Church of Christ at Concord Street
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
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What Churches 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.
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.
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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
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> Concord Street Church of Christ | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff What we believe The Bible, both Old and New Testament is God’s inspired word through His Holy Spirit. We use the Bible alone as our sole authority and guide for everything we practice and preach. (2 PetSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Concord Street Church of Christ | Elders Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Shepherds Our elders do a wonderful job of shepherding the congregation at Concord Street. To read more about these men please click see below. "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whicSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Concord Street Church of Christ | Deacons Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Deacons Our deacons are charged with oversight of various areas of work. To read more about the deacons, their areas and any ways you can help them, please click see below. "But let these also first be tested;Source ↗
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Concord Street Church of Christ | Elders Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Shepherds Our elders do a wonderful job of shepherding the congregation at Concord Street. To read more about these men please click see below. "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to sSource ↗
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Concord Street Church of Christ | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff What we believe The Bible, both Old and New Testament is God’s inspired word through His Holy Spirit. We use the Bible alone as our sole authority and guide for everything we practice and preach. (2 Pet. 1:21, 2 Timothy 3:16 - 17) The church is theSource ↗
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Concord Street Church of Christ | Deacons Skip to main content Menu Menu About Us What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Watch Live Sermon Archives Give Connect I'm New ESPAÑOL Ministries I'm Visiting Request Prayer Message the Minister Message the Elders Message the Office What We Believe Elders Deacons Ministers Office Staff Deacons Our deacons are charged with oversight of various areas of work. To read more about the deacons, their areas and any ways you can help them, please click see below. "But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blSource ↗
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