Life Restoration 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 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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about
About - Life Restoration Church Skip to content Life Restoration Church Restoring Hope, Joy, and Peace Home About Beliefs Location Life Restoration Church Restoring Hope, Joy, and Peace Home About Beliefs Location Service Times Sunday Sunday Morning Worship 9:00 am Main Event 10:00 am (Central) Wednesday Midweek Overflow 6:30 pm (Central) Our Pastors Pastors Kevin and Cathie Howell Pastor Kevin began his ministry at the age of 16 years old serving and ministering in various roles within the church. He was credentialed with the Church of God, headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee , where his grSource ↗
beliefs
Beliefs - Life Restoration Church Skip to content Life Restoration Church Restoring Hope, Joy, and Peace Home About Beliefs Location Life Restoration Church Restoring Hope, Joy, and Peace Home About Beliefs Location Our Statements of Faith WE BELIEVE in one God, the Creator of all things, manifested in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is now seated at the right handSource ↗
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