West Harlem Church of Christ
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What Churches of 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.
- Women in pastoral / ordained officeSTRONG1 Timothy 2:12; 1 Corinthians 14:34; historic apostolic practice.
Wrestles with
- Pacifism vs. just-warweakDefault just-war framework — usually unwritten. Inheriting at weak confidence.
In their own words
Statements
about_us
<!DOCTYPE html> About Us / Información ‹ West Harlem Church All services are bilingual / Todos los servicios son bilingües Menu Home / Inicio About Us / Información Audio Sermons / Sermones About Us / Información We are bilingual congregation located in West Harlem/ Hamilton Heights. Being a community that is both English and Spanish speaking, we seek to provide edification and fellowship for people's of either language. We are not the wise or powerful of this world, nor do we seek to draw people to Christ by means of earthly wisdom or power (I Cor 1:20-25).Source ↗
about
About Us / Información ‹ West Harlem Church All services are bilingual / Todos los servicios son bilingües Menu Home / Inicio About Us / Información Audio Sermons / Sermones About Us / Información We are bilingual congregation located in West Harlem/ Hamilton Heights. Being a community that is both English and Spanish speaking, we seek to provide edification and fellowship for people's of either language. We are not the wise or powerful of this world, nor do we seek to draw people to Christ by means of earthly wisdom or power (I Cor 1:20-25). Instead, we strive to sSource ↗
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