What is your denomination? Quiz

[chrisnu]

I'm going a little crazy with these polls, I know, but I thought this was interesting:

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=denom

Mine were:

1. Methodist (Wesleyan Church)
2. Anglican
3. Baptist
4. Methodist (United Methodist Church)
5. Pentecostal

Interesting, because I don't think I would ever consider going to a Pentecostal church. I would not be able to worship in that way, at least how I have perceived that style of worship to be.

[Vlad!]

My #1 is:   Pentecostal
My #2 is:   Seventh day adventist
My #3 is:   Anglican
My #4 is:   Baptist
My #5 is:   Orthodox

Crazy...I don't consider myself to be *any* of these (or even to be particularly close to any of these).

[Josh]

I got Anglican, then Baptist. I sorta doubt my actual denomination (PCA) is included here, as my selections match up with PCA doctrine perfectly, so I guess these two options are kinda close-ish.

[bloop]

I went to the poll, then closed it.  Something about these things that ask me to not only give an answer, but to tell them how important I think the answer is.

[Vlad!]

I got Anglican, then Baptist. I sorta doubt my actual denomination (PCA) is included here, as my selections match up with PCA doctrine perfectly, so I guess these two options are kinda close-ish.

I thought I saw PCA on the list...it's also very possible that the creator of the poll doesn't actually understand what different denominations believe.

[bethany]

PCA wasn't on the list, but PCUSA and Presbyterian (AU) were. I also got Baptist and Anglican as my top two results, and I'm also a member of the PCA.

[Aaron]

anyone else catch the big typo: "legitament"...wow..


I think the quiz is flawed.  My top result was pentecostal but I either disagreed or put low "how sure" rating" if I agreed with questions that would slant the results toward the pentecostal camp.  RIGGED! 

[chrisnu]

Took the test again:

1. Anglican
2. Pentecostal
3. Baptist
4. Methodist (United Methodist Church)
5. Methodist (Wesleyan Church)
6. Seventh Day Adventist
7. Lutheran (LCMS)
8. Catholic
9. Orthodox
10. Quaker

Anyone here have experience with attending an Anglican church? I went to an Episcopal elementary school, and had chapel time every day, but I never attended a Sunday service.

[ajyouthguy]

1. Baptist
2. Methodist (Wesley)
3. Methodist (United Methodist)
4. Pentecostal
5. Anglican

[Simon]

1. Lutheran (ELCA)   
2. Lutheran (LCMS) 
3. Presbyterian (AUS)   
4. Anglican   
5. Presbyterian (USA) 
6. Seventh day adventist       
7. Baptist   .    
8. Methodist (United Methodist Church)   
9. Orthodox      
10. Methodist ( Weslyian church)

The only one I was surprised by was Seventh Day Adventist. I don't really know what they believe, but I firmly support worship on the eighth day. I was raised Presbyterian, but can't claim that I know much about any denomination. I am skeptical about how many denominations are on the list of possibilities for the list. For example, I got two kinds of Presbyterian, but not Reformed.

@chrisnu: I am in Oxford at the moment, and have gone to a number of Anglican churches. As I expect is probably in many traditions we might not expect, there is a huge range of diversity in the tradition. There is a church that is evangelical almost charismatic, a church that is essentially catholic (they call it anglo-catholic), and everything in between. I've been going to the anglo-catholic one and have enjoyed it. Most churches have much "higher" liturgy than my experience of American churches. High liturgy takes some getting used to, but it is comforting knowing that even if you don't always relate to it, hundreds of years of thought have gone into the liturgy and you are sharing worship with centuries of Christians. I often am troubled in more evangelical worship by questioning theological awareness and the problem of emotional manipulation. High liturgy does not imply a cold and lifeless church that the more evangelical Christian culture I grew up in led me to believe. There is a welcoming community (the vicar bought me a pint my first Sunday!) that is full of life in most every sense.

But every church is different, even within traditions. In the Philippines a charismatic brand of Catholicism is popular. I have trouble even imagining what that would look like. I have never heard of such a thing in the States. I wonder if we are uncreative in taking advantage of the diversity allowed within traditions, and are quick to drop traditions as soon as they don't satisfy our needs.

[chrisnu]

I often am troubled in more evangelical worship by questioning theological awareness and the problem of emotional manipulation. High liturgy does not imply a cold and lifeless church that the more evangelical Christian culture I grew up in led me to believe. There is a welcoming community (the vicar bought me a pint my first Sunday!) that is full of life in most every sense.

I am becoming more and more troubled by the emotionalism in more evangelical worship also. It's getting to the point where I feel like the congregation as a whole is looking to get something out of it more than service to God during times of worship, which should indeed be troubling. Worship is not about feeling close to God, even if that is a benefit; it's about revering God for who He is. I digress...

[spacebrat311]

Just can't shake those Presbyterian roots, eh Simon?

[NewDimension]

In the Philippines a charismatic brand of Catholicism is popular. I have trouble even imagining what that would look like. I have never heard of such a thing in the States.

My parents used to know people who were charismatic Catholics. In the 60's, many Catholics began interacting more with Penecostals and Charismatics, and thus the Catholic Charismatic Renewal began.

[Simon]

I believe that charismatic Catholics exist (or could exist), I've just never met one. Or heard of a church I could visit fitting that description.

@spacebrat: if you took the quiz, I bet you haven't shaken off your roots either. Not that we should have any reason to want to.

[spacebrat311]

Probably right.

[chrisnu]

I attended a Choral Eucharist (Rite 2) at an Anglican church (ACNA) this morning, and this is definitely somewhere I am going to return in my search for a new church. An elder in the church, who is a reader during the Holy Eucharist (Rite 1) explained that they consider their church "Anglo-Catholic", in terms of liturgical practices, although they did incorporate some contemporary praise songs into the service. This is almost the exact opposite of what I'm used to at an evangelical, non-denominational church. However, I appreciated the reverence and primarily vertical focus of the service, not on the priest or the congregants. There must be a lot of work put into arranging the service! The bulletin is over 20 pages long! I can appreciate that. I'm going to read through the bulletin and the welcome packet later today. They also had a time of fellowship (which they called "coffee hour") with refreshments in a separate parlor. It actively encourages fellowship; you really don't get that at the church I've been going to.

I am thinking of visiting a tiny Lutheran church (LCMS) next Sunday. Lord, help me find where I am supposed to be.