Conservative Denominations

[RileyG]

I thought I would include a list to those who are interested

1. The Roman Catholic Church -RCC
2. The Eastern Orthodox Church- EOC
3. The Oriental Orthodox Church- OOC
4. Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod- LCMS
5. Lutheran Church- Wisconsin Synod- WELS
6. Ancient Church of the East
7. Assyrian Church of the East
8. Southern Baptist Convention- SBC
9. Presbyterian Church in America- PCA
10. Orthodox Presbyterian Church- OPC
11. Assembleis of God- AOG
12. Church of the Nazarene
13. Anabaptists (Amish, Mennonites etc)
14. Various Old Catholic Sects
15. Various Evangelical sects
16. Global Methodist Church
17. Anglican Church in North America/Continuing Anglican sects
18. Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Feel free to add more to accumulate

 

[John G.]

17. Anglican Church in North America/Continuing Anglican sects

Are you sure about this?
I tend to view all Anglican / Episcopal churches as liberal.

 

[Infirmus]

1. The Roman Catholic Church -RCC
2. The Eastern Orthodox Church- EOC

Yes, they are conservative.

14. Various Old Catholic Sects

Old Catholics conservative? You're having a laugh - the Union of Utrecht Old Catholic churches are in communion with Anglicans (lol!) and they have female "bishops".

4. Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod- LCMS
5. Lutheran Church- Wisconsin Synod- WELS
8. Southern Baptist Convention- SBC
9. Presbyterian Church in America- PCA
10. Orthodox Presbyterian Church- OPC
11. Assembleis of God- AOG
12. Church of the Nazarene
13. Anabaptists (Amish, Mennonites etc)
15. Various Evangelical sects
16. Global Methodist Church
17. Anglican Church in North America/Continuing Anglican sects
18. Evangelical Presbyterian Church

These are all protestant chur... erm... I mean religious communities. How can they be conservative? They are the exact opposite of conservative - they follow this brand new, merely 500-year-old (at best), fad of protestantism.

 

[PloverWing]

Are you sure about this?
I tend to view all Anglican / Episcopal churches as liberal.

Here in the US, there have been several groups that broke away from the Episcopal Church because they disapproved of the Episcopal Church's choices to ordain women and gay people. It's common for those breakaway groups to use the word "Anglican" in the names they choose for themselves. They're not strictly part of the Anglican Communion, because they've chosen not to be part of the Episcopal Church (which is the branch of Anglicanism in the US that's recognized by Canterbury), but they still use a version of the Book of Common Prayer, and they generally follow Anglican traditions of theology and practice.

Two of these American groups are the ones @RileyG listed, the Anglican Church in North America and the Continuing Anglicans. They are more conservative than the Episcopal Church on issues of gender and sexuality, and I think they are more conservative than the current Church of England on these issues as well. How they compare to your Presbyterian church in Northern Ireland I cannot say.

 

[RileyG]

Yes, they are conservative.



Old Catholics conservative? You're having a laugh - the Union of Utrecht Old Catholic churches are in communion with Anglicans (lol!) and they have female "bishops".



These are all protestant chur... erm... I mean religious communities. How can they be conservative? They are the exact opposite of conservative - they follow this brand new, merely 500-year-old (at best), fad of protestantism.

Per the Protestants they are conservative compared to their liberal counterparts.

 

[RileyG]

Here in the US, there have been several groups that broke away from the Episcopal Church because they disapproved of the Episcopal Church's choices to ordain women and gay people. It's common for those breakaway groups to use the word "Anglican" in the names they choose for themselves. They're not strictly part of the Anglican Communion, because they've chosen not to be part of the Episcopal Church (which is the branch of Anglicanism in the US that's recognized by Canterbury), but they still use a version of the Book of Common Prayer, and they generally follow Anglican traditions of theology and practice.

Two of these American groups are the ones @RileyG listed, the Anglican Church in North America and the Continuing Anglicans. They are more conservative than the Episcopal Church on issues of gender and sexuality, and I think they are more conservative than the current Church of England on these issues as well. How they compare to your Presbyterian church in Northern Ireland I cannot say.

Thank you for your insight

 

[Gregory Thompson]

That's a good point, any groups with female pastors automatically add to the liberal list.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

The conservative female pastor church model is the prototype LGBT churches use to try and look conservative also. It's a gateway theology.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

I mean, if you get too conservative, no one belongs .. all are liberal, none are conservative no not one.

 

[RileyG]

That's a good point, any groups with female pastors automatically add to the liberal list.

Not necessarily, there are Pentecostal and continuing Anglican Churches that have female ministers and can be considered conservative.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Not necessarily, there are Pentecostal and continuing Anglican Churches that have female ministers and can be considered conservative.

That's the Evangelical loophole. All theologies conservatively read except one. This creates a bubble where a select focus group of people feel welcome, where everyone else doesn't.

This loophole model seemed to work until LGBT churches started applying the same concept.

 

[John G.]

These are all protestant chur... erm... I mean religious communities. How can they be conservative? They are the exact opposite of conservative - they follow this brand new, merely 500-year-old (at best), fad of protestantism.

You are opening a much too big topic here!
I can argue that, as the Reformation went back to the Bible rejecting synods, Holy Tradition and other later additives, it is the Protestants that are conservative not the churches that sprung up after capitulating to the Roman emperor Constantine.

 

[Infirmus]

it is the Protestants that are conservative not the churches that sprung up after capitulating to the Roman emperor Constantine

Aaah, we have a true comedian here, ladies and gentlemen! Hopefully you will find your way to Rome one day, John. I'd hate to see a fellow with such good sense of humour burning in horrible flames, for eternity.

 

[John G.]

Hopefully you will find your way to Rome one day, John.

I've been as far as Naples. Does that count?

 

[PloverWing]

I might add the General Association of Regular Baptists (GARBC) to the list of conservative denominations, if that's acceptable to the readers of this forum. I note, as always, that a "denomination" of Baptists is a tricky thing to define, since Baptists have congregational government.

 

[Infirmus]

I've been as far as Naples. Does that count?

Oh, come on - you know what I meant.

 

[RileyG]

I might add the General Association of Regular Baptists (GARBC) to the list of conservative denominations, if that's acceptable to the readers of this forum. I note, as always, that a "denomination" of Baptists is a tricky thing to define, since Baptists have congregational government.

Thanks for the info!

 

[DragonFox91]

There was a thread 'what exactly do we mean in this subsection by conservative church' but I can't find it. What do you mean when you say it?

 

[RileyG]

There was a thread 'what exactly do we mean in this subsection by conservative church' but I can't find it. What do you mean when you say it?

They may lean more towards the right politically or they have traditional conservative theology.

 

[RileyG]

Old Catholics conservative? You're having a laugh - the Union of Utrecht Old Catholic churches are in communion with Anglicans (lol!) and they have female "bishops".

That's actually true! Not to mention gay-partnered Old Catholic bishops