Favorite Protestant denomination

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Something where if you miss a Sunday it’s not a sin, lol.

In all seriousness, I would probably go back to a non denominational Church. It was so easy to interpret things (the bible especially) your own way and worship was awesome. Alot less rules, alot less guilt. Very happy clappy. Oh, and OSAS was there too, so you had that going for you.
 
Although my experience is pretty limited, I tend to like most of the mainstream protestant religions. They all have great hymns.
 
KidShellen said:
For Catholics. Which Protestant denomination do you respect the most?

I’m not too educated on the different denominations, but I would say I really like the Baptists.
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If I had no other choice.
Music: Lutheran.
Liturgy: Episcopal.
Preaching: Methodist (or something calm and gentle).

When I was younger: 😃
Music: Rock n’ Roll Fellowship.
Liturgy: What’s that?
Preaching: Independent Fundamental, Soul-winning, Separated, Hellfire n’ Brimstone, KJV-only Baptist Church.

Thank God for maturity. :cool:
 
KidShellen said:
For Catholics. Which Protestant denomination do you respect the most?

I’m not too educated on the different denominations, but I would say I really like the Baptists.
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Assuming someone baptized and confirmed in a RC church but not practicing fits your definition, there are more than one for me. I especially respect the mainline churches United Church of Christ, PCUSA, TEC, ELCA, and Disciples of Christ for their inclusiveness though as I understand it the degree can still vary somewhat among these and among congregations. And I love the concept of open communion being able to receive when called, which to my knowledge each practices at least for anyone baptized in the Trinitarian form. Other things I respect are that DoC,TEC, ELCA also have weekly communion. And I know of a couple Episcopal churches that offer a variety of services, traditional to jazz music to a band, for whichever most speaks to the person. And another that despite its small size and very modest space, helps provide thousands of meals a month to the homeless and needy.

Non denominations I’m less certain about. To me they seem to still be like their own denominations anyway.
 
Skye_Ariel said:
I would say the non denominational protestants. They are just people who worship God the best way they know how and because since they are not bound to any particular denomination, that makes them the closest to Catholics.
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Non denomination is just another denomination. I don’t think communities like calvary chapel even consider Catholics Christian.
 
Favorite Protestant denomination?

I guess not exactly a denomination but I will say the Society of St. Pius X.
 
Kindness said:
I don’t get the impression that the Baptists are very keen on us though. Some times I read comments online on other Christian websites that say misinformed and even offensive things about Catholics such as we are legalistic, are not saved, don’t know Jesus and think our works alone will get us into heaven and the author of the comment identifies as Baptist. I say, charity to all and assume good of others. Often Evangelicals don’t realise how close they are to Catholics in terms of strong belief in the supernatural, miracles and power of the Holy Spirit with an emphasis on holiness. They crave an encounter with God and if they only understood the Mass and our encounter with the living God - Soul, Body and Divinity as a physical reality then more might want to come home.
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Yeah, I’m aware that many Baptists are pretty anti-Catholic. 😦 It usually seems to come more from the Independent/Fundamentalist types
 
johnnyc176 said:
Favorite Protestant denomination?

I guess not exactly a denomination but I will say the Society of St. Pius X.
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I don’t think it would be fair to call them Protestants. I mean they do accept the Pope as legitimate. They’re just disobedient Catholics
 
Mennonites. When I was a baby, we lived on a farm with some Mennonite families. They were very visibly prayer-oriented, and they were extremely practical, to boot.

When I see so many of the Catholic parishes around me trying to do ‘fellowship’ I always think, “Dang, Mennonites do this so much better, and it doesn’t feel forced.”

I wish that I could attend a reverent Catholic Mass for Mass, and I wish I could attend a Mennonite service (obviously at a different time) weekly for community fellowship!!

