Pleasant Grove Church
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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.
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.
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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
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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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ | Who We Are Skip to main content Menu Menu Home Who We Are What We Believe Sunday Mornings Messages Children's Ministry Connect Impact Recharge H.E.L.P. Events Calendar Resources Home Who We Are What We Believe Sunday Mornings Messages Children's Ministry Connect Impact Recharge H.E.L.P. Events Calendar Resources A Brief History of Pleasant Grove... Over 180 years ago, people with vision started meeting in homes to study the Bible and to worship God. One of their slogans was, "we speak where the Bible speaks and are silent where the Bible is silent." No doubt tSource ↗
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Pleasant Grove Church of Christ | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu Home Who We Are What We Believe Sunday Mornings Messages Children's Ministry Connect Impact Recharge H.E.L.P. Events Calendar Resources Home Who We Are What We Believe Sunday Mornings Messages Children's Ministry Connect Impact Recharge H.E.L.P. Events Calendar Resources Statements of Our Beliefs Secondary Title We believe in one God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit We believe in God the Father, Creator of all things visible and unseen (Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 11:3) We believe in Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, OSource ↗
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