Light of the World Ministries
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
<!DOCTYPE html> BELIEFS | Light of the World top of page HOME ABOUT US BELIEFS OUR PASTORS FACILITY RENTAL CONTACT Volunteer More... Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Donate What We Believe We Believe in the one God who is infinite in power, Holy in nature, attributes and purposes, as well as omniscient and omnipresent. We Believe that He was revealed to us as Father in creation, as Son in redemption and as Holy Spirit in His comforting grace that never leaves those who trust in Him. We Believe that in Jesus, dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. That God theSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> ABOUT US | Light of the World top of page HOME ABOUT US BELIEFS OUR PASTORS FACILITY RENTAL CONTACT Volunteer More... Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Donate ABOUT US OUR MISSION Our Mission is to lead people to know, love and follow Jesus based on God's plan of salvation for all, which is to repent, be baptized in Jesus name, filled with the Holy Ghost and live a life that is a reflection of Jesus Christ. We want people to experience the love of God so that they begin their daily walk in a lifelong journey of faith. OUR VISION We strive to be a safe place for peoSource ↗
about
--> ABOUT US | Light of the World top of page HOME ABOUT US BELIEFS OUR PASTORS FACILITY RENTAL CONTACT Volunteer More... Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Donate ABOUT US OUR MISSION Our Mission is to lead people to know, love and follow Jesus based on God's plan of salvation for all, which is to repent, be baptized in Jesus name, filled with the Holy Ghost and live a life that is a reflection of Jesus Christ. We want people to experience the love of God so that they begin their daily walk in a lifelong journey of faith. OUR VISION We strive to be a safe place for people who are seaSource ↗
beliefs
--> BELIEFS | Light of the World top of page HOME ABOUT US BELIEFS OUR PASTORS FACILITY RENTAL CONTACT Volunteer More... Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Donate What We Believe We Believe in the one God who is infinite in power, Holy in nature, attributes and purposes, as well as omniscient and omnipresent. We Believe that He was revealed to us as Father in creation, as Son in redemption and as Holy Spirit in His comforting grace that never leaves those who trust in Him. We Believe that in Jesus, dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. That God the Father, Jesus the SonSource ↗
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