Wesley Methodist Church
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 United Methodist 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.
Affirms
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsweakSame-sex marriage authorization implies moral affirmation.
- Infant BaptismstandardWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweakMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakVarious denominational actions (TEC 1976, ELCA 1970s, PC(USA) 1956, AG 1935, CofE 1994 priests / 2014 bishops, etc.)
Denies
- Assumption of MaryweakUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Immaculate ConceptionstandardUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Marriage as one man and one womanweakPC(USA) 2015; ELCA 2009; TEC 2015; UMC 2024. Same-sex marriage authorized in polity.
- 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.
Wrestles with
- Apostolic SuccessionweakLutheran and Methodist bodies retain 'succession of doctrine' language without the tactile chain.
- 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> About Us: Discover Wesley Church and Christian Parenting Resources top of page HOME ABOUT OUR TEAM EVENTS MINISTRIES WATCH/LISTEN GIVE WESLEY APPAREL STORE ABOUT US We Believe Our mission is to build a relationship with God and build a relationship with others. Wesley is a Community of Faith that accepts every person who walks through our doors just as they are . We long to be a wider family of faith, going beyond our building to be in ministry outside our doors. We live out our faithfulness to this community through participation in our four pathways of discipleship: WOSource ↗
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> OUR TEAM | Wesley Church top of page HOME ABOUT OUR TEAM EVENTS MINISTRIES WATCH/LISTEN GIVE WESLEY APPAREL STORE Our Team Pastoral Staff Rev. Michael McIntyre Lead Pastor mmcintyre@wesleymethodist.com Rev. Chad Walters Associate Pastor cwalters@wesleymethodist.com Youth Ministry Levi Zen Youth Pastor lzen@wesleymethodist.com Rachel Ernst Youth Worship Leader rernst@wesleymethodist.com Children's Ministry Emily Venturella Children's Ministry Director & Nursery Coordinator eaventurella@wesleymethodist.com Taylor Zen Children's Ministry Assistant wesleykids@wesleymethodist.cSource ↗
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