Church
Cuthbert First Methodist Church
Methodist / Wesleyan: a neutral profile of what this congregation describes about its beliefs.
Where to find them
Public details for this congregation.
No public contact details yetKnow this congregation's address or website? Point us to it.Suggest details
43.9678° N, 98.2240° WOpen map →TraditionMethodist / WesleyanAbout →
Sourcing statusTradition default
Beliefs on file754 positions
Statement of faithNot on file
Where they stand
Each position below is labelled by how it was sourced, so you can weigh it for yourself.
VerifiedConfirmed by the church
From their statement of faithEstimated, not verified
Tradition defaultEstimated, not verified
Showing 87 of 754 positions across 18 topics. Expand any topic to see the rest.
God & the Trinity53 positions
- Analogical LanguageAffirmsTradition defaultHuman language about God is analogical: true but never capturing God univocally as it captures creatures.Estimated, not verified
- Apophatic PriorityAffirmsTradition defaultWhat God is in himself is ultimately beyond human comprehension, so negative ("God is not...") statements are more reliable than positive ones.Estimated, not verified
- Arian Son First CreatureStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Son is the first and highest created being, brought into existence by the Father before all else, and therefore had a beginning.Estimated, not verified
- AseityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod exists from himself (a se), depending on nothing outside himself for his being or his perfections.Estimated, not verified
- BinitarianismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Godhead consists of two divine persons (Father and Son), with the Holy Spirit not being a distinct third person.Estimated, not verified
- Classical Theism PackageStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod is best described as the simple, immutable, impassible, timeless, pure-act being of classical theism.Estimated, not verified
- ConcurrenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultEvery creaturely act is simultaneously fully the creature's own act and fully caused by God concurring as primary cause through the creature as secondary cause.Estimated, not verified
- DeismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultGod created the world with its laws and now largely refrains from intervening; the world runs on its own.Estimated, not verified
- Divine Freedom To CreateStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod was entirely free to create or not create; creation adds nothing to and is not necessary for God's perfection or happiness.Estimated, not verified
- Divine Goodness Grounds MoralityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultMoral goodness is ultimately grounded in God's own nature, so the good is not independent of God nor merely arbitrary divine command.Estimated, not verified
- Divine SimplicityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod is metaphysically simple: without parts, and identical with his own attributes (God does not "have" goodness, God IS goodness).Estimated, not verified
- Eternal Generation SonStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Son is eternally begotten of the Father: a timeless, necessary relation, not an event in time.Estimated, not verified
- Exhaustive Foreknowledge FutureStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod infallibly and exhaustively knows the entire future, including all future free choices, as settled certainties.Estimated, not verified
- FilioqueAffirmsTradition defaultThe Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father AND the Son (the Filioque).Estimated, not verified
- Foreknowledge Grounds ElectionStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod's knowledge of the future is logically dependent on / responsive to what creatures will do (he foreknows because it will happen), rather than the future being settled by his decree.Estimated, not verified
- God ExistsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultA personal God who is the creator and sustainer of all things truly exists, independent of human belief.Estimated, not verified
- God Immaterial SpiritStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod is an immaterial spirit, without a physical body of any kind.Estimated, not verified
- God Is Love EssentiallyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultLove is essential to who God is in himself, grounded in the eternal love among the persons of the Trinity, not merely something God does toward creatures.Estimated, not verified
- God Knowable By ReasonAffirmsTradition defaultGod's existence and some of his attributes can be known with confidence by unaided human reason apart from special revelation.Estimated, not verified
- God Knows By His EssenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod knows all things by knowing his own essence (as the cause and exemplar of all), not by observing the world.Estimated, not verified
- God Pure ActAffirmsTradition defaultGod is pure actuality with no unrealized potential: never moving from potential to actual.Estimated, not verified
- God Responds To PrayerStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod genuinely hears and responds to petitionary prayer, sometimes acting differently than he otherwise would have.Estimated, not verified
- God Was Once A ManStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Father is an exalted being who once lived a mortal life and progressed to godhood, and humans can likewise progress toward divinity.Estimated, not verified
- Holiness Central AttributeStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod's holiness (his transcendent moral purity and otherness) is the controlling attribute that orders all the others.Estimated, not verified
- HomoousiosStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Son is of the very same essence (consubstantial) as the Father, not merely of a similar essence.Estimated, not verified
- ImmutabilityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod's essential nature, character, and purposes never change.Estimated, not verified
- Inseparable OperationsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe external works of God (creation, providence, salvation) are works of the whole Trinity acting inseparably, distinguished only by appropriation to a person.Estimated, not verified