(yes, obviously the best possible scenario would be to attend a reverent Catholic Mass and also have great fellowship with the people in the parish. I came pretty close to that ideal in one parish before I was forced to move, screaming and kicking, back to the frozen tundra lands, but even there, even though there were lots of activities, people enjoyed the activities, etc., it still felt forced, and more than a few people would have been quite happy to ‘simply attend Mass’. It hadn’t QUITE reached the stage where people looked on fellowship as normal and natural just as going to Mass was normal and natural. )
 
Truth_Faith13 said:
I’m not a fan of the Amish, I don’t like their tradition of sending kids out for a year at 16…if they decide to remain Amish, great; if they choose not to, they are outcast and are no longer allowed to speak/talk to the family. This was actually portrayed in the film about the shooting, as the mother of one of the children who was struggling to forgive the shooter, couldn’t understand why they forgave him instantly, but she was forbidden from seeing her sister who had decided to marry a non Amish man.

I watched a documentary on them and the children seemed happy enough and well behaved but is it true happiness when there is the knowledge that if you decide to leave the compounds, you are cast out for ever? It reminds me of the Mormons, all sweet and innocent, very welcoming and friendly…as soon as you leave…it’s a different matter all together.
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Don’t believe everything you see on TV. I have seen Documentaries about Catholicism that was so far from the truth it was pathetic. God Bless, Memaw
 
I love Lutherans 😃 especially the LCMS(?) They are so close! And when I am debating a non-denominational, a Lutheran always seems to jump in and be the middle man. I always appreciate that. Although I always try to be as ecumenical as I can. 🙂 In fact, when I get an evangelical close to the Catholic perspective I tell them, if you can’t do the Catholic view, check out the Lutheran view.
 
Memaw said:
Don’t believe everything you see on TV. I have seen Documentaries about Catholicism that was so far from the truth it was pathetic. God Bless, Memaw
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So the Amish lied about their own traditions? It’s called Rumspringa.

The documentary was just the Amish and a camera crew, not the documentaries you are talking about where its anti-catholics talking about what they think is Catholicism without a catholic in sight.
 
I haven’t seen many, being young and having only attended the AoG, I cannot say what I prefer. Certainly, I am not a fan of the local AoG - I have an “old soul,” and as such, I dislike more modern Christian-Rock music (and the accompanying “Celebrity Pastors” of such groups - although our Church had no pastor at all - more music than anything).

Never had any draw/pull to Anglicanism either. Even though they have a “Communion,” which I suppose is everyone sharing a symbol, and confession, there isn’t the richness there either.

No denomination other-than-Catholic has much worth to me. I would attend if I had no other option, but depending on how good or bad the structure was, and any spiritual goodness, even then that would be an ‘iffy equation.’

As a person becoming-Catholic, we are in essence, Protestant ourselves (Though more in the sense of Protestant-Protestant). We Protest again religion that “Worships Thou,” instead of “Worships Him,” and all the empty-truths, lies and propaganda we are feed by mainstream Protestants 👍
 
KidShellen said:
For Catholics. Which Protestant denomination do you respect the most?

I’m not too educated on the different denominations, but I would say I really like the Baptists.
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High-church Anglo-Catholics who celebrate the Traditional Sarum Liturgy in English, without women clergy. There’s probably 10 of them worldwide.
 
Actually, I think there are positive traits in a lot of different protestant denominations.

As others have stated, the Lutherans, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians are probably the most similar to Catholics. Methodists probably less so but Methodists tend to be temperate and more tolerant of other denominations than most, from my experience.

Baptists place a strong emphasis on children learning the Bible from an early age. My kids went to a Baptist school. In addition to good academics, they also memorized all the books of the Bible and many Bible stories and verses by heart while they were in grade school.

Southern Baptists tend to be less tolerant of other denominations in general, though, and generally tend to think they are superior to others, or at least I got that feeling in my dealings with them.

To me, the Assembly of God church are evangelicals with a dash of pentecostalism.

Personally, I also enjoy some of the high-energy African American churches where the choir sways back and forth and claps when they sing praise songs and sometimes even enters the sanctuary while singing and clapping. It’s light years different in style than the more liturgical churches, but the Lord is there with them, too.
 
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they are definitely not Protestant
 
Although I’ve been ordained online with the Universal Life Church, if I wasn’t Catholic I’d probably go back to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
 
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