New Life Assembly Of God
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 Assemblies of God 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.
- 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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
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About | New Life Assembly of God Home About What We Believe Meet our Team Visit Ministries New Life Kids New Life Students The Woodstock Hope Center Future Foundations Sermons Connect Prayer Give Contact Home About What We Believe Meet our Team Visit Ministries New Life Kids New Life Students The Woodstock Hope Center Future Foundations Sermons Connect Prayer Give Contact About Us Welcome To New Life We are so excited that you are interested in New Life! Our mission is to help you experience “healing for your past and hope for your future!” Please join us in person or online. We ofSource ↗
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What We Believe | New Life Assembly of God Home About What We Believe Meet our Team Visit Ministries New Life Kids New Life Students The Woodstock Hope Center Future Foundations Sermons Connect Prayer Give Contact Home About What We Believe Meet our Team Visit Ministries New Life Kids New Life Students The Woodstock Hope Center Future Foundations Sermons Connect Prayer Give Contact What We Believe The Fundamentals THE BIBLE The Bible is God’s Word to all people. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because it was inspired by God, the Bible is trutSource ↗
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