denomination test

[Zoness]

That's probably about where I'd fit in too, and I'd give a Moravian church a try if there were one handy. Though my church is Assemblies of God (which is mainstream Pentecostal with Methodist roots), my ideal doctrinal match would be moderate ("moderate" defined as being neither too liberal nor too conservative) charismatic Lutheran... of course, the charismatic part complicates matters, since though there are charismatic Lutheran churches, there aren't very many, making it even harder to find a moderate one.

I think you probably should check out both ELCA and LCMS, since individual congregations do vary, and there are less liberal ELCA churches and less conservative LCMS churches. The right one for you might be somewhere in there. For me, since I insist on open communion and the ordination of women, LCMS wouldn't work at all, so it'd have to be one of the more conservative ELCA churches.

Yeah that sounds like quite a quest.

That is a good idea I should at least give the LCMS church in town a try so I can at least say I explored both ends of the spectrum. My current problem is not that I can't go it is that going once sometimes doesn't give you a real good persception of the political and theological climate of the church and I have already attended many different churches and my parents are getting suspicious they only want me to attend their churches (They are divorced; one is Roman Catholic and the other is Non-denominational) other than that I could explore LCMS and maybe even Wesleyan but I'd rather get liturgy at the expensive of conservatism instead no liturgy at the expensive of conservatism if you know what I mean.

I am kind of between a rock and a hard place right now for church hunting.

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

Yeah that sounds like quite a quest.

That is a good idea I should at least give the LCMS church in town a try so I can at least say I explored both ends of the spectrum. My current problem is not that I can't go it is that going once sometimes doesn't give you a real good persception of the political and theological climate of the church and I have already attended many different churches and my parents are getting suspicious they only want me to attend their churches (They are divorced; one is Roman Catholic and the other is Non-denominational) other than that I could explore LCMS and maybe even Wesleyan but I'd rather get liturgy at the expensive of conservatism instead no liturgy at the expensive of conservatism if you know what I mean.

I am kind of between a rock and a hard place right now for church hunting.

I'd only be looking if I moved. My AG church suits me quite well really. I was just talking perfect doctrinal match, which I really don't expect.

When I get in the mood for a liturgy, I usually go to St. Mark's Cathedral, the head church of the regional Episcopal diocese, which is very liberal... but they do great liturgy.

 

[hiscosmicgoldfish]

According to the test, the score for me was
1..Penticostal
2..SDA
3..Anglican

 

[GodIsNear]

1. Orthodox
2. Baptist
3. Catholic
4. Methodist (United Methodist Church)
5. Pentecostal
6. Anglican
7. Seventh Day Adventist
8. Lutheran (LCMS)
9. Methodist (Weslyian Church)
10. Presbyterian (AUS) ==> Is that Australia? If so, what's the so unique about Presbyterians in Australia?
11. Presbyterian (USA) ===> what's the difference between Presbyterians in AUS and in USA?
12. Quaker
13. Lutheran (ELCA)
14. Jehovahs Witness
15. Mormonism.

The test worked quite well for me, I am an Orthodox.

 

[hiscosmicgoldfish]

I've done the test again, just to make sure..

1. Anglican
2. Baptist
3. Penticostal
4. SDA
5. Methodist

Anglican? that can't be right. They need to add a few more questions.. should women be priests, is homosexuality a sin, should we kiss the pope's ring, should we have statues of Mary in the church.. is evolution correct, should we say sorry to Darwin.. and Dawkins, God forbid..

Ok i've got a more up to date test, for this one i get..

1. assemblies of God
2. mennonite brethren
3. orthodox quakerism
4. free will baptist
5. reformed baptist
6. southern baptist
7. SDA

here's the link to to test..

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

Well we got Baptists in the UK, but not those other churches, dont like 'the Light' thing with the Quakers, seems too much like new age to me.
No wait, there is a fairly loose association of assemblies of God in the UK, but they use various names. I got fed-up with the local penticostal'ish church, with a couple of boring sermons. I cant go with that anyway, as i dont accept their rapture, or eschatalogical beliefs about israel. Oh well, back to the drawing board.
Seems like the closest thing for me is the Baptists.. they are open to various eschatological ideas, and are self governing.

 

[Winter]

Ok - I've done this test 3x on 3 separate occasions, and I always score as Orthodox for #1 , and Catholic #2. Oh well, its still close anyway - both in position and denomination, lol ...

#1 Orthodox
#2 Catholic
#3 Anglican
#4 Lutheran (ELCA)
#5 Presbyterian

Its interesting how the first 4 are somewhat in the general vicinity of similarity. I scored with Jehova Witness as the very last.

 

[Zoness]

Ok - I've done this test 3x on 3 separate occasions, and I always score as Orthodox for #1 , and Catholic #2. Oh well, its still close anyway - both in position and denomination, lol ...

#1 Orthodox
#2 Catholic
#3 Anglican
#4 Lutheran (ELCA)
#5 Presbyterian

Its interesting how the first 4 are somewhat in the general vicinity of similarity. I scored with Jehova Witness as the very last.

