David1701 Posted July 14, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 15 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,731 Content Per Day: 3.52 Reputation: 3,524 Days Won: 12 Joined: 11/27/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted July 14, 2021 15 hours ago, LearningToLetGo said: It seems I missed the fine print. https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/#_ftn2 It's still a strange distinction in my opinion. Mainline Protestants should be born again and Evangelical. If they are not, then calling them "Mainline Protestants" is a misnomer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael37 Posted July 15, 2021 Group: Servant Followers: 21 Topic Count: 244 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 7,018 Content Per Day: 3.28 Reputation: 4,938 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/05/2018 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/23/1954 Share Posted July 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Riverwalker said: you lost me when I read the link had "white" in it. to my mind God made one race. Decided not to go there Evangelicals - Serious Christians Lives "Church" Mainline - Casual Christian Goes to "Church" on Sundays would be my take Not sure about elswhere, but NZ is survey mad. I try to decline them but when it's mandatory as part of Statistics NZ Government Census which attracts a fine for failing to complete, I comply. As well as the regular 4 yearly government census my wife and I were selected by Govt. lottery for 3 monthly monitoring on a whole range of questions, including religion. I usually just go with Christian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted July 17, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,256 Content Per Day: 3.32 Reputation: 16,671 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted July 17, 2021 Many mainline hold the doctrine that a baby is born again at their infant baptism. That is when you ask: If you've got it all, where is it all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted July 17, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,256 Content Per Day: 3.32 Reputation: 16,671 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted July 17, 2021 I used to be Lutheran but had several Lutheran pastors ask me what was different about me. After all, I had tears of joy while singing the Gloria and had to anchor my arms to keep them from floating up, while others repeated the words droning on without meaning. My face was lifted to the heavens while theirs were buried reading the ritual by rote. It is hard to watch a church die and turn into a lodge or a country club. Luther called his church evangelical, but perhaps most are that no longer. Now I go to evangelical fundamentalist churches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Von Posted July 18, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1,265 Topics Per Day: 0.44 Content Count: 2,637 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 760 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/04/1972 Share Posted July 18, 2021 On 7/14/2021 at 12:15 AM, LearningToLetGo said: I came across this article that contained several graphs depicting "Evangelical" vs "Mainline" Protestantism. I confess I don't understand the distinction? Can someone help me out? The only thing that makes difference in our lives is to hear Jesus' voice and abide by His teachings. Without this, everything isn't nothing more than mere religious formalism without value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Von Posted July 18, 2021 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1,265 Topics Per Day: 0.44 Content Count: 2,637 Content Per Day: 0.92 Reputation: 760 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/06/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/04/1972 Share Posted July 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, Josheb said: Does that mean change does not happen because of mere religious formalism without value? Precisely. Only Jesus Christ can give us capacity to repent and convert: 2Ti 2:24-26 -> "But the servant of the Lord must not strive, but to be gentle to all, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those who oppose, if perhaps God will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they awake out of the snare of the Devil, having been taken captive by him, so as to do the will of that one.". Quote Does sin not make a difference? Yes, the sin corrupts our innermost being and twist our concepts and values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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