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First Christian Church

📍805 North Country Club Drive, Mesa, AZ ✝disciples_of_christ
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What Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 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 Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
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First Christian Church of Mesa | Our Mission Skip to main content Menu Menu Home About Us Who We Are Our Mission Our Staff Giving Worship CONNECT Calendar Building Use Home About Us Who We Are Our Mission Our Staff Giving Worship CONNECT Calendar Building Use Who We Are Our Mission Our Mission is simple... "To know the eternal love of God and make it known!" First Christian Church of Mesa 805 N. Country Club Drive Mesa, AZ 85201 (480) 833-7312 mesafirst@yahoo.com Directions  roundedfacebook  roundedyoutube  roundedemail  roundedinstagram church websites by clover
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First Christian Church of Mesa | Who We Are Skip to main content Menu Menu Home About Us Who We Are Our Mission Our Staff Giving Worship CONNECT Calendar Building Use Home About Us Who We Are Our Mission Our Staff Giving Worship CONNECT Calendar Building Use Who We Are Our Mission We Are Disciples! Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) We are affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, Arizona Region . If you would like to know more about our denomination please click on the red links. Ministry Partners We support local service organizations and
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