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« on: July 24, 2016, 09:21:58 AM »

I found an interesting quiz that matches your beliefs with 25 Protestant denominations.
http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=DenomSelect


My results
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: 100%
Episcopal/Anglican: 97%
United Methodist: 94%
United Church of Christ: 92%
Presbyterian Church USA: 85%
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod: 66%
American Baptists in the USA: 53%
Mennonite Church USA: 53%
Presbyterian Church in America: 50%
Church of the Nazarene: 48%
Evangelical Methodist: 48%
Mennonite Brethren: 40%
Brethren in Christ: 38%
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental): 20%
Non-Denominational Bible Church: 20%
Southern Baptists: 20%
Average Non-Denominational Church: 18%
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church: 18%
Free Will Baptists: 17%
Grace Brethren: 17%
Bible Presbyterian: 16%
Assemblies of God: 14%
Reformed Baptists: 9%
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental): 7%
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist: 0%
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2016, 12:01:10 PM »

         Presbyterian Church USA (100%)         
         United Church of Christ (97%)         
         United Methodist (94%)         
         Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (90%)         
         Episcopal/Anglican (82%)         
         Brethren in Christ (70%)         
         American Baptists in the USA (67%)         
         Church of the Nazarene (58%)         
         Grace Brethren (58%)         
         Mennonite Church USA (58%)         
         Presbyterian Church in America (53%)         
         Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (43%)         
         Reformed Baptists (41%)         
         Evangelical Methodist (39%)         
         Average Non-Denominational Church (38%)         
         Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (38%)         
         Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (31%)         
         Non-Denominational Bible Church (29%)         
         Southern Baptists (29%)         
         Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (28%)         
         Mennonite Brethren (21%)         
         Free Will Baptists (19%)         
         Assemblies of God (12%)         
         Bible Presbyterian (12%)         
         Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (0%)

I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2016, 01:28:04 PM »

Episcopal/Anglican (100%)          
Brethren in Christ (90%)          
Mennonite Church USA (90%)          
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (88%)          
United Methodist (88%)          
Assemblies of God (82%)          
Presbyterian Church USA (76%)          
United Church of Christ (76%)          
American Baptists in the USA (74%)          
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (66%)          
Church of the Nazarene (64%)          
Grace Brethren (62%)          
Average Non-Denominational Church (58%)          
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (58%)          
Free Will Baptists (54%)          
Mennonite Brethren (54%)          
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (46%)          
Evangelical Methodist (44%)          
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (43%)          
Non-Denominational Bible Church (43%)          
Southern Baptists (43%)          
Presbyterian Church in America (34%)
Reformed Baptists (30%)          
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (18%)          
Bible Presbyterian (0%)

Well, I'm a Mormon, so I don't fit with any of these, but hey, Episcopal ain't so bad.
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2016, 01:40:36 PM »
« Edited: July 24, 2016, 01:42:56 PM by Santander »

Episcopal is always #1 or #2 for me when I take these tests. (which makes sense) Southern Baptist is at 4%, which I guess makes my fascination with them rather bizarre, although I assume much of that has to do with my responses to the baptism questions.

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (100%)
Episcopal/Anglican (99%)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (88%)
United Church of Christ (79%)
Church of the Nazarene (68%)
Presbyterian Church in America (68%)         
United Methodist (65%)         
Evangelical Methodist (58%)         
Presbyterian Church USA (56%)         
Brethren in Christ (52%)         
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (47%)         
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (47%)         
Grace Brethren (43%)         
Mennonite Church USA (40%)         
Mennonite Brethren (29%)         
American Baptists in the USA (24%)         
Reformed Baptists (17%)         
Free Will Baptists (15%)         
Assemblies of God (8%)         
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (8%)         
Bible Presbyterian (4%)         
Non-Denominational Bible Church (4%)         
Southern Baptists (4%)         
Average Non-Denominational Church (0%)         
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (0%)  


I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh
The PC(USA) is basically pagan. Cheesy
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2016, 02:26:09 PM »
« Edited: July 24, 2016, 05:23:12 PM by RFayette »

Reformed Baptist, PCA were my tops.  

