JSojourner
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Political Matrix E: -8.65, S: -6.94
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« on: January 14, 2009, 12:31:12 PM » |
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Liberal to conservative
Unitarian-Universalist Quaker The Metropolitan Community Church United Church of Christ The Episcopal Church in the US The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America The Presbyterian Church, USA The Moravian Church The Hutterite/Bruderhoff The United Methodist Church The Church of the Brethren The American Baptist Church The African-Methodist Episcopal Church The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) The Reformed Church in America National Missionary Baptist Association The Evangelical Covenant Church The Salvation Army The Churches of God, General Conference The Wesleyan Church The Christian Reformed Church The Free Methodist Church The Evangelical Friends Church The Church of God, Anderson, Indiana Association of Vineyard Churches The Baptist General Conference The Grace Brethern Church The Evangelical Mennonite Church The Missionary Church Conservative Baptist Association The Assemblies of God The Christian and Missionary Alliance The Evangelical Free Church The Church of the Nazarene Churches of God in Christ United Pentecostal Church The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod Southern Baptist Convention General Association of Regular Baptists The Lutheran Church, Wisconsin Synod The Presbyterian Church In America Churches of God, Pentecostal Various Holiness Churches Fundamental Baptist Fellowship
Keep in mind, there are often vast differences within denominations. For example, I know of American Baptist congregations that are extremely conservative, even though the denomination as a whole is quite progressive. The Presbyterian Church in America is extremely conservative politically, yet some individual pastors and congregations are quite liberal on some issues. You can find conservative, Evangelical Episcopalian and United Church of Christ denominations...and liberal Southern Baptist Churches. Such instances are anomalies, but they exist.
Also, some denominations may be very liberal on some issues -- such as the death penalty, poverty issues and war -- but extremely conservative on issues like homosexuality and abortion rights.
The above is hardly an exhaustive list. And I purposely limited it to Protestant denominations, not because I do not consider Catholic and Orthodox churches to be Christian (on the contrary!) -- I simply feel they deserve their own breakdown. And I would prefer to leave that to a Catholic and/or Orthodox poster. I also did not include any non-Christian religions, with the exception of the Unitarian-Universalists...some of whom embrace Christianity and many of whom do not.
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