- Meticulous ProvidenceRejectsTradition defaultGod sovereignly ordains and governs every event that occurs, down to the smallest detail, so that nothing happens outside his specific will.Estimated, not verified
- Middle KnowledgeRejectsTradition defaultGod knows, prior to his creative decree, what any free creature WOULD freely do in any possible circumstance (counterfactuals of creaturely freedom).Estimated, not verified
- Numerical Unity Of EssenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe divine essence shared by the three persons is one numerically identical essence, not three instances of a common kind.Estimated, not verified
- OmnipotenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod is omnipotent: able to do anything that is logically possible and consistent with his nature.Estimated, not verified
- OmnipresenceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod is fully present everywhere in his being, not merely in knowledge or power.Estimated, not verified
- OmniscienceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod knows all true propositions, including all of the actual past and present, exhaustively.Estimated, not verified
- One God NumericallyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThere is exactly one God, numerically a single divine being.Estimated, not verified
- Oneness ModalismStrongly rejectsTradition default"Father," "Son," and "Holy Spirit" name three successive or simultaneous manifestations of one indivisible divine person, not three persons.Estimated, not verified
- Ontological SubordinationismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Son is genuinely lesser than the Father in being or rank, not merely in origin or role.Estimated, not verified
- PanentheismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe world exists within God (all is "in God"), so God includes and transcends the world rather than being wholly separate from it.Estimated, not verified
- PantheismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultGod and the totality of the universe are identical; "God" is just another name for the whole of reality.Estimated, not verified
- PerichoresisStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe three persons mutually indwell and interpenetrate one another (perichoresis/circumincession) so fully that each is in the others.Estimated, not verified
- Persons Not ModesStrongly affirmsTradition defaultFather, Son, and Spirit are genuinely distinct persons, not merely three modes, masks, or roles of a single person.Estimated, not verified
- Plurality Of Gods HenotheismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThere exist or may exist other true gods, even if humans worship and are accountable to one God (a plurality/henotheism).Estimated, not verified
- Primary Secondary CausationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod ordinarily works through real secondary causes (natural laws, human agency) rather than acting directly, without those secondary causes being mere illusions.Estimated, not verified
- Process TheismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultGod and the world are mutually dependent and evolving together; God has a changing "consequent" nature shaped by the world and works by persuasion, not coercion.Estimated, not verified
- Sacred Name RequiredStrongly rejectsTradition defaultUsing the correct Hebrew form of the divine name (and of the Son's name) is important or required for proper worship and right relationship with God.Estimated, not verified
- Spirit Is Impersonal ForceStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe Holy Spirit is God's active power or influence, not a distinct divine person.Estimated, not verified
- Spirit Through The SonAffirmsTradition defaultThe Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father THROUGH the Son (per Filium), a formula distinct from both "and the Son" and "from the Father alone."Estimated, not verified
- Strong Immutability No Real RelationsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod undergoes no real change whatsoever, even in his relation to the world; what changes is the creature, not God.Estimated, not verified
- Three Persons One Essence BalanceStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe three persons are fully equal in deity, power, and glory, with no person greater or lesser than another in being.Estimated, not verified
- Timeless EternityStrongly affirmsTradition defaultGod exists wholly outside of time, in a timeless "eternal now," with no before or after in his own being.Estimated, not verified
- The TrinityStrongly TrinitarianTradition defaultEstimated, not verified
- Trinity Three PersonsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe one God exists eternally as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.Estimated, not verified
- TritheismStrongly rejectsTradition defaultFather, Son, and Spirit are best understood as three distinct divine beings or gods who are united in will and love.Estimated, not verified
- Unitarian Single PersonStrongly rejectsTradition defaultGod is a single divine person (the Father), and the Son and Spirit are not coequal divine persons of the one God.Estimated, not verified
Christ64 positions
- Assumed Fallen Human NatureStrongly rejectsTradition defaultChrist assumed a fully fallen human nature (subject to the effects of the Fall) in order to heal it from within.Estimated, not verified
- Assumed Unfallen Human NatureStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist assumed an unfallen, sinless human nature, untouched by original sin/corruption.Estimated, not verified
Sin & the fall40 positions
- Adams Sin Brought Physical DeathStrongly affirmsTradition defaultPhysical death entered the human race as a consequence of Adam's sin; humans were not originally subject to death.Estimated, not verified
- All Sin Deserves Death EquallyStrongly affirmsTradition defaultEvery sin, however small, deserves God's condemnation/death: there is no class of sin that does not by nature merit it.Estimated, not verified
Salvation43 positions
- Active Obedience ImputedStrongly affirmsTradition defaultChrist's lifelong law-keeping (his "active obedience"), not only his death, is imputed to the believer as their positive righteousness.Estimated, not verified
