How are Baptist, Methodist, Evangelicals, and other protestent churches differ from one another?
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Its a bit of both. How they perceive the bible that differs.
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Here is a website that has some pretty detailed info on different denominations. \nhttp://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_practices.htm\nI thought it was pretty accurate from what (little) I know of different denominations. \n\nHope that helps!
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The differences are very slight between certain denominations.\n\n To get a very thorough understanding you should read this book...\nhttp://www.biblebelievers.org.au/7chindx.htm\n\nTo know more click here...\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/bibletruths_forbelievers/\n\n God bless you.
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If you protest the teaching of the catholic church and take another route while still believing in the same god you are a protestant, it started in the sixteen century with Martin Luther, who broke off of the catholic church and started a separated church following the teachings of the bible as he thougth was the right way. today there are many denomination and are call protestants: anglicans,bautists,pentecostalts etc...
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OK, Baptists are not protestants, protestants are break aways from Catholicism at the reformation. Greek catholics and roman catholics split in 869 ad; then in 1530 Martin Luther started the Lutheran church; 1531 the church of England broke away; 1541 Presbyterian church formed 1602 congregationalists formed; 1785 Methodists came from the church of England; 1810 the Cumberland church formed from the Presbyterians; then finally in 1812 the Disciples from the Presbyterians. The Episcopalians, and others were formed later but all derived from these. Baptists are fractured into many (60 - 100) But can trace themselves back to John the Baptist without Catholicism.
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History.  Methodists are very close to Presbyterians, the main difference being that Methodists believe in "pre-venient grace" which is an impulse of the Holy Spirit driving people towards believing and finding salvation in Christ (as the hymn puts it, "whosever will may come") and Presbyterians believe in the Calvinistic doctrine of election, which means that only those who are predestined to be saved will find salvation.  Both churches practise infant baptism.  Baptists believe that through God's grace all may find salvation and that only when a person comes to a personal belief in Jesus Christ should that person be baptised.\n\nThere is, of course, far more to it than that and there are permutations even within those three main denominations.
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I'm not really sure about the difference between those denominations.\n\nHowever, as for the question in your additional details, I'm right there with you.  It's SOOO frustrating when I'm trying to help someone, and there are so many other nonsense answers.  As kind of a test, in one of my questions, I gave specific instructions NOT to answer unless you met the qualifications stated.  Most of the answers are somewhat related to the question, but only 2 I think were actually what I was asking for.  So, I would guess that the percentage of those who read the question is only about 10% (maybe less?).\n\nGood luck on educating yourself on the different denominations.  I myself have been interested in this, just haven't had a lot of time to pursue it thought!  God bless!\n\n(edit)\n\nGood news!  I found a website that has some pretty detailed info on different denominations.  \nhttp://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_practices.htm\nI thought it was pretty accurate from what (little) I know of different denominations.  \n\nHope that helps!
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There are second, and third Baptist churches and the like, but this is all a tradition back when the first churches ever were being established in this country. Pretty soon, if a town didn't have your denominations church, it was time to plant one, making it, again, first. Nobody really cares about that anymore, and a lot of churches which are 150 years old called First Church of something, are beginning to change their names to something more relevant and meaningful to their culture. Denominational names are starting to go the same way, since the unchurched public has no idea what any particular denomination believes compared to another anyway. Something like Friendship Community Church would mean more to a person today than, for example, First Presbyterian Church.
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The Presbyterian Church is a denomination of Christianity, but is not the same as Baptist. I'm not Presbyterian, but in college I was involved with the Presbyterian Campus Ministries. They seem to be more progressive in terms of current events and church practices. Even though I'm Lutheran, I still felt very comfortable participating in all their worship and events. The only way to know for yourself is to go to a service at a Presbyterian church. The main thing is that they are followers of Christ and believers in the Bible.
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Some religions shun the use of all liquor, while others are more tolerant.  One of the religions which shuns drinking alcohol is the Baptist Church.
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It's a fundamental difference in how the religions are practiced.  For example:  Confession, birth control, and the guy with the funny hat.
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I'm an anabaptist, from the Church of the Brethren, but most of our churches are not very conservative. There are some conservative churches in my denomination. Check out www.brethren.org.
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A few differences. Most Christians believe similar things unlike the FALSE religion of those who knock on doors.\n\nSay no more.
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Completely agree!! Religion (Christianity very much included)is all about self-righteous arrogance, justifying any sort of deviation from its own standards whenever it suits them and (my personal favourite...)justifying hate against anyone with differing beliefs, races and sexual orientations all the while spreading the message of god's love to all...aaaarrrggh...now I'm angry too!!\nRe: androcles comment; That has got to be the most ridiculous comment ever, comparing football clubs to churches is just nonsensical! They are not going around preaching, about how you should love and help your neighbour and then spending money which they could have used to practice what they preach! Football clubs are a business these days and you could have used them interchangeably with anything else like the construction of your local Tesco (do we really need a Sainsbury's and a Tesco - see what I mean about a ridiculous argument!!!)
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They aren't Baptists, they're their own little Christian cult, mostly made up of the children and relatives of a serious nutjob named Fred Phelps. He's been doing this shit for well over a decade. A lot of the people in the church are lawyers, and they support themselves on lawsuits against people who try to ban them from protesting, etc. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._Fred_Phelps\n\nThese guys ride to funerals that Phelps and his morons are protesting and do their best to keep the families from having to deal with the jerks. http://www.patriotguard.org/
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There are countless denominations here are a few.\n\nBaptist\nMethodist\nLutheran\nCalvinist\nPresbyterian\nPentecostal Apostolic\nUnity\nMormon - though radically different from mainstream\nJehovah Witnesses\nCatholic\njust to name a few
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Hello.  I was raised Southern Baptist in Texas.  I'm not sure which branch of the Baptist church you are attending, but the basic tenants of all Baptist churches are: 1) Jesus Christ is the human incarnation of God; 2) He was crucified and died for the forgiveness of the sins of all humankind; 3) He was resurrected on the third day after His death; 4) He ascended to heaven where he sits with God; 5) His gift to us when he departed was leaving us with the Holy Spirit; 6) Christ will come again at the end of the world; 7) God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are three-in-one - the Trinity. 7) Baptism is a voluntary external demonstration of an internal acceptance of Christ as your personal savior.\n\nAfter those basic facts, churches can vary widely on their interpretation of Biblical events and on their doctrinal beliefs.  The book of Revelations provides great material for debates in the Baptist church.  Baptist churches are also largely evangelical - they believe in sharing the word of God with others and inviting outside people to visit the church and worship with them.  The Baptist church is not generally a place where you will hear a pastor say "our denomination is the only one that has it right."  Baptists generally believe that all denominations of Christianity are worshiping the same God and the same Christ, but that there are ceremonial and some doctrinal differences in the way the worship services are conducted.  I hope this information helps!  Please let me know if you would like to discuss the topic further.  \n\nBy the way, one of the previous respondents mentioned that women were treated as second-class citizens.  I have to say that I wonder what Baptist church this person has visited.  I taught Sunday School at my church from a very young age and was a very respected person (regardless of gender) there.  Women and men held equal positions in the church council, and were given equal voice.  While I'm sure that there are unfortunate areas of the United States where gender discrimination occurs in and out of church, I am proud to say I have not encountered it. Also, I am Mexican-American.  I never encountered racism in my church.  I did encounter racism in my public high school, and even in the work force, but the church was always a haven where everyone was welcome and treated with respect.  I hope and pray that you find a church home that follows the most basic teaching of Christ: "Love one another".  -Amy