Troy View 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
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us - Troy View Church Skip to content COME & VISIT WHO WE ARE KIDS GIVE MEDIA CONTACT US Instagram Facebook YouTube Email Loading... ABOUT TROY VIEW Our mission is to multiply fully devoted followers of Jesus About Us DanC 2025-04-11T15:14:20+00:00 Our Pastor: Dan Cain Hey! My name’s Dan and I began pastoring Troy View near the end of 2011 after serving as the Associate / Youth Pastor for 3 1/2 years at the Oregon Church of God in Illinois. Simply put, I want to share how awesome and life changing God & Jesus are and to help others become the person God’Source ↗
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About Us - Troy View Church Skip to content COME & VISIT WHO WE ARE KIDS GIVE MEDIA CONTACT US Instagram Facebook YouTube Email Loading... ABOUT TROY VIEW Our mission is to multiply fully devoted followers of Jesus About Us DanC 2025-04-11T15:14:20+00:00 Our Pastor: Dan Cain Hey! My name’s Dan and I began pastoring Troy View near the end of 2011 after serving as the Associate / Youth Pastor for 3 1/2 years at the Oregon Church of God in Illinois. Simply put, I want to share how awesome and life changing God & Jesus are and to help others become the person God’s created them toSource ↗
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