Tabernacle 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> Our Beliefs — The Tabernacle Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW more information Our Beliefs learn more OUR BELIEFS The Tabernacle Core Beliefs THE SALVATION OF MAN Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is promised to all believers subsSource ↗
about_us
<!doctype html> Our Team — The Tabernacle Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Our Leadership Team Our pastors Pastor Mike and Jeannie have been leading our team here at The Tab since 2017. Prior to Tabernacle Church, they were the lead pastors at Bethel Church in Tampa, Florida. Pastor Mike describes himself as an "evangelist in a pastors office." His heart beats for the lost and broken. He lives his life to serve Jesus and help lead others into an encounter with Christ. UndSource ↗
beliefs
Our Beliefs — The Tabernacle Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW more information Our Beliefs learn more OUR BELIEFS The Tabernacle Core Beliefs THE SALVATION OF MAN Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Salvation is received through repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit which is promised to all believers subsequent to salvation as the entranceSource ↗
about
Our Team — The Tabernacle Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Home Our Team Serve What to Expect Our Beliefs Contact Us GIVE NOW Our Leadership Team Our pastors Pastor Mike and Jeannie have been leading our team here at The Tab since 2017. Prior to Tabernacle Church, they were the lead pastors at Bethel Church in Tampa, Florida. Pastor Mike describes himself as an "evangelist in a pastors office." His heart beats for the lost and broken. He lives his life to serve Jesus and help lead others into an encounter with Christ. Under his leadership, the Tab has thSource ↗
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