River of Life Assembly of God 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 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 | riveroflifegt top of page Home About Us What We Believe Visit Us Our Ministries Men's & Women's Ministries Children's Ministries DRIVEN Student Ministries Sermons Events Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. what we believe These are 16 nonnegotiable tenets of faith that all Assemblies of God churches adhere to. This condensed version is derived from the official Statement of Fundamental Truths. 1. WE BELIEVE... The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind. 2. WE BELIEVE... There is onSource ↗
about_us
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--> About Us | riveroflifegt top of page Home About Us What We Believe Visit Us Our Ministries Men's & Women's Ministries Children's Ministries DRIVEN Student Ministries Sermons Events Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. About us our mission: Connecting people to Jesus and one another our vision: To bring people to Jesus, to develop them to Christlike maturity, and to equip them to minister to those in our church and outside it. Staff Paul & Carol Vincent Lead Pastors Paul & Carol Vincent have been pastoring River of Life since 2013. Paul & Carol met while atteSource ↗
mission
--> What We Believe | riveroflifegt top of page Home About Us What We Believe Visit Us Our Ministries Men's & Women's Ministries Children's Ministries DRIVEN Student Ministries Sermons Events Give More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. what we believe These are 16 nonnegotiable tenets of faith that all Assemblies of God churches adhere to. This condensed version is derived from the official Statement of Fundamental Truths. 1. WE BELIEVE... The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind. 2. WE BELIEVE... There is only One True God-revSource ↗
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