EDIT:  Retook reconsidering a few questions.  I got:
   Non-Denominational Bible Church (100%)         
         Southern Baptists (100%)         
         Free Will Baptists (90%)         
         Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (90%)         
         Reformed Baptists (90%)         
         Bible Presbyterian (80%)         
         Grace Brethren (80%)         
         Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (70%)         
         Mennonite Brethren (70%)         
         American Baptists in the USA (60%)         
         Assemblies of God (60%)         
         Brethren in Christ (60%)         
         Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (60%)         
         Evangelical Methodist (60%)         
         Average Non-Denominational Church (50%)         
         Church of the Nazarene (50%)         
         Mennonite Church USA (50%)         
         Presbyterian Church in America (50%)         
         Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (50%)         
         Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (40%)         
         Presbyterian Church USA (20%)         
         United Church of Christ (20%)         
         Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (10%)         
         United Methodist (10%)         
         Episcopal/Anglican (0%)   
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2016, 02:37:41 PM »

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (100%)         
Church of the Nazarene (88%)         
Episcopal/Anglican (88%)         
Evangelical Methodist (88%)         
Brethren in Christ (75%)         
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (75%)         
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (75%)         
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (63%)         
Grace Brethren (63%)         
Mennonite Brethren (63%)         
Mennonite Church USA (63%)         
Presbyterian Church in America (63%)         
United Church of Christ (63%)         
Bible Presbyterian (50%)         
Free Will Baptists (50%)         
United Methodist (50%)         
Assemblies of God (38%)         
Non-Denominational Bible Church (38%)         
Presbyterian Church USA (38%)         
Reformed Baptists (38%)         
Southern Baptists (38%)         
American Baptists in the USA (13%)         
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (13%)         
Average Non-Denominational Church (0%)         
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (0%)   
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2016, 04:26:03 PM »

Brethren in Christ (100%)         
Grace Brethren (86%)         
Mennonite Church USA (86%)         
Episcopal/Anglican (72%)         
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (72%)         
Presbyterian Church USA (72%)         
United Church of Christ (72%)         
United Methodist (72%)         
American Baptists in the USA (58%)         
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (58%)         
Mennonite Brethren (58%)         
Presbyterian Church in America (58%)         
Bible Presbyterian (43%)         
Church of the Nazarene (43%)         
Assemblies of God (29%)         
Average Non-Denominational Church (29%)         
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (29%)         
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (29%)         
Evangelical Methodist (29%)         
Free Will Baptists (29%)         
Non-Denominational Bible Church (29%)         
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (29%)         
Southern Baptists (29%)         
Reformed Baptists (15%)         
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (0%)   

Bizarre.  I plan on attending Episcopal Church services after I get resettled.  I had to google this "Brethren in Christ" church and is as I suspected a fairly small denomination, same with this "Grace Brethren" hullabaloo.  Mennonite?  Just... lol.  Not impressed with this quiz.  C-, would not recommend.

Are you a Christian now, Antonio?  I'm curious.
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2016, 04:28:23 PM »

Are you a Christian now, Antonio?  I'm curious.

Nope, still agnostic, but I've grown increasingly curious about Christian (and in general religious) thought and questions lately.
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« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2016, 04:51:20 PM »

1.  Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (100%)
2.  Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (100%)
3.  Free Will Baptists (71%)
4.  Non-Denominational Bible Church (71%)
5.  Reformed Baptists (71%)
6.  Southern Baptists (71%)
7.  American Baptists in the USA (59%)
8.  Grace Brethren (52%)
9.  Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (50%)
10.  Brethren in Christ (47%)
11.  Bible Presbyterian (31%)
12.  Mennonite Brethren (31%)
13.  Episcopal/Anglican (28%)
14.  Mennonite Church USA (17%)
15.  Average Non-Denominational Church (15%)
16.  Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (15%)
17.  Evangelical Luthern Church in America (13%)
18.  Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (13%)
19.  Presbyterian Church USA (13%)
20.  Presbyterian Church in America (13%)
21.  United Church of Christ (13%)
22.  United Methodist (13%)
23.  Evangelical Methodist (12%)
24.  Church of the Nazarene (2%)
25.  Assemblies of God (0%)
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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2016, 05:37:22 PM »

I stopped taking the quiz after question 11. What the hell kind of a theological category is 'abortion, homosexuality, etc.'?
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« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2016, 05:42:33 PM »

I stopped taking the quiz after question 11. What the hell kind of a theological category is 'abortion, homosexuality, etc.'?

