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Grace Community Church

📍Corsicana, Texas, United States
Pastor: Jason White

AI summary — doctrinal positions on this page are inferred by AI from this church's own public statements and may be inaccurate.

Tension detected

3 stances that depart from the denomination

The congregation's own words appear to differ from what its denomination's confession binds. This is an AI reading of the church's public text and may be inaccurate — the quotes below show what it's based on.

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Southern Baptist Convention denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected entirely. Each congregation is autonomous under Christ. There is no priestly class or institutional chain of authority."
Southern Baptist Convention denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — The Lord's Supper is an ordinance of remembrance, not a sacrament conveying grace. Christ is present spiritually through faith, but the elements are symbols."
Southern Baptist Convention denies. This congregation affirms.
"rejects — Rejected. Only believers may be baptized. Infant "baptism" is considered unbiblical — no NT command or clear example supports it."
Inherited from denomination

What Southern Baptist Convention 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: 1689 London Baptist Confession

Affirms
Denies
  • Apostolic Successionstandard
    Congregational and presbyterian polity reject the necessity of tactile episcopal succession.
  • Assumption of Marystandard
    Universal Protestant rejection — not attested in Scripture; not received as dogma.
  • Homosexual practice and biblical sexual ethicsSTRONG
    Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; historic universal Christian teaching.
  • Immaculate ConceptionSTRONG
    Universal Protestant + Orthodox rejection. Orthodox reject on the grounds that they hold prepurification at the Annunciation, not conception.
  • Infant BaptismSTRONG
    Baptist confessions (New Hampshire; BFM 2000 VII); Anabaptist / Schleitheim; Pentecostal fundamentals
  • Perpetual Virginity of Marystandard
    Natural reading of Matthew 13:55–56 (brothers of Jesus); typical modern Baptist / evangelical position.
  • Real Presencestandard
    Memorialist / Zwinglian view; typical Baptist and Free Church position
  • TransubstantiationSTRONG
    Orthodox reject the Aristotelian metaphysics; Lutherans use 'sacramental union'; 39 Articles Art. XXVIII rejects explicitly; Reformed/Baptist reject substance-change.
  • Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG
    1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
  • Pacifism vs. just-warweak
    Default just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words

Statements

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<!DOCTYPE html> About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God’s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationsh
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<!DOCTYPE html> About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God’s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationsh
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About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God&#8217;s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationships with other believers through Life Groups and p
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About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God&#8217;s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationships with other believers through Life Groups and p
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About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God&#8217;s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationships with other believers through Life Groups and p
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about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About | Grace Community Church Info I’m New Events Get To Know Us Contact Get Connected Next Steps Groups Kids Students Celebrate Recovery Media GIVE ONLINE Connect Grace Outward Blog Select Page OUR MISSION We exist to share the love of God with our community and world, empowering them to become fully growing followers of Christ. &#x37; OUR VALUES Discover We want to encounter God’s word through the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, meditation, and a daily walk with God. Connect We want to encounter God by building relationsh
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Leadership

Who serves here

Jason White
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