Just as challenging is the fact that The AALC is a confessional Church. This means that we subscribe to written statements of what we believe, teach and confess. It also means that we reject both explicitly and implicitly teachings that are. contrary to what we believe, teach and confess. As a result, we will be "for" some teachings and "against" others by the very nature of our confessional position. In the language of the Confessions, not only do we "believe, teach and confess," but we also "reject and condemn."
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