Waterway 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 Mennonite Church 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.
- Pacifism vs. just-warSTRONGAnabaptist pacifism — Schleitheim Confession Art. VI; Dordrecht Art. XIV.
- 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.
In their own words
Statements
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<!doctype html> About — Waterway Church Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events Get Connected Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give Contact Back Volunteer Small Groups Back About Giving Give Online Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events We want to see everyone we know become more like Jesus. Get Connected Volunteer Small Groups Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give About Giving Give Online Contact Scroll We want to see everyone we know become more like Jesus. Who Are We? Waterway Church – An Evangelical MenSource ↗
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About — Waterway Church Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events Get Connected Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give Contact Back Volunteer Small Groups Back About Giving Give Online Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events We want to see everyone we know become more like Jesus. Get Connected Volunteer Small Groups Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give About Giving Give Online Contact Scroll We want to see everyone we know become more like Jesus. Who Are We? Waterway Church – An Evangelical Mennonite Congregation existed as Media MennonitSource ↗
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About Giving — Waterway Church Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events Get Connected Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give Contact Back Volunteer Small Groups Back About Giving Give Online Plan Your Visit About Listen to a Message Events We want to see everyone we know become more like Jesus. Get Connected Volunteer Small Groups Children & Youth Ministries Missions and Outreach Give About Giving Give Online Contact Giving Tax-deductible donations for the church can be sent to: Waterway Church 550 Waterway Road Oxford, PA 19363 If you have any questions, feel freSource ↗
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