Moral law?  The inclusion of both those matters in one question is ill-advised (as is the entire quiz, really), but those are important issues, no?
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« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2016, 08:25:25 PM »

I stopped taking the quiz after question 11. What the hell kind of a theological category is 'abortion, homosexuality, etc.'?

Moral law?  The inclusion of both those matters in one question is ill-advised (as is the entire quiz, really), but those are important issues, no?

Well...yes, but it's really really ill-advised to conflate them into one question, as if no denomination or theologian could possibly have separate views on those issues.
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« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2016, 09:54:44 PM »

Brethren in Christ (100%)         
Grace Brethren (93%)         
Assemblies of God (77%)         
Christian Church/Church of Christ Instrumental (77%)         
Mennonite Church USA (72%)         
Mennonite Brethren (64%)         
United Church of Christ  (non-instrumental) (63%)         
Church of the Nazarene (62%)         
Episcopal/Anglican (59%)         
Non-Denominational (58%)         
Seeker-Friendly Non Denominational (58%)         
Presbyterian Church in America (58%)         
Free Will Baptist (54%)         
Evangelical Methodist (48%)         
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (48%)         
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (45%)         
United Methodist (45%)         
Non-Denominational Bible Church (42%)         
Southern Baptist (42%)         
American Baptists in the USA  (39%)         
Reformed Baptists (37%)         
Presbyterian Church in America (35%)         
Presbyterian Church USA (33%)         
United Church of Christ (33%)         
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (14%)  
Bible Presbyterian (0%)
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« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2016, 04:37:11 AM »

I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh

Most of the mainline churches pay little attention to their historical theology.
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« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2016, 04:41:38 AM »

I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh

Most of the mainline churches pay little attention to their historical theology.
PCUSA is not the same as PCA which ranked much farther down your list Antonio.
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« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2016, 04:52:12 AM »

I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh

Most of the mainline churches pay little attention to their historical theology.

It really feels like a merger ought to be in order for some of these mainline churches.  It seems like your standard PCUSA church isn't far different from your average UCC church (which itself was originally a Reformed church anyway).  I think the biggest dividing line between mainliners and liberals now is church polity and worship style, with folks like Madeline and myself favoring high-church atmospheres with at least some form of hierarchy and BRTD-types going for the autonomous low-church style.
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« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2016, 05:12:28 AM »

Yeah, my impression from doing some basic research (read: Wikipedia Tongue) was that there was a lot more diversity in terms of theology, liturgy and politics within each mainline denomination than across them.
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« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2016, 09:43:16 AM »

                        United Methodist (100%)         
         Presbyterian Church USA (98%)         
         Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (85%)         
         United Church of Christ (83%)         
         Episcopal/Anglican (76%)         
         American Baptists in the USA (67%)         
         Presbyterian Church in America (67%)         
         Mennonite Church USA (63%)         
         Church of the Nazarene (61%)         
         Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (53%)         
         Evangelical Methodist (49%)         
         Average Non-Denominational Church (47%)         
         Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (47%)         
         Brethren in Christ (45%)         
         Mennonite Brethren (44%)         
         Grace Brethren (36%)         
         Reformed Baptists (31%)         
         Free Will Baptists (27%)         
         Non-Denominational Bible Church (27%)         
         Southern Baptists (27%)         
         Bible Presbyterian (22%)         
         Assemblies of God (21%)         
         Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (13%)         
         Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (5%)         
         Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (0%)   
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« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2016, 11:21:42 AM »

It was stupid to include abortion and homosexuality in the same question, but you can disregard any question by clicking "no preference."
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2016, 04:13:38 PM »

I'm not Christian and certainly not Protestant or Catholic (it's too bad Quakers aren't included, because that is the only Christian denomination that appeals to me in the slightest)
Just for fun I took the test to see how I would come out:

