What's the difference between Methodist and Anglican?
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Andrew M is perfectly correct on the history.  There is also now a big difference in church services and in church organisation.\n\nAnglican services are very stylised and formal, and proceed according to scripts laid down in the "Book of Common Prayer".  However, services in Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregational, and United Reformed churches are all quite different from that and very similar to each other, with less formality, and with mostly extempore prayers.\n\nThe Anglican church has a pyramidal structure of authority with the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury at the top, and  permanent holders of office at several subsidiary levels.  The other denominations listed above have generally only two levels - ordained ministers, and superiors who are elected from among them for a fixed period and who then return to being ordinary ministers.  This probably counts as a bigger difference than the style of service.
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I don't know, but the former Attorney General of the United States, John Ashcroft, said something like "Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him.  Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you."  Personally I think that was an insulting and offensive to the Muslim world.  Unfortunately I have yet to hear a better distinction drawn.
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Catholics are Christians.  \n\nChristianity has many different 'branches' called denominations, which all have slightly different beleifs on the interpretation of the Bible and slightly different practices.  Catholics are just one denomination.  Other denominations include Methodist, Baptist, Mormons, Evangelicals and so on and so forth.  \n\nHope this was some help!
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Preacher, Pastor, Minister, Chaplain, Priest are basicly the different words for the same person.\n\nIn some lay people can be licenced to preach but not be a pastor.\n\nPastor can also be an assitant to the head pastor, and so on\n\nA Chaplain is normally a Minister or Priest who works normally as a non denominational ministery working with the homeless, hospital, military and so on.&#92;&#92;\n\nSo why not go to the person, what ever his title is that heads your church and discuss your relisgion issues with them.
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Well, that would require a 100 page essay to list all the differences, and a major history language.\n\nBoth would be preferred , at least by me, over Roman Orthodox, but I would say Coptic would be closer to what the church was like after Jesus' death/Resurrection.
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The Church of England is Anglican.\n\nIn todays society there are churches called Anglo-Catholic or Anglican Catholic and various versions that are part of the Independent Catholic Movement.  They are churches that are not true to Rome and form in simular manners.
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The Church of England is what it is refered to in England. The Episcopal church is the name it was given in the US after the Revolutionary war. The name "Anglican" refers to the entire movement- CoE, Episcopal, and other churches around the world which are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.\n\nAll of the Anglican churches are independent and make their own policies.
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There isn't one person who is the worldwide leader of the United Methodist church. In the US, areas are divided into conferences. For instance, in Michigan there is the Detroit Conference and the West Michigan Conference. Each conference has a Bishop and a group of representatives from each church. The conferences are divided into districts, and each district has a superintendent. Other than that, I would say that GOD is the leader!
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Well, through history different churches broke away from each other and formed their own religions. IE the Church of England (Episcopals) broke away from Cathololicism, Methodist broke away from the Church of England. There are huge differences amoung many of them. I suggest visiting local churches to really know. beliefnet.com is a great religious resource.
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Liberal - More government intervention in economics, less in social issues\n\nConservative - Less government intervention in economics, contemporary Christian Right conservatives will say more in social issues, many will say less
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there is actually a british anglican church in downtown hamburg, although I forget its name.  I went there for Christmas.  It is near the "Michel" which is a famous German church in Hamburg.
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Differences between the two religions began the day Abraham separated Ishmael and Hagar his mother from Isaac and Sarah, the progenitors of these faiths.  Both religions believe in the same monotheistic God, but views on how to relate and otherwise commune with Him differ drastically.  Christianity teaches that Jesus is the only way to God, Islam teaches that Jesus was not God Incarnate, but rather a prophet of Allah, who at the end of time will come back to proclaim Islam the true religion.
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Wesleyan churches are often theologically associated with historical Methodism. This Protestant denomination advances belief in a trinitarian God and sanctification of the believer (holiness). They tend toward Biblical literalism (or at least have a strong reliance upon Scripture), and are somewhat evangelistic in nature.\n\nPerhaps this website will be of some help:\n\nhttp://www.wesleyan.org
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There is an organization called the Australian Anglican Diaconal Association.  I found some information on this group at:\n\nhttp://www.anglican.org.au/community.cfm?SID=16&SSID=27&PID=86\n\nUnfortunately the information doesn't look too current.\n\nYou might contact the General Synod's Office to find out if this organization is still in existance:\n\nContact the General Synod office \nPO Box Q190 \nQVB Post Office \nSydney NSW 1230 \n\nPhone: +61 2 9265 1525 \nFax: +61 2 9264 6552 \nEmail: gsoffice@anglican.org.au \n\nAs for the different Dioceses of Australia Sydney seems to be in the "limelight" even here in the U.S. Episcopal Church with the many innovations of worship and its views on holy orders and presiders at the Eucharist.  You can read some of this on Wikipedia at:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Anglicans
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As a Pastor I enjoy both equally.\nI agree with your little joke. In our Church the music is usually thumpin, and the preachin is usually jumpin.
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The Book of Common Prayer has been revised a number of times in its history. The first one of 1549 was almost the Roman Catholic Mass in English. This was changed 3 years later under Edward VI and again under Elizabeth I and Charles I. The last revision went before parliament in 1928 but was rejected on the grounds that it had become "too Catholic" (seeing as the Church of England is the official Catholic Church this is a strange irony).Since then, the Anglican Church whilst still  officially retaining the Common Prayer Book, is more likely to use the alternative book of Common Worship. In this Book, the celebration of the Eucharist is more in keeping with the original book of Common Prayer and more akin to the Roman Catholic celebration of the Eucharist. Allegiance to the 39 Articles is no longer compulsory for new priests. Everything goes full circle in the end!
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I don't know specifically, he is Methodist