The 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.
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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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Church of God of San Jose | ABOUT Skip to main content Menu Menu Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach What We Believe Contact Us What is the Church of God all about? Church of God of San Jose exists " to guide people to be faithful followers of Christ ." We strive to be a church where people can come and experience God, not religion. Jesus came to start a movSource ↗
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Church of God of San Jose | Contact Us Skip to main content Menu Menu Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach What We Believe Contact Us Main CONTACT INFO Church of God of San Jose 937 Minnesota Ave. San Jose, CA 95125 408-295-3605 (office) 408-295-3638 (fax) office@sjcog.com (email) www.sjcog.com (web) Facebook: sjcog 4others info@4others.org (email) www.4otherSource ↗
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Church of God of San Jose | What We Believe Skip to main content Menu Menu Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach Welcome ABOUT What We Believe Contact Us Grow @ Home Messages Small Groups Men's Group Growth Group PromiseLand Kids Give Prayer outreach What We Believe Contact Us What We believe We may use a variety of language and music styles to communicate God’s word for today’s culture, but our message is as old as the Bible itself. We embrace historic Christian teaching, emphasizing: The triunSource ↗
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