          Presbyterian Church USA (100%)         
         United Methodist (100%)         
         American Baptists in the USA (84%)         
         Presbyterian Church in America (84%)         
         Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (78%)         
         United Church of Christ (78%)         
         Church of the Nazarene (71%)         
         Episcopal/Anglican (70%)         
         Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (62%)         
         Mennonite Church USA (59%)         
         Evangelical Methodist (57%)         
         Reformed Baptists (56%)         
         Brethren in Christ (55%)         
         Grace Brethren (52%)         
         Average Non-Denominational Church (50%)         
         Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (50%)         
         Free Will Baptists (42%)         
         Mennonite Brethren (42%)         
         Non-Denominational Bible Church (42%)         
         Southern Baptists (42%)         
         Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (39%)         
         Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (38%)         
         Bible Presbyterian (28%)         
         Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (28%)         
         Assemblies of God (0%)   
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« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2016, 05:03:16 PM »

It was stupid to include abortion and homosexuality in the same question, but you can disregard any question by clicking "no preference."

But I do have preferences on both of those issues.
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« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2016, 09:28:00 PM »

         Average Non-Denominational Church (100%)         
         Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (100%)         
         American Baptists in the USA (85%)         
         Presbyterian Church USA (78%)         
         United Methodist (78%)         
         Assemblies of God (70%)         
         Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (62%)         
         United Church of Christ (62%)         
         Mennonite Church USA (52%)         
         Episcopal/Anglican (49%)         
         Brethren in Christ (39%)         
         Reformed Baptists (39%)         
         Presbyterian Church in America (38%)         
         Free Will Baptists (35%)         
         Non-Denominational Bible Church (35%)         
         Southern Baptists (35%)         
         Church of the Nazarene (26%)         
         Grace Brethren (23%)         
         Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (22%)         
         Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (22%)         
         Mennonite Brethren (22%)         
         Bible Presbyterian (12%)         
         Evangelical Methodist (12%)         
         Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (5%)         
         Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (0%)   
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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2016, 09:14:53 AM »

United Church of Christ (100%)         
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (93%)         
Episcopal/Anglican (84%)         
Presbyterian Church USA (78%)         
United Methodist (70%)         
Average Non-Denominational Church (66%)         
Seeker-Friendly Non-Denominational Church (66%)         
Assemblies of God (63%)         
Brethren in Christ (61%)         
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (60%)         
Grace Brethren (55%)         
Mennonite Church USA (55%)         
American Baptists in the USA (52%)         
Church of the Nazarene (49%)         
Presbyterian Church in America (44%)         
Evangelical Methodist (35%)         
Non-Denominational Bible Church (29%)         
Southern Baptists (29%)         
Mennonite Brethren (28%)         
Bible Presbyterian (23%)         
Free Will Baptists (22%)         
Reformed Baptists (22%)         
Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) (17%)         
Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) (0%)         
Independent Fundamentalist/Bible Baptist (0%)   

I am a member of an Episcopal Church, and I'm a little surprised I only match 84%.
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2016, 04:23:14 PM »

I stopped taking the quiz after question 11. What the hell kind of a theological category is 'abortion, homosexuality, etc.'?

To add to this, the selection of denominations is questionable to say the least. Microdenominations are included while relatively major denominations are ignored. For example the Bible Presbyterian church only has about 3000 members while while about half a dozen larger Presbyterian churches are ignored. Not a single Dutch Reformed church was included either.
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« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2016, 04:30:52 PM »

I'm confused... Aren't Presbyterians Calvinist? I voted no to all predestination questions and ranked them with high priority. Huh

Most of the mainline churches pay little attention to their historical theology.

It really feels like a merger ought to be in order for some of these mainline churches.  It seems like your standard PCUSA church isn't far different from your average UCC church (which itself was originally a Reformed church anyway).  I think the biggest dividing line between mainliners and liberals now is church polity and worship style, with folks like Madeline and myself favoring high-church atmospheres with at least some form of hierarchy and BRTD-types going for the autonomous low-church style.

There's on again off again speculation of a realignment in American Presbyterianism since there are roughly four to five 'parties' and over dozen denominations plus microdenominations. Typically one or both of the following are speculated to happen:

1) PCUSA loses conservative churches to the evangelical denominations while merging into a mainline 'supergroup'

2) The PCA splits between broad evangelicals on the left and confessionalists on the right and join up with the denominations to their left (EPC, ECO) and right (ARP, OPC, CREC),
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