New Life Community
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 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> New Life Community - What We Believe New Life Community Home Connect Children Students Adults Men Women Blog Community Classes Calendar Monthly Calendar Celebrate Recovery Media Watch Live Give Serve Job Openings I'm New Our Story What We Believe Mission and Vision Leadership Home Resource Center What We Believe "True evangelical faith...cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love..." - Menno Simons New Life Community is a diverse family of faith, continuously transformed through Jesus Christ, authentically loving God, each oSource ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> New Life Community - Mission and Vision New Life Community Home Connect Children Students Adults Men Women Blog Community Classes Calendar Monthly Calendar Celebrate Recovery Media Watch Live Give Serve Job Openings I'm New Our Story What We Believe Mission and Vision Leadership Home Resource Center Our Mission The mission of New Life Community is to transform lives through Jesus Christ. Our Vision We see our church as a diverse family of faith, continuously transformed through Jesus Christ, and authentically loving God, each other, and our community. Connect with us. We'dSource ↗
mission
New Life Community - What We Believe New Life Community Home Connect Children Students Adults Men Women Blog Community Classes Calendar Monthly Calendar Celebrate Recovery Media Watch Live Give Serve Job Openings I'm New Our Story What We Believe Mission and Vision Leadership Home Resource Center What We Believe "True evangelical faith...cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love..." - Menno Simons New Life Community is a diverse family of faith, continuously transformed through Jesus Christ, authentically loving God, each other, and our communiSource ↗
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