Pleasant View Mennonite Church
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Inherited from denomination
What Mennonite Church 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.
- Pacifism vs. just-warSTRONGAnabaptist pacifism — Schleitheim Confession Art. VI; Dordrecht Art. XIV.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
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<!DOCTYPE html> Pleasant View Mennonite Church - Purpose and Vision Home About Purpose and Vision What We Believe Our Story Staff Community Children Teens Women Prayer Group Media Give I'm New Contact Purpose & Vision Go therefore and make disciples... Our Purpose Our purpose is to be Christ's presence in our community; to nurture growth in our love for Christ, His body and for our neighbor. We exist to worship Christ sincerely, serve Him graciously in effective ministry and to love one another unconditionally. Our Vision The motivating passion for Pleasant View Mennonite Church to thrive iSource ↗
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Pleasant View Mennonite Church - What We Believe Home About Purpose and Vision What We Believe Our Story Staff Community Children Teens Women Prayer Group Media Give I'm New Contact What We Believe Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 Core Beliefs The following are the core beliefs of Pleasant View Mennonite Church based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines. God Jesus Christ The Holy Spirit We believe that God exists and is pleased withSource ↗
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