New Life Church
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A stance that departs from the denomination
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Assemblies of God USA denies.
This congregation affirms.
"Holy Communion - The Lord's Supper, consisting of the elements --bread and the fruit of the vine-- is the symbol expressing our sharing the divine nature of our Lord Jesus Christ."Source ↗
Inherited from denomination
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
<!DOCTYPE html> Our Beliefs | New Life Church top of page NEW LIFE CHURCH HOME About I'm New Our Beliefs Our Team Volunteering Watch Events Ministries Plan Your Visit CONNECT PRAYER Our Beliefs "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." -A.W. Tozer Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of our church and are based on the Assemblies of God 16 Fundamental Truths. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines. Inspired Scripture The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About | New Life Church top of page NEW LIFE CHURCH HOME About I'm New Our Beliefs Our Team Volunteering Watch Events Ministries Plan Your Visit CONNECT PRAYER Welcome to New Life Church We are New Life Church and our doors are always open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Discover more about who we are, what we believe, and what we do here. Our Beliefs How it all Started New Life Church began in 1979 in the New England town of Raymond in central New Hampshire. Although a small rural town of nine thousand,Source ↗
about
--> About | New Life Church top of page NEW LIFE CHURCH HOME About I'm New Our Beliefs Our Team Volunteering Watch Events Ministries Plan Your Visit CONNECT PRAYER Welcome to New Life Church We are New Life Church and our doors are always open to people from all backgrounds, regardless of where they are on their spiritual journey. Discover more about who we are, what we believe, and what we do here. Our Beliefs How it all Started New Life Church began in 1979 in the New England town of Raymond in central New Hampshire. Although a small rural town of nine thousand, New Life grew from aSource ↗
beliefs
--> Our Beliefs | New Life Church top of page NEW LIFE CHURCH HOME About I'm New Our Beliefs Our Team Volunteering Watch Events Ministries Plan Your Visit CONNECT PRAYER Our Beliefs "What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." -A.W. Tozer Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of our church and are based on the Assemblies of God 16 Fundamental Truths. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines. Inspired Scripture The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are verbally inspired of God and aSource ↗
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