Whitehall Mennonite Church
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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
statement_of_faith
<!DOCTYPE html> What We Believe – Whitehall Mennonite Church Whitehall Mennonite Church To be the people of God; inviting others to know God. Home About Us History Calendar Broader Connections What We Believe What We Believe Confession of Faith 1995 Written by Mennonites in the US and Canada, this confession is still the primary document describing all aspects of our beliefs and doctrines. Shared Convictions are 7 convictions that the global Anabaptist movement housed in Mennonite World Conference have agreed upon as our theological distinctives What is an Anabaptist CSource ↗
about_us
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mission
What We Believe – Whitehall Mennonite Church Whitehall Mennonite Church To be the people of God; inviting others to know God. Home About Us History Calendar Broader Connections What We Believe What We Believe Confession of Faith 1995 Written by Mennonites in the US and Canada, this confession is still the primary document describing all aspects of our beliefs and doctrines. Shared Convictions are 7 convictions that the global Anabaptist movement housed in Mennonite World Conference have agreed upon as our theological distinctives What is an Anabaptist Christian ? is a document that incluSource ↗
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About Us – Whitehall Mennonite Church Whitehall Mennonite Church To be the people of God; inviting others to know God. Home About Us History Calendar Broader Connections What We Believe About Us History: We began in 1988 as the result of a vision by our first pastor, Robert Walters. Bob’s unrelenting passion and endless love saw the gathering of a group of people who were determined to found a faithful Mennonite congregation in the northern Lehigh Valley. Today we are a growing community church seeking to be a faithful witness to the presence of God’s Kingdom here and now. We view our unSource ↗
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