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Don't blame your church-lateness on your family, Fenner. We all know your the one that's the cause of being late because you stay up all night writing bad poems that cause my eyes to bleed!!!
That reminds me of the denomination I once belonged to called "The Church of the Poetic Noetic Effects of Sin"
That reminds me of the denomination I once belonged to called "The Church of the Poetic Noetic Effects of Sin"
I just joined a new church this morning which belongs to the "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" denomination. They asked me to give them a year's worth of tithing during the service, so I did. But something doesn't feel right about it, so I'm going back tomorrow to get some answers from them.
I'll update you all tomorrow afternoon when I get back home.
I'll update you all tomorrow afternoon when I get back home.
Some people think they attend a large nondenominational church, only to later learn they attend a denomination that does not share its affiliation.
Nondenominational Congregations Study
Non-Denominational Vs. Denominational | eHow
The above links are two quick links that I read to learn about non-denominationalism.
The Hartford Institute states, according to the 2010 Census data, "four percent of Americans worshipped in a nondenominational church." However, the eHow link, approximately 330,000 Christian congregations are in the United States, according to a 2005 research study in the "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion." Based on the Journal, then, the eHow author said that Nondenominational churches are estimated to make up 12 to 19 percent of those groups. O
(Note: if the message is funky lookin, then it is due to ignorance on my part. The screen is showing random boxes where I am typing.)
Nondenominational Congregations Study
Non-Denominational Vs. Denominational | eHow
The above links are two quick links that I read to learn about non-denominationalism.
The Hartford Institute states, according to the 2010 Census data, "four percent of Americans worshipped in a nondenominational church." However, the eHow link, approximately 330,000 Christian congregations are in the United States, according to a 2005 research study in the "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion." Based on the Journal, then, the eHow author said that Nondenominational churches are estimated to make up 12 to 19 percent of those groups. O
(Note: if the message is funky lookin, then it is due to ignorance on my part. The screen is showing random boxes where I am typing.)
I wanted to edit the last submission of mine, but the 5-minute editable time passed.
I still need to edit to make this a better read, but I am adding it as is.
Otherwise, I might not submit anything else.
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If nothing else is read, remember this:
Some people think they attend a large nondenominational church, only to later learn they attend a denomination that does not share its affiliation.
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Nondenominational Congregations Study
Non-Denominational Vs. Denominational | eHow
The above links are two quick links that I read to learn about non-denominationalism.
The Hartford Institute states, according to the 2010 Census data, "four percent of Americans worshipped in a nondenominational church." However, the eHow link, approximately 330,000 Christian congregations are in the United States, according to a 2005 research study in the "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion." Based on the Journal, then, the eHow author shares that Nondenominational churches are estimated to make up 12 to 19 percent of those groups.
Between the two sites, there is significant variation. The Hartford Institute study is more recent (2010 or later) and, yet, shows a 1/3 of the percentage imagined by the eHow article author for back in 2005. Why 4% (present guess) and 12% (past guess)? It seems that 4% is based on the percent of all Americans. In other words, Total American population divided by number of American Non-denominationalist worshippers who attended a non-denominational church in 2010 (or whenever study was conducted) is where the 4% came from.
In contrast, the "groups" mentioned in the Ehow article's "12 to 19 percent of those groups" are Christian groups (# of Non-denominational congregations vs all Churches in America).
Therefore, the comparison to the two links' information could be a waste of time.
One is studies nondenominational worshippers vs all Americans; the other uses an older study on non-denominations vs other denominations (or "Christian congregations") of Christianity in America.
Sorry, if it wasted your time.
Hey, I learned something.
I still need to edit to make this a better read, but I am adding it as is.
Otherwise, I might not submit anything else.
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If nothing else is read, remember this:
Some people think they attend a large nondenominational church, only to later learn they attend a denomination that does not share its affiliation.
---------------------------------------------------------
Nondenominational Congregations Study
Non-Denominational Vs. Denominational | eHow
The above links are two quick links that I read to learn about non-denominationalism.
