Sardinia Church of Christ
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What Churches of 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
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> Sardinia Church Of Christ - Our Beliefs Home About Us Our Story Our Team Our Mission Our Beliefs Our Service Get Connected Next Steps Children Students Prayer Request Media Events Give Contact Our Beliefs Our vision at SCC is to share Christ and connect the world to His Church, one person at a time. We believe this can only happen as we stand on a strong foundation of the truth found in Scripture. Below is a list summarizing the core beliefs that make up our statement of faith. About God God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons:Source ↗
mission
<!DOCTYPE html> Sardinia Church Of Christ - Our Mission Home About Us Our Story Our Team Our Mission Our Beliefs Our Service Get Connected Next Steps Children Students Prayer Request Media Events Give Contact Our mission To Minister to Others and Make Biblical Disciples of Jesus through Relationship As disciples (followers) of Jesus, we are called to practice what we preach! The way we share Christ to the world is by serving others and showing them what it looks like to follow Jesus with our lives. This is called "making disciples", and it is what Jesus has asked us to do here on earth. AndSource ↗
beliefs
Sardinia Church Of Christ - Our Beliefs Home About Us Our Story Our Team Our Mission Our Beliefs Our Service Get Connected Next Steps Children Students Prayer Request Media Events Give Contact Our Beliefs Our vision at SCC is to share Christ and connect the world to His Church, one person at a time. We believe this can only happen as we stand on a strong foundation of the truth found in Scripture. Below is a list summarizing the core beliefs that make up our statement of faith. About God God is the Creator and Ruler of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the SoSource ↗
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