The Church of God (Cleveland) affirms the literal virgin birth of Jesus Christ — that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary without a human father. This doctrine is affirmed as essential to understanding Jesus as fully divine and without sin. The virgin birth is not merely symbolic but a supernatural historical event attested in the Gospel accounts.

The doctrine underscores Jesus's unique status as the God-man and the impossibility of sin being transmitted through a purely human lineage. It is foundational to Christian faith and is affirmed in the Church's official doctrinal statements and teaching.