The Hartford Institute states, according to the 2010 Census data, "four percent of Americans worshipped in a nondenominational church." However, the eHow link, approximately 330,000 Christian congregations are in the United States, according to a 2005 research study in the "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion." Based on the Journal, then, the eHow author shares that Nondenominational churches are estimated to make up 12 to 19 percent of those groups.
Between the two sites, there is significant variation. The Hartford Institute study is more recent (2010 or later) and, yet, shows a 1/3 of the percentage imagined by the eHow article author for back in 2005. Why 4% (present guess) and 12% (past guess)? It seems that 4% is based on the percent of all Americans. In other words, Total American population divided by number of American Non-denominationalist worshippers who attended a non-denominational church in 2010 (or whenever study was conducted) is where the 4% came from.
In contrast, the "groups" mentioned in the Ehow article's "12 to 19 percent of those groups" are Christian groups (# of Non-denominational congregations vs all Churches in America).
Therefore, the comparison to the two links' information could be a waste of time.
One is studies nondenominational worshippers vs all Americans; the other uses an older study on non-denominations vs other denominations (or "Christian congregations") of Christianity in America.
Sorry, if it wasted your time.
Hey, I learned something.
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I was born in a Christian Coptic Orthodox family and was raised and baptized when I was a baby in the Coptic Orthodox church. It's a very deep church that requires a pretty strong person to grasp its beauty!
That's what we believe in:
And in one Lord; Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of light, true God of true God, Begotten not created. Who, for us humans and for our salvation, came down from heaven and was incarnated of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried, and on the third day, He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father, and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the Life Giver, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And in One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen!
That's what we believe in:
Truly we believe in one God; God the Father the Almighty; creator of heaven and earth, and all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord; Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of light, true God of true God, Begotten not created. Who, for us humans and for our salvation, came down from heaven and was incarnated of the Holy Spirit and of the Virgin Mary, and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried, and on the third day, He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father, and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the Life Giver, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets. And in One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church. We acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen!
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So what denomination have you chosen?
And if you haven't chosen a denomination, please don't say "non-denominational"; instead, give the name of your church and a short summary of your beliefs.
[lol since this particular topic isn't as apparently incitive as my other threads have been, I don't believe it will get many responses. But I'm bored, and interested in the diversity of the people here.]
I am a member of an Independent Baptist church
And you?[/QUOTE
I am a self-taught Christian, with non-denominational views. Stay out churches because the majority of them are 'lukewarm' and services too long, boring.
And if you haven't chosen a denomination, please don't say "non-denominational"; instead, give the name of your church and a short summary of your beliefs.
[lol since this particular topic isn't as apparently incitive as my other threads have been, I don't believe it will get many responses. But I'm bored, and interested in the diversity of the people here.]
I am a member of an Independent Baptist church
And you?[/QUOTE
I am a self-taught Christian, with non-denominational views. Stay out churches because the majority of them are 'lukewarm' and services too long, boring.
I was brought up Presbyterian but have been attending a Baptist church the past few years. However, due to some new philosophies introduced lately, I have been searching for a new church. I have been attending a Wesleyan church most recently. So, right now I am looking, but this new church is the closest I've found to my belief system.
Anglican reporting in. I get to be Evangelical, Reformed and missional, while also occasionally having an old school, catholic sensibility about worship. I don't think any other denomination tries to tap dance the Protestant/Catholic line quite like us Anglicans.
Plus we have all the best classic hymns, and you're never needing to look out for a good cup of tea. Coffee can be trickier, though.
Plus we have all the best classic hymns, and you're never needing to look out for a good cup of tea. Coffee can be trickier, though.
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Hmm I'm quite complicated, as a child I was in a Presbyterian church Sunday school in South Africa, then I came to the UK when I was 8, and didn't go to church after that. When I became a Christian (converted, got saved, born again, use the term you perfer ) I ended up attending a AoG Pentacostal Church when I was a university student (though I thought because it was in a traditional style building it was a Anglican church, as I don't think then I would have picked myself a 'happy-clapper' as I thought then church ) and it was was good time, they were great Christian community and offered allot for me to do in ministry in the church (such as local school assemblies and outreach). Then I came home and attended a Methodist church, and then I had dark period of life and walked away from church, and I have come back, but currently can't go back to the Methodist one, and don't see another church that takes the Scriptures seriously in reach. As such I have been attending an online church and using seasons online for the time being, and done my giving through charity and Christian outlets, and I'm on here .
