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The River Church

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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
Denies
  • Apostolic Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant BaptismSTRONG
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
Wrestles with
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words

Statements

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<!doctype html> ABOUT US &mdash; the river church New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS Scroll OUR MISSION Our goal at The River is to be a place where anyone can experience a life changing relationship with Jesus. We believe that God is alive and active in the lives of people and He desires that everyone would know Him and so do we! The mission of The River Church is to help people find and follow Jesus Christ. Spending our lives for God and His purposes is THE most rewarding thing a human bei
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ABOUT US &mdash; the river church New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS Scroll OUR MISSION Our goal at The River is to be a place where anyone can experience a life changing relationship with Jesus. We believe that God is alive and active in the lives of people and He desires that everyone would know Him and so do we! The mission of The River Church is to help people find and follow Jesus Christ. Spending our lives for God and His purposes is THE most rewarding thing a human being can do. It gets even bette
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about
ABOUT US &mdash; the river church New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS Scroll OUR MISSION Our goal at The River is to be a place where anyone can experience a life changing relationship with Jesus. We believe that God is alive and active in the lives of people and He desires that everyone would know Him and so do we! The mission of The River Church is to help people find and follow Jesus Christ. Spending our lives for God and His purposes is THE most rewarding thing a human being can do. It gets even bette
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about_us
<!doctype html> ABOUT US &mdash; the river church New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS New Gallery ABOUT US NEXT STEPS MINISTRIES Watch GIVE MISSIONS Scroll OUR MISSION Our goal at The River is to be a place where anyone can experience a life changing relationship with Jesus. We believe that God is alive and active in the lives of people and He desires that everyone would know Him and so do we! The mission of The River Church is to help people find and follow Jesus Christ. Spending our lives for God and His purposes is THE most rewarding thing a human bei
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Leadership

Who serves here

Paul Rivard