Singing Oaks Church
Pastor: Beau Davis
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 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
about_us
<!doctype html> Singing Oaks Church of Christ - About SOCC Singing Oaks Welcome About SOCC Ministries Sermons Contact Us Live Stream Give Connect Check In SOCC Vision Singing Oaks Church of Christ is called to Love God & Love Others as Jesus loved. We believe that this decision to love matures in each of us as the power of the Holy Spirit works through us to make us disciples of Christ. SOCC Ministry Staff Beau Davis EXECUTIVE/PREACHING TEAM Serving SOCC since 2006, Beau loves traveling, watching movies, and hanging out with his family. Jabbarri Jones WORSHIPSource ↗
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Singing Oaks Church of Christ - About SOCC Singing Oaks Welcome About SOCC Ministries Sermons Contact Us Live Stream Give Connect Check In SOCC Vision Singing Oaks Church of Christ is called to Love God & Love Others as Jesus loved. We believe that this decision to love matures in each of us as the power of the Holy Spirit works through us to make us disciples of Christ. SOCC Ministry Staff Beau Davis EXECUTIVE/PREACHING TEAM Serving SOCC since 2006, Beau loves traveling, watching movies, and hanging out with his family. Jabbarri Jones WORSHIP A native of the City of Angels in California, JabbSource ↗
about
Singing Oaks Church of Christ - About SOCC Singing Oaks Welcome About SOCC Ministries Sermons Contact Us Live Stream Give Connect Check In SOCC Vision Singing Oaks Church of Christ is called to Love God & Love Others as Jesus loved. We believe that this decision to love matures in each of us as the power of the Holy Spirit works through us to make us disciples of Christ. SOCC Ministry Staff Beau Davis EXECUTIVE/PREACHING TEAM Serving SOCC since 2006, Beau loves traveling, watching movies, and hanging out with his family. Jabbarri Jones WORSHIP A native of the City of Angels in California, JabbSource ↗
about_us
<!doctype html> Singing Oaks Church of Christ - About SOCC Singing Oaks Welcome About SOCC Ministries Sermons Contact Us Live Stream Give Connect Check In SOCC Vision Singing Oaks Church of Christ is called to Love God & Love Others as Jesus loved. We believe that this decision to love matures in each of us as the power of the Holy Spirit works through us to make us disciples of Christ. SOCC Ministry Staff Beau Davis EXECUTIVE/PREACHING TEAM Serving SOCC since 2006, Beau loves traveling, watching movies, and hanging out with his family. Jabbarri Jones WORSHIPSource ↗
Leadership
Who serves here
Beau Davis
Laura Russell
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