Living Water Mennonite Fellowship
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What Mennonite Church 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.
- Pacifism vs. just-warSTRONGAnabaptist pacifism — Schleitheim Confession Art. VI; Dordrecht Art. XIV.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> What We Believe - LWMF Skip to content LWMF Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login Menu Close Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login 1963 Mennonite Confession of Faith This is a brief version of the confession of faith adopted by Mennonite General Conference in 1963 at Johnstown, PA. See the full 1963 Mennonite Confession of Faith with Keystone Supplements for more detailed information and supporting Scriptures. We believe in onSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - LWMF Skip to content LWMF Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login Menu Close Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login About Us Living Water Mennonite Fellowship is part of the Living Water District of the Keystone Conference. Living Water was started in 1994 as a outreach church of Faith Mennonite Fellowship located in Denver, Pa. Living Water is located in the town of Reinholds at the entrance to Chapel Gate subdivison.Source ↗
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What We Believe - LWMF Skip to content LWMF Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login Menu Close Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login 1963 Mennonite Confession of Faith This is a brief version of the confession of faith adopted by Mennonite General Conference in 1963 at Johnstown, PA. See the full 1963 Mennonite Confession of Faith with Keystone Supplements for more detailed information and supporting Scriptures. We believe in one God eternally existing as Father, Son, aSource ↗
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About Us - LWMF Skip to content LWMF Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login Menu Close Home About Us Who Are The Mennonites What We Believe Live Stream Contact Us Visitor Information Login About Us Living Water Mennonite Fellowship is part of the Living Water District of the Keystone Conference. Living Water was started in 1994 as a outreach church of Faith Mennonite Fellowship located in Denver, Pa. Living Water is located in the town of Reinholds at the entrance to Chapel Gate subdivison. Our goal is to show God’s love andSource ↗
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