Rowan Christian Assembly
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 Assemblies of God 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.
- 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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!doctype html> What We Believe — Rowan Christian Assembly About Us I'm New Connect Events Give Church Online Prayer Back Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values Back Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Back Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups About Us Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values I'm New Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Connect Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups Events Give Church Online Prayer If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, click on the link to “ Life’s Greatest DecisionSource ↗
mission
Vision, Mission & Core Values — Rowan Christian Assembly About Us I'm New Connect Events Give Church Online Prayer Back Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values Back Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Back Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups About Us Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values I'm New Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Connect Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups Events Give Church Online Prayer Our Mission RCA’s Core Values Rowan Christian Assembly 923 N. Salisbury GQ Avenue, Salisbury, NC, 28146, United States 704.279.6676 info@rcaSource ↗
about_us
<!doctype html> Meet Our Team — Rowan Christian Assembly About Us I'm New Connect Events Give Church Online Prayer Back Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values Back Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Back Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups About Us Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values I'm New Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Connect Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups Events Give Church Online Prayer Meet Our Team Pastor Kevin Whidden Lead Pastor Men’s Ministry EMAIL Pastor Jodi Whidden Women’s MinistrySource ↗
mission
What We Believe — Rowan Christian Assembly About Us I'm New Connect Events Give Church Online Prayer Back Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values Back Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Back Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups About Us Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values I'm New Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Connect Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups Events Give Church Online Prayer If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, click on the link to “ Life’s Greatest Decision ” and learn how to be saved. Our prayer is that toSource ↗
about
Meet Our Team — Rowan Christian Assembly About Us I'm New Connect Events Give Church Online Prayer Back Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values Back Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Back Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups About Us Meet Our Team What We Believe Vision, Mission & Core Values I'm New Contact Us Plan Your Visit Next Steps Connect Ministries Life Groups Grow Groups Events Give Church Online Prayer Meet Our Team Pastor Kevin Whidden Lead Pastor Men’s Ministry EMAIL Pastor Jodi Whidden Women’s Ministry EMAIL Daniel Castillo Spanish Director EMAIL AliciaSource ↗
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