Trinity Wesleyan Church
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 The Wesleyan Church 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
- Infant BaptismSTRONGWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- 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.
- 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
- Believer's BaptismstandardPaedobaptist bodies practice adult baptism on credible profession where infant baptism was omitted, but do not consider it normative.
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> ABOUT - trinitywes.org ABOUT US I'm New Meet our Team Watch Live Service Our Beliefs Our History MINISTRIES Trinity Kids Ministry Trinity Student Ministries Adult Ministries Support Groups Recovery Church Lehigh Valley Prayer Opportunities EVENTS Events Page Baby & Kids Sale Fall Festival Live Nativity Easter Experience STAY CONNECTED RESOURCES Counseling Center Connect Card Who's Your One? Your Next Step GIVE Our History Trinity Wesleyan Church has a rich history, beginning in Allentown in 1914 (see HISTORY PAGE for detailed informatSource ↗
beliefs
Our beliefs - trinitywes.org ABOUT US I'm New Meet our Team Watch Live Service Our Beliefs Our History MINISTRIES Trinity Kids Ministry Trinity Student Ministries Adult Ministries Support Groups Recovery Church Lehigh Valley Prayer Opportunities EVENTS Events Page Baby & Kids Sale Fall Festival Live Nativity Easter Experience STAY CONNECTED RESOURCES Counseling Center Connect Card Who's Your One? Your Next Step GIVE The Wesleyan Church holds proudly to the basic beliefs that Christians everywhere have always held in common… The Wesleyan Church is committed to the Bible. We belieSource ↗
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ABOUT - trinitywes.org ABOUT US I'm New Meet our Team Watch Live Service Our Beliefs Our History MINISTRIES Trinity Kids Ministry Trinity Student Ministries Adult Ministries Support Groups Recovery Church Lehigh Valley Prayer Opportunities EVENTS Events Page Baby & Kids Sale Fall Festival Live Nativity Easter Experience STAY CONNECTED RESOURCES Counseling Center Connect Card Who's Your One? Your Next Step GIVE Our History Trinity Wesleyan Church has a rich history, beginning in Allentown in 1914 (see HISTORY PAGE for detailed information). Our church is part of the Northeast DisSource ↗
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