So I have no idea what I am, I find something now in some the traditional churches like the Anglicans and the Orthodox churches appealing in some ways (Psalms are central in worship as is communion as an act of the community of the Church) and I do love that the Orthodox churches have retained a New Creation/resurrection of the dead emphasis (as I understand it from my limited outsider perspective looking at their church structures and how that symbolises the two spheres of creation heaven and earth overlapping and intersecting, and and a limited look at their theology) in their worship and life rather then a 'going to heaven' Platonic/Epicurean idea that it is flattened out into sometimes by default in the West. However I like the worship life in new churches, and the respect for Scripture and the need understand the Scriptures fully and what they say using the best tools and understanding that the Protestant tradition gives up.
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So I don't know, I'm an orthodox Christian (I would say evangelical but it's become such a wide term that in many ways it seems to have become a bit vague in its definition meaning one thing to one person, and very different thing to another), in that I believe fully in the orthodox creeds and their truth, and I believe in the Scriptures, and the narrative their give, in their inerrancy/inspiration (though of course how this works out is a matter of debate and discussion between many Christians), and how it points us to the authority of God invested in the Jesus the Messiah, who has all authority and power on heaven and Earth, and is the ruling Son of God, Lord of this world.
There is more, but I hope that gives some idea (since I don't a denomination as such) and I hope to soon find a church to be a apart of and be active in.
) I ended up attending a AoG Pentacostal Church when I was a university student (though I thought because it was in a traditional style building it was a Anglican church, as I don't think then I would have picked myself a 'happy-clapper' as I thought then church ) and it was was good time, they were great Christian community and offered allot for me to do in ministry in the church (such as local school assemblies and outreach). Then I came home and attended a Methodist church, and then I had dark period of life and walked away from church, and I have come back, but currently can't go back to the Methodist one, and don't see another church that takes the Scriptures seriously in reach. As such I have been attending an online church and using seasons online for the time being, and done my giving through charity and Christian outlets, and I'm on here .So I have no idea what I am, I find something now in some the traditional churches like the Anglicans and the Orthodox churches appealing in some ways (Psalms are central in worship as is communion as an act of the community of the Church) and I do love that the Orthodox churches have retained a New Creation/resurrection of the dead emphasis (as I understand it from my limited outsider perspective looking at their church structures and how that symbolises the two spheres of creation heaven and earth overlapping and intersecting, and and a limited look at their theology) in their worship and life rather then a 'going to heaven' Platonic/Epicurean idea that it is flattened out into sometimes by default in the West. However I like the worship life in new churches, and the respect for Scripture and the need understand the Scriptures fully and what they say using the best tools and understanding that the Protestant tradition gives up.
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So I don't know, I'm an orthodox Christian (I would say evangelical but it's become such a wide term that in many ways it seems to have become a bit vague in its definition meaning one thing to one person, and very different thing to another), in that I believe fully in the orthodox creeds and their truth, and I believe in the Scriptures, and the narrative their give, in their inerrancy/inspiration (though of course how this works out is a matter of debate and discussion between many Christians), and how it points us to the authority of God invested in the Jesus the Messiah, who has all authority and power on heaven and Earth, and is the ruling Son of God, Lord of this world.
There is more, but I hope that gives some idea (since I don't a denomination as such) and I hope to soon find a church to be a apart of and be active in.
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I am Greek Orthodox, baptised as a baby and recently very interested in discovering the essence of it.
For most of us here being christians is part of our lives in the way that breathing is. We don't fully understand how and why it works but we were born with the ability and we stay with it till the end of our lives. The thing is, we smoke a lot!
For most of us here being christians is part of our lives in the way that breathing is. We don't fully understand how and why it works but we were born with the ability and we stay with it till the end of our lives. The thing is, we smoke a lot!
