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True Hope Fellowship
Protestant · Safford: a neutral profile of what this congregation describes about its beliefs.
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Address2580 South 17th Avenue, Safford, AZ, 85546
Websitehttps://truehope.church/
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Beliefs on file831 positions
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Showing 82 of 831 positions across 18 topics. Expand any topic to see the rest.
God & the Trinity54 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
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 fall42 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
Salvation49 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 affirmsFrom their statement of faithAssurance 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 Spirit47 positions
- All Gifts Continue TodayStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithAll the spiritual gifts described in the New Testament, including the miraculous ones, continue and are normative for the church today.Estimated, not verified
- Assurance Is Normal For BelieversStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithSettled assurance of salvation is normal and to be expected for genuine believers in this life.Estimated, not verified
The Church41 positions
- Apostolicity Is Doctrinal Not SuccessionalStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithApostolicity consists primarily in fidelity to apostolic DOCTRINE, not in an unbroken chain of ordinations from the apostles.Estimated, not verified
- Baptism Is The Entry Into The ChurchStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithBaptism is the rite of entry/incorporation into the visible church.Estimated, not verified
Sacraments & ordinances31 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 Of Desire Or BloodRejectsTradition defaultThose who die unbaptized may still be saved through "baptism of desire" or martyrdom ("baptism of blood").Estimated, not verified
Worship & liturgy29 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 things48 positions
- A Literal Mark Of The Beast Is ComingStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA literal future "mark of the beast" will be imposed as a condition of economic participation.Estimated, not verified
- Antichrist Already Came In First CenturyStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe antichrist/beast figure was a first-century reality (e.g., Nero or the Roman imperial cult) already fulfilled.Estimated, not verified
- Antichrist Is A Future Individual World RulerStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA specific future individual (the antichrist / man of lawlessness / beast) will arise as a world ruler before the end.Estimated, not verified
- Antichrist Is The Papacy Or An InstitutionStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe "antichrist" / "beast" is best identified with an ongoing institution (historically, the papal office) rather than a single future man.Estimated, not verified
- Apocalyptic Prophecy Read Literally FuturisticallyStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe prophecies of Daniel and Revelation should be read primarily as literal predictions of still-future events.Estimated, not verified
- Apocalyptic Symbols Timeless PrinciplesStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithRevelation's imagery depicts timeless spiritual realities and the perennial conflict of good and evil rather than datable events.Estimated, not verified
- Beatific Vision Seeing God DirectlyStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe supreme reward of the redeemed is the direct, face-to-face vision of God himself (the beatific vision).Estimated, not verified
- Christ Returns After A Golden AgeStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe gospel will gradually Christianize the world, producing a long age of righteousness and peace, after which Christ returns.Estimated, not verified
- Christ Returns Before The MillenniumStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithChrist returns bodily before the millennial kingdom and personally inaugurates it on earth.Estimated, not verified
- Christ Returns Personally BodilyStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithJesus Christ will return personally, visibly, and bodily to the earth at a future point in history.Estimated, not verified
- Church Will Endure The TribulationStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe church will be present on earth during the final tribulation and will be preserved through it rather than removed from it.Estimated, not verified
- Conscious With Christ After DeathStrongly affirmsTradition defaultAt death the believer's soul consciously enters the presence of Christ and remains aware while awaiting the bodily resurrection.Estimated, not verified
- Date Or Season Of The End Can Be CalculatedStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithIt is possible, by study of prophecy, to calculate or closely estimate the time of the end.Estimated, not verified
- Devil And Demons Eternally PunishedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithSatan and the fallen angels are consigned to eternal punishment in the lake of fire.Estimated, not verified
- Eternal Progress Epektasis No Static EndStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe blessed make endless progress ever deeper into God, with no final, static point of arrival.Estimated, not verified
- Final Judgment Of All HumanityStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThere will be a final judgment at which all people are judged by Christ and assigned their eternal destinies.Estimated, not verified
- Final State Is Earthly EmbodiedStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe eternal destiny of the redeemed is embodied life on a renewed earth, not a disembodied existence in a non-material heaven.Estimated, not verified
- Final State Is Heavenly Spiritual Not EarthlyStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe ultimate home of the saved is a heavenly, spiritual realm rather than a physical renewed earth.Estimated, not verified
- Future Bodily Resurrection Of The DeadStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThere will be a future, literal resurrection of the body: the dead raised with transformed physical bodies.Estimated, not verified
- Future Seven Year TribulationStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA specific future seven-year period of unprecedented tribulation (often tied to Daniel's seventieth week) remains to be fulfilled.Estimated, not verified
- Hell Is Eternal Conscious TormentStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe finally unrepentant suffer conscious punishment in hell that continues without end.Estimated, not verified
- Hopeful Universalism Without CertaintyStrongly rejectsTradition defaultWhile not asserting it as doctrine, one may legitimately hope and pray that all may ultimately be saved.Estimated, not verified
- Immortality Of Soul Not Bodily ResurrectionStrongly rejectsTradition defaultFinal hope is essentially the immortality of the soul in a spiritual realm, not the raising and transformation of the physical body.Estimated, not verified
