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Lihue Christian Church

📍2943 Kress Street, Lihue, HI ✝united
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3 stances that depart from the denomination

The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.

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American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of remembrance, not a sacrament conveying grace. Christ is present spiritually through faith, but the elements are symbols."
American Baptist Churches USA denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected. Only believers may be baptized. Infant "baptism" is considered unbiblical — no NT command or clear example supports it."
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What American Baptist Churches 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.

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Denies
  • Apostolic Successionweak
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Maryweak
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Immaculate Conceptionstandard
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant Baptismstandard
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Maryweak
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presenceweak
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • Transubstantiationstandard
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ ABOUT US The Lihue Christian Church is a congregation of the United Church of Christ, which was formed from the 1957 merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. We are a progressive mainline congregation with beliefs rooted in the Lutheran Calvanist, Reformed and Congregational traditions. Historically, Lihue Christian Church was founded to serve the Japanese Christian community o
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<!DOCTYPE html> Staff &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ Staff Pastor Cheri Dennis Office Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and other times by appointment (704) 519-6016 Karen Nakamura, Executive Secretary Office Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday (808) 245-2348 LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONTACT 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 (808) 245-2348 © 2022 © 2022 Lihue Christian Church | Website design by Fusion Inbound | All Rights Reserved
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<!DOCTYPE html> Contact &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ GET CONNECTED WITH US LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 Tel: 808-245-2348 Fax: 808-246-3715 NAME (Required) EMAIL (Required) SUBJECT (Required) MESSAGE This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONTACT 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Ha
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Contact &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ GET CONNECTED WITH US LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 Tel: 808-245-2348 Fax: 808-246-3715 NAME (Required) EMAIL (Required) SUBJECT (Required) MESSAGE This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONTACT 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 (808) 245-2348 © 2022 © 2022 Li
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Staff &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ Staff Pastor Cheri Dennis Office Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and other times by appointment (704) 519-6016 Karen Nakamura, Executive Secretary Office Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday (808) 245-2348 LIHUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH CONTACT 2943 Kress Street Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii 96766 (808) 245-2348 © 2022 © 2022 Lihue Christian Church | Website design by Fusion Inbound | All Rights Reserved
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About Us &#8211; Lihue Christian Church About Us Staff Contact The Breadfruit Our Ministries LCC Scholarship Sermons Facility Use Contact ✕ ABOUT US The Lihue Christian Church is a congregation of the United Church of Christ, which was formed from the 1957 merger of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches. We are a progressive mainline congregation with beliefs rooted in the Lutheran Calvanist, Reformed and Congregational traditions. Historically, Lihue Christian Church was founded to serve the Japanese Christian community on Kauai. Today, Lihue Christian
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