TriPoint Church of God Alpena
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 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
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us | Mysite top of page Home About Us Events Our Ministries Donate Visit Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. About us TriPoint Church of God has been faithfully serving the community of Alpena Michigan since 1927. What began as a burden on the heart of John Kolar in 1925 formally took place in 1927. First Church of God, Alpena (TriPoint) began in Cottage Prayer Meetings and continued to grow. From 1927-1969, this congregation continued to outgrow each facility that they were in. In 1968, the church broke ground on a plot of land at the corner of BrookeSource ↗
about
--> About Us | Mysite top of page Home About Us Events Our Ministries Donate Visit Us More Use tab to navigate through the menu items. About us TriPoint Church of God has been faithfully serving the community of Alpena Michigan since 1927. What began as a burden on the heart of John Kolar in 1925 formally took place in 1927. First Church of God, Alpena (TriPoint) began in Cottage Prayer Meetings and continued to grow. From 1927-1969, this congregation continued to outgrow each facility that they were in. In 1968, the church broke ground on a plot of land at the corner of Brooke and Grant StreeSource ↗
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