Reamstown Church of God
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 Church of God in 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.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeweakACNA no unified position (some dioceses ordain women, others not). GMC restricts by role. COGIC restricts bishop role but ordains women to other ministries.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
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about_us
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About The Staff - Reamstown Church of God MENU Home About Our Beliefs You May Experience Counseling Services Church of God International Offices Directions About The Staff Devotional Ministries Children’s Ministries RCOG Students W.E. – Women Encouraged Forge Calendar Watch Give Contact Main Office Directory Workers Schedule Nursery Schedule Tot’s Schedule Sprouts Preschool JYC Teachers About The Staff Pastor Arthur T. Karick SENIOR PASTOR Pastor Karick is in his 40th year as Senior Pastor of the Reamstown Church of God. OriginaSource ↗
about
About The Staff - Reamstown Church of God MENU Home About Our Beliefs You May Experience Counseling Services Church of God International Offices Directions About The Staff Devotional Ministries Children’s Ministries RCOG Students W.E. – Women Encouraged Forge Calendar Watch Give Contact Main Office Directory Workers Schedule Nursery Schedule Tot’s Schedule Sprouts Preschool JYC Teachers About The Staff Pastor Arthur T. Karick SENIOR PASTOR Pastor Karick is in his 40th year as Senior Pastor of the Reamstown Church of God. Originally from the state of South Carolina, Pastor Karick answered the cSource ↗
about
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beliefs
Our Beliefs - Reamstown Church of God MENU Home About Our Beliefs You May Experience Counseling Services Church of God International Offices Directions About The Staff Devotional Ministries Children’s Ministries RCOG Students W.E. – Women Encouraged Forge Calendar Watch Give Contact Main Office Directory Workers Schedule Nursery Schedule Tot’s Schedule Sprouts Preschool JYC Teachers WE BELIEVE: In the verbal inspiration of the Bible. In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of thSource ↗
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