- Judgment By Works For Believers RewardsAffirmsTradition defaultBelievers will be judged for their works to determine differing degrees of reward (while their salvation itself is secure).Estimated, not verified
- Limbo For Unbaptized InfantsStrongly rejectsTradition defaultUnbaptized infants who die occupy a state of natural happiness apart from the beatific vision (the "limbo of infants").Estimated, not verified
- Millennial Temple And Sacrifices RestoredStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithA future millennial temple with a restored sacrificial system (memorial in nature) will function during Christ's earthly reign.Estimated, not verified
- Millennium Is Literal Thousand YearsStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe thousand-year reign of Christ (Revelation 20) denotes a literal, future, earthly period of roughly a thousand years.Estimated, not verified
- Millennium Is Present Church AgeStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithThe "thousand years" is a symbol for the entire present age between Christ's first and second comings, during which he reigns from heaven.Estimated, not verified
- New Heavens New Earth Renewal Of This CreationStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe present creation will be renewed, redeemed, and transformed (not annihilated and replaced) into the new heavens and new earth.Estimated, not verified
- No Separate Rapture DoctrineStrongly affirmsTradition defaultThere is no distinct "rapture" doctrine at all; the New Testament describes one return of Christ at which the living and the dead are gathered together.Estimated, not verified
- Observable Signs Will Signal The Nearness Of The EndStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithIdentifiable signs (wars, earthquakes, gospel preached to all nations, rise of deception) will mark the approach of the end and can be discerned.Estimated, not verified
- Parousia Accompanied By Cosmic SignsStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithChrist's return will be accompanied by literal cosmic upheaval: darkened sun, falling stars, and visible glory seen by all.Estimated, not verified
- Prophecy Has Already Not Yet Dual FulfillmentStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithProphecy often has a layered "already / not-yet" fulfillment: partially realized and awaiting consummation.Estimated, not verified
- Purgatory Purifies Before GloryStrongly rejectsTradition defaultMany of the saved undergo a purifying process after death (purgatory) before entering the fullness of heaven.Estimated, not verified
- Rapture Before The TribulationStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithBelievers will be removed from the earth before a future seven-year tribulation period begins (pretribulationism).Estimated, not verified
- Rapture Could Be Secret Or InvisibleStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe catching-up of believers may be a sudden, partly secret event in which people vanish before the watching world.Estimated, not verified
- Rapture Distinct From Second ComingStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThere is a "rapture" (a catching-up of living believers to meet Christ) that is a distinct event, separated in time from his visible return to earth.Estimated, not verified
- Resurrection Body Is Physical ContinuousStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe resurrection body is a real, physical body in genuine continuity with the body that died, though glorified and incorruptible.Estimated, not verified
- Return Already Occurred Ad70Strongly rejectsTradition defaultThe decisive "coming of the Son of Man" prophesied in the Gospels was fulfilled in the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, not a still-future event.Estimated, not verified
- Return Is Imminent Any MomentStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithChrist's return could occur at any moment, with no remaining prophecy that must be fulfilled first.Estimated, not verified
- Revelation Charts Church History Age By AgeStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithRevelation symbolically charts the course of church history from the apostles to the end, age by age.Estimated, not verified
- Revelation Fulfilled In First CenturyStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithMost or all of Revelation's prophecies were fulfilled in the events of the first century (the fall of Jerusalem and/or Rome).Estimated, not verified
- Saints Reign On Earth In MillenniumStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithResurrected and/or transformed believers will reign with Christ on a renewed earth during the millennial period.Estimated, not verified
- Second Coming Is Symbolic Not EventStrongly rejectsTradition defaultLanguage about Christ's "return" is best understood symbolically (as the ongoing triumph of his cause or spiritual presence) rather than as a single future historical event.Estimated, not verified
- Two Resurrections Separated By MillenniumStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThere are two distinct resurrections: the righteous raised before the millennium and the rest raised after it.Estimated, not verified
- We Are Living In The Last Days NowStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithWe are currently living in the biblically described "last days."Estimated, not verified
- World Improves Progressively Before ReturnStrongly rejectsFrom their statement of faithHistory is trending, however unevenly, toward the visible triumph of Christ's kingdom in the world before he returns.Estimated, not verified
- World Worsens Into Apostasy Before ReturnStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe age will end in increasing apostasy, deception, and tribulation rather than in a Christianized golden age.Estimated, not verified
Scripture46 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 & science32 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 affirmsFrom their statement of faithDeliberately 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 & marriage42 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 & politics76 positions
- Active Nonviolent Resistance ObligatoryNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithChristians should actively resist injustice through nonviolent means (protest, civil disobedience, noncooperation), not merely abstain from violence.Estimated, not verified
- Almsgiving Is A Binding ObligationNo firm positionFrom their statement of faithGiving to the poor is a binding moral obligation, not optional charity, and to withhold from the needy is a sin.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
Anthropology47 positions
- Body Essential To PersonStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe body is essential to being a complete human person, not an accidental or dispensable container for the soul.Estimated, not verified
- Body GoodStrongly affirmsFrom their statement of faithThe 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
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