NewLife Gathering
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 Evangelical Presbyterian Church 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: Westminster Confession of Faith · Westminster Larger Catechism · Westminster Shorter Catechism
Affirms
- Infant BaptismstandardWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Marriage as one man and one womanstandardGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweakMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Denies
- Apostolic SuccessionweakCongregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
- Assumption of MaryweakUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsstandardRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionstandardUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Perpetual Virginity of MaryweakNatural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
- TransubstantiationstandardOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandard1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismweakPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
- Real PresenceweakCalvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
- TheotokosweakConfessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words
Statements
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> Who We Are - NewLife Gathering About Who We Are Meet Our Staff Prayer Team Connect Find Your Place Worship Small Groups NewLife Kids NewLife Students Men’s Ministry Women’s Ministry Young Adults Serve Missions Volunteer Give Contact Select Page Who We Are NewLife Gathering is a part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) conglomerate. The EPC consists of more than 600 churches with approximately 145,000 members. We have a world missions program with a priority on sending missionaries to unreached people groups. We are eager to plant churchSource ↗
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Meet Our Staff - NewLife Gathering About Who We Are Meet Our Staff Prayer Team Connect Find Your Place Worship Small Groups NewLife Kids NewLife Students Men’s Ministry Women’s Ministry Young Adults Serve Missions Volunteer Give Contact Select Page Meet Our Staff “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God.” Acts 20:28 CHRIS BLUE Chris is NewLife’s Praise and Worship Director. You’ll often see him on stage leading our incredibly gifted team of musicians and singers. Sometimes he disciples us in the prSource ↗
about
Who We Are - NewLife Gathering About Who We Are Meet Our Staff Prayer Team Connect Find Your Place Worship Small Groups NewLife Kids NewLife Students Men’s Ministry Women’s Ministry Young Adults Serve Missions Volunteer Give Contact Select Page Who We Are NewLife Gathering is a part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) conglomerate. The EPC consists of more than 600 churches with approximately 145,000 members. We have a world missions program with a priority on sending missionaries to unreached people groups. We are eager to plant churches across the United States and especially in urbSource ↗
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