New Generation Church
AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.
Tension detected
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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Southern Baptist Convention denies.
This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
Southern Baptist Convention 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."
Southern Baptist Convention denies.
This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected. Only believers may be baptized. Infant "baptism" is considered unbiblical — no NT command or clear example supports it."
Inherited from denomination
What Southern Baptist Convention 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.
Confessional standard: 1689 London Baptist Confession
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
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> Toggle navigation Home About Us Worship About Pastor Contact Online Donation Calendar About New Generation Mission Statement "The church where Praise and Worship is our forum, and the Preaching of the Word is our Foundation." Committed to the excellence of ministry, in serving God's people and developing disciples for Christ. To make this ministry a worthy presentation to God thru: MEMBERSHIP FELLOWSHIP REAL-RELATIONSHIP STEWARDSHIP DISCIPLESHIP LESource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> Toggle navigation Home About Us Worship About Pastor Contact Online Donation Calendar About Pastor Pastor Maurice L. Jackson "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 Pastor Maurice L. Jackson has served as Pastor of the New Generation Church of Columbus, Ohio, since October 1992, when it was the then Consolidated Baptist Church. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Pastor JacksSource ↗
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Toggle navigation Home About Us Worship About Pastor Contact Online Donation Calendar About Pastor Pastor Maurice L. Jackson "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 Pastor Maurice L. Jackson has served as Pastor of the New Generation Church of Columbus, Ohio, since October 1992, when it was the then Consolidated Baptist Church. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Pastor Jackson has been preaching since the tender age of ten. He received a Bachelor of Theology from Tennessee Bible College. He also attendSource ↗
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Toggle navigation Home About Us Worship About Pastor Contact Online Donation Calendar About New Generation Mission Statement "The church where Praise and Worship is our forum, and the Preaching of the Word is our Foundation." Committed to the excellence of ministry, in serving God's people and developing disciples for Christ. To make this ministry a worthy presentation to God thru: MEMBERSHIP FELLOWSHIP REAL-RELATIONSHIP STEWARDSHIP DISCIPLESHIP LEADERSHIP Since God gave His best by giving His Son to die for us, we should endeavors to give our best in the service of the Lord thru: SUBMISSION SSource ↗
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