Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian 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 Evangelical Presbyterian 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.
Confessional standard: Westminster Confession of Faith · Westminster Larger Catechism · Westminster Shorter Catechism
Affirms
- Infant BaptismstandardWestminster XXVIII; Book of Concord SC IV; Council of Trent Session VII; Wesleyan Articles Art. XVII
- Marriage as one man and one womanstandardGenesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Permissibility of divorce and remarriageweakMatthew 19:9 (adultery ground); 1 Corinthians 7:15 (abandonment ground). Practice varies.
Denies
- Apostolic SuccessionweakCongregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
- Assumption of MaryweakUniversal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
- Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsstandardRomans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
- Immaculate ConceptionstandardUniversal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
- Perpetual Virginity of MaryweakNatural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
- TransubstantiationstandardOrthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officestandard1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Believer's BaptismweakPaedobaptist 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.
- Real PresenceweakCalvin's spiritual presence (genuinely present but not physically) is neither strong affirm nor deny; Anglican/Methodist typically hold a receptionist view.
- TheotokosweakConfessionally valid title (Ephesus is a received council) but not used devotionally; retained in liturgy where liturgy is retained.
In their own words
Statements
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church - What We Believe Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Staff WEPC Calendar WEPC Newsletter Contact Connect I'm New Sunday Mornings Children Students Young Adults Men Women Music Missions Growth Groups Support Groups Volunteer Registrations/Events WEPC Events Presby Preschool Give Media Blog Beliefs OUR FOUNDATION Our denomination, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, has crafted the following statement of our core beliefs. As a congregation, we wholeheartedly uphold these essentials of our faith. All Scripture is selfSource ↗
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<!DOCTYPE html> Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church - Mission and Vision Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Staff WEPC Calendar WEPC Newsletter Contact Connect I'm New Sunday Mornings Children Students Young Adults Men Women Music Missions Growth Groups Support Groups Volunteer Registrations/Events WEPC Events Presby Preschool Give Media Blog Mission & Vision The Mission The mission of Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church is to gather, grow, and go. It is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in tSource ↗
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Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church - What We Believe Home About Mission and Vision What We Believe Our Story Staff WEPC Calendar WEPC Newsletter Contact Connect I'm New Sunday Mornings Children Students Young Adults Men Women Music Missions Growth Groups Support Groups Volunteer Registrations/Events WEPC Events Presby Preschool Give Media Blog Beliefs OUR FOUNDATION Our denomination, the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, has crafted the following statement of our core beliefs. As a congregation, we wholeheartedly uphold these essentials of our faith. All Scripture is self-attesting, and beiSource ↗
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