Typically that is the case if you answer a certain group of questions the same way. The last three, JWs, Mormons and Unitarian Universalists usually register 0% and don't really count if you have most orthodox beliefs. They are just part of the quiz.

 

[dana3262]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #1 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Pentecostal [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #2 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Anglican [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #3 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist (United Methodist Church)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #4 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Seventh day adventist [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #5 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Baptist [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #6 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (LCMS) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #7 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist ( Weslyian church) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #8 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Orthodox [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #9 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Catholic [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #10 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (AUS) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #11 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (USA) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #12 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (ELCA) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #13 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Quaker[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #14 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mormonism [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #15 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Jehovahs witness [/FONT]

Sounds about right.

 

[lawtonfogle]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #1 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Pentecostal [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #2 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Seventh day adventist [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #3 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (USA) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #4 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Anglican [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #5 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Baptist [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #6 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (AUS) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #7 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Quaker[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #8 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mormonism [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #9 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist ( Weslyian church) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #10 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Orthodox [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #11 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist (United Methodist Church)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #12 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (ELCA) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #13 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Catholic [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #14 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (LCMS) [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #15 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Jehovahs witness


Umm... ok, so exactly what is Pentecostal?
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[Meelahd]

On the first one I scored number 1 in Catholic and last in Jehova's Witness. It was fairly accurate and the church I am looking into alot is Orthodox which it ranked me 4. I do not like the Jehova's Witness Church anyway because it teaches false doctrine and annoys people(not what Christ would do); no offense to JWs this is my belief.

I took the updated test(better) test also and I ended up scoring a 1 in Orthodoxy and I believe Catholic was like 7 when it was 1 on the first test.

 

[keek]

Very cool quiz, but I think you just got me addicted to Select Smart all over again lol.

My number one was Pentecostal =] Baptist was fourth on the list =? Again, neat quiz!

 

[RobertMerton]

great test.

if i ever move somewhere or relocated somewhere, and there's no pentecostal church, baptist seems similar.

though i don't think jehovahs witness' are going to heaven, as they believe its by 'good deeds' that get you into heaven.

 

[Adventist Child]

1st - Seventh Day Adventist
2nd - Pentecostal
3rd - Anglican

Funny thing is the least likely was catholic xD

 

[Irrkunst]

... i don't think jehovahs witness' are going to heaven...

Fortunately for them, it is not your decision!

 

[Aibrean]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #1 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (LCMS) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #2 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Anglican [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #3 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Baptist [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #4 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist (United Methodist Church)[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #5 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Catholic [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #6 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Methodist ( Weslyian church) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #7 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Lutheran (ELCA) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #8 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Pentecostal [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #9 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Seventh day adventist [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #10 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Orthodox [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #11 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (USA) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #12 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian (AUS) [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #13 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Quaker[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #14 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Jehovahs witness [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]My #15 is:[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mormonism

I definitely think that the first one is right but not everything below it in that order. Orthodox wouldn't be that low. I think SDA would be #12.

FTR: Not all Anglicans have women priests. The Reformed does not.
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[Avolarx]

Wow, this was interesting.
Actually I know almost nothing about the SDA church, so I wonder how this happened @_@

My results:

1 - Seventh day adventist
2 - Anglican
3 - Pentecostal
4 - Lutheran (ELCA)
5 - Presbyterian (AUS)
6 - Presbyterian (USA)
7 - Quaker
8 - Baptist
9 - Lutheran (LCMS)
10 - Orthodox
11 - Methodist (United Methodist Church)
12 - Catholic
13 - Methodist (Weslyian church)
14 - Mormonism
15 - Jehovahs witness

I would really like tho know which answers apply to which denominations.

Edit: Ok, now I've read something a little about SDA and it doesn't seem to fit me so much.
And it's strange that the test put it as 1st for me although I replied that believe in the immortality of human soul.
I hadn't set any the thingies to determine importance of my answers though [I left them all in the middle]; and with a couple of questions I answered Not sure because there are indeed a couple of issues where I am very convinced what is true.

 

[Zoness]

That would explain it, you setting everything the middle that is. Some churches put a lot more emphasis on certain aspects of doctrine while other churches may not care about them much at all.

 

[Maid Marie]

My top 6 were:

1. Pentecostal
2. Seventh Day Adventist
3. Orthodox
4. Anglican
5. UMC
6. Baptist

Other than the Seventh Day Adventist, I am satisfied with 1, 3, 4, and 5. My closest denomination [Wesleyan] came in 11th which is weird.

I took the second version of the test. This sounds good, although I don't really see myself as ELC but I see it more than I see myself as SDA.

1. Evangelical Lutheran Church
2. Episcopal/Anglican Church
3. Methodist/Wesleyan Church

 

[glass_heart]

Apparently my #1 is Quaker- which was a bit of a shock.

But I have altered so radically in the last few months, that it is not as much of a surprise as it could have been.

 

[Empt]

1.Catholic