You Can Strengthen Our Church Vision When Everything Seems To Go Wrong Putting Our Love Into Action Christmas Gifts Christmas Gifts – God’s Christmas Gift What Do You get for the God Who has EveythingSource ↗
mission
What We Believe | LifePoint #11 (no title) About Us What We Believe Our Team Ministries Youth Ministry Beling Group Studies Team Jesus Sermons Assurance of Salvation Appointed to Success – Teen Challenge The Witness of Christ The Collaboration of Love and Faith The Evidence of Godly Love Love Lifted Me 1 Appointed For Success – Love In Action Appointed for success Abiding In Christ Ten Ways You Can Strengthen Our Church Vision When Everything Seems To Go Wrong Putting Our Love Into Action Christmas Gifts Christmas Gifts – God’s Christmas Gift What Do You get for the God Who has EveSource ↗
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