Gospel Assembly Churches

==Doctrine==
Like other [[evangelical]] denominations, Gospel Assembly churches believe the Bible to be the pure Word of God.  Members utilize the term 'the Body of Christ' to refer to their fellowship exclusively, and 'Babylon' to refer to the remainder of the church world.  They consider their movement to represent a [[Restorationism|restoration]] of the early church.<ref>[https://www.watchman.org/profiles/pdf/gospelassemblychurchprofile.pdf Watchman Profiles - Gospel Assembly Church]</ref>

No formal doctrinal statement is published because they consider themselves to be continually growing in the grace and knowledge of the Lord.  However, they are distinctly [[nontrinitarian]]. Like most churches, primary worship services are traditionally held on Sundays, however, most often they are in the early afternoon, in a departure from standard practice.<ref>[https://www.gacindianapolis.com/schedule Gospel Assembly Church Indianapolis - Schedule]</ref><ref>[https://www.godfreygospeltabernacle.com/ Godfrey Gospel Tabernacle - Godfrey, IL]</ref>

They believe in [[Spiritual Communion|spiritual communion]], meaning that their communion takes place over the fellowship of the Word of God, and also do practice the literal [[Eucharist|Lord's Supper]] with [[Eucharist|the elements]].  The churches practice literal water baptism as an outward ritual, but also emphasize the spiritual aspects of the ordinances.