- Assurance Grounded In Christ AloneStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAssurance rests on Christ's finished work and God's promise, not on the believer's own works or sacramental performance.Estimated, not verified
The Holy Spirit42 positions
- Assurance Is Normal For BelieversStrongly affirmsTradition defaultSettled assurance of salvation is normal and to be expected for genuine believers in this life.Estimated, not verified
- Blasphemy Against Spirit UnforgivableStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThere is a specific sin against the Holy Spirit that is unforgivable.Estimated, not verified
The Church38 positions
- Baptism Is The Entry Into The ChurchStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBaptism is the rite of entry/incorporation into the visible church.Estimated, not verified
- Bishop Of Rome Has Universal PrimacyStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe bishop of Rome (the pope) holds a divinely instituted primacy of jurisdiction over the whole church.Estimated, not verified
Sacraments & ordinances36 positions
- Anointing Sick Is A SacramentRejectsTradition defaultAnointing of the sick with oil is a sacrament conveying grace, healing, and forgiveness to the seriously ill.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Mode Immersion RequiredLeans toward rejectingTradition defaultValid baptism requires full immersion of the body in water.Estimated, not verified
Worship & liturgy28 positions
- Bowing And ProstrationStrongly rejectsTradition defaultBowing, prostration, or full physical reverence before the altar, icons, or sacrament is fitting in worship.Estimated, not verified
- Communion Only SeasonallyStrongly rejectsTradition defaultCommunion seasons (a few solemn observances a year with extensive preparation) are the fitting pattern.Estimated, not verified
Last things27 positions
- A Literal Mark Of The Beast Is ComingAffirmsTradition defaultA literal future "mark of the beast" will be imposed as a condition of economic participation.Estimated, not verified
- Apocalyptic Prophecy Read Literally FuturisticallyLeans toward affirmingTradition defaultThe prophecies of Daniel and Revelation should be read primarily as literal predictions of still-future events.Estimated, not verified
Scripture45 positions
- Authority Holy Tradition OrthodoxStrongly rejectsTradition defaultScripture is rightly read only within Holy Tradition: the Fathers, councils, liturgy, and consensus of the Church.Estimated, not verified
- Authority Magisterium InterpretsStrongly rejectsTradition defaultThe authentic interpretation of Scripture is entrusted to the Church's living teaching office (Magisterium), whose judgments bind the faithful.Estimated, not verified
Revelation, creation & science31 positions
- Adam Special Creation From DustStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe first human was specially and directly created by God from the dust, not biologically descended from earlier hominins.Estimated, not verified
- Angels Created BeingsStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAngels and other spiritual beings are part of God's created order, made by God.Estimated, not verified
Life & bioethics57 positions
- Abortion Gravely Wrong In PrincipleStrongly affirmsTradition defaultDeliberately ending a pregnancy by killing the unborn is in itself a grave moral wrong.Estimated, not verified
- Abortion Permitted To Save Mothers LifeAffirmsTradition defaultAbortion is morally permissible when continuing the pregnancy would directly threaten the mother's life.Estimated, not verified
Sexuality & marriage43 positions
- Abortifacient Contraception WrongStrongly affirmsTradition defaultContraceptive methods that may act after fertilization (potential abortifacients) are morally wrong even if other contraception is permitted.Estimated, not verified
- Annulment Recognizes Invalid MarriageRejectsTradition defaultSome unions that appeared to be marriages were never valid marriages, and the church can rightly declare them null (annulment).Estimated, not verified
Society & politics41 positions
- Active Nonviolent Resistance ObligatoryAffirmsTradition defaultChristians should actively resist injustice through nonviolent means (protest, civil disobedience, noncooperation), not merely abstain from violence.Estimated, not verified
- Capitalism Intrinsically UnjustRejectsTradition defaultCapitalism as a system is intrinsically exploitative and stands under God's judgment; Christian faithfulness requires working to replace it.Estimated, not verified
Angelology Demonology42 positions
- Angelic Fall Caused By PrideStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe angels fell primarily through pride: refusing subjection to God / seeking to exalt themselves.Estimated, not verified
- Angelic Fall Predates Human FallAffirmsTradition defaultThe angelic rebellion occurred before the fall of humanity, and the serpent's temptation issued from an already-fallen angel.Estimated, not verified
Anthropology40 positions
- Body Essential To PersonStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe body is essential to being a complete human person, not an accidental or dispensable container for the soul.Estimated, not verified
- Body GoodStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe material human body is intrinsically good as created by God.Estimated, not verified
Covenant Law Israel25 positions
- Abrahamic Covenant Foundational And OngoingStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThe Abrahamic covenant is foundational and its promises remain operative for the people of God today.Estimated, not verified
- Believers No Longer Under Laws CondemnationStrongly affirmsTradition defaultBelievers are entirely free from the law's condemning function but remain under its directing function.Estimated, not verified
Mariology Saints59 positions
- All Believers Are SaintsStrongly affirmsTradition default"Saints" in the New Testament sense means all believers, not a special canonized class.Estimated, not verified
- Altar Relics Required Or ProperStrongly rejectsTradition defaultIt is fitting (or required) that altars contain the relics of saints.Estimated, not verified
Churches nearby
Other congregations in the directory near this one.
Want to study this church's tradition at the source? Bible Gateway Plus or Logos Bible Software pair well with any statement of faith.
Keep exploring
See where the Methodist / Wesleyan tradition typically lands, or take the quiz to get your % match with every church.