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Orleans Church of Christ

📍660 South Maple Street, Orleans, IN
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What Churches of Christ 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.

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Denies
  • Apostolic Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant BaptismSTRONG
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words

Statements

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<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Orleans Church of Christ Search Home About About Us Our Preacher Contact Us SERMONS - 2026 Bible Studies SONG OF SOLOMON Luke Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Colossians HEBREWS 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 - 2 - 3 John JUDE Revelation Mike's Musings Thoughts Worth Thinking ADDITONAL BIBLE STUDIES - BOOK FORM -- WRITTEN BY MICHAEL DAVIS ARCHIVED SERMONS - 2025 About Us Details 6929 The church of Christ at Orleans, IN began in 1963 when the late Emory Johnson and Geroge Galloway, and a few other devoted Christians determined this area needed the truth of God's
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<!DOCTYPE html> Our Preacher - Orleans Church of Christ Search Home About About Us Our Preacher Contact Us SERMONS - 2026 Bible Studies SONG OF SOLOMON Luke Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Colossians HEBREWS 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 - 2 - 3 John JUDE Revelation Mike's Musings Thoughts Worth Thinking ADDITONAL BIBLE STUDIES - BOOK FORM -- WRITTEN BY MICHAEL DAVIS ARCHIVED SERMONS - 2025 Our Preacher Details 7486 Michael J. Davis (Mike) was born in Marietta, OH, the eldest son of the late Claude S. and Stella Lou (Van Fossen) Davis. He was educated in the Marietta City School system
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Our Preacher - Orleans Church of Christ Search Home About About Us Our Preacher Contact Us SERMONS - 2026 Bible Studies SONG OF SOLOMON Luke Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Colossians HEBREWS 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 - 2 - 3 John JUDE Revelation Mike's Musings Thoughts Worth Thinking ADDITONAL BIBLE STUDIES - BOOK FORM -- WRITTEN BY MICHAEL DAVIS ARCHIVED SERMONS - 2025 Our Preacher Details 7486 Michael J. Davis (Mike) was born in Marietta, OH, the eldest son of the late Claude S. and Stella Lou (Van Fossen) Davis. He was educated in the Marietta City School system, graduating from Marie
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About Us - Orleans Church of Christ Search Home About About Us Our Preacher Contact Us SERMONS - 2026 Bible Studies SONG OF SOLOMON Luke Romans 1 Corinthians 2 Corinthians Galatians Colossians HEBREWS 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 - 2 - 3 John JUDE Revelation Mike's Musings Thoughts Worth Thinking ADDITONAL BIBLE STUDIES - BOOK FORM -- WRITTEN BY MICHAEL DAVIS ARCHIVED SERMONS - 2025 About Us Details 6929 The church of Christ at Orleans, IN began in 1963 when the late Emory Johnson and Geroge Galloway, and a few other devoted Christians determined this area needed the truth of God's Word. Since that early
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