Pleasant Hill United 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
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Directions | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Directions | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Facebook Show Navigation Hide Navigation Welcome! About Us Contact Us Directions History How to Join Worship What to Expect Childcare Ministries Music Ministry Children’s Ministry Student Ministry Sunday Classes News and Events Calendar Newsletters Resources Online Giving Bible Study Reference Donate Thank you Directions Reach us from US75 taking the 46th St./ Hunter’s Ridge exit. Once on 46th Street, keep travelling east through all three rounSource ↗
about
About Us | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church About Us | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Facebook Show Navigation Hide Navigation Welcome! About Us Contact Us Directions History How to Join Worship What to Expect Childcare Ministries Music Ministry Children’s Ministry Student Ministry Sunday Classes News and Events Calendar Newsletters Resources Online Giving Bible Study Reference Donate Thank you About Us Contact Us Directions History How to Join Our Mission Statement Making disciples of Jesus Christ through worshiping, connecting, learningSource ↗
about
Contact Us | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Contact Us | Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Facebook Show Navigation Hide Navigation Welcome! About Us Contact Us Directions History How to Join Worship What to Expect Childcare Ministries Music Ministry Children’s Ministry Student Ministry Sunday Classes News and Events Calendar Newsletters Resources Online Giving Bible Study Reference Donate Thank you Contact Us PASTOR Marge Cox pastor@pleasanthillumc.org ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Deb M. phumctopeka@yahoo.com MUSIC COORDINATOR Kelly N NeimankSource ↗
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