Does anyone know of a Church Directory/Listing (US)?

[MattLangley]

Hey,

I am a Theistic Evolution and am in search of churches locally that believe in Theistic Evolution. That's definitely a broad label, but any form of it would be preferable to a Creationist Church. So I've been searching out a possibly directory or listing of Churches in the US that believe in a Theistic Evolution?

 

[Mallon]

I don't know of any directory per se, but you might try checking out the assocations of those signatories to the Clergy Letter Project:

http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/rel_sci_ae.htm

 

[MattLangley]

Thanks for posting the link, this has directed me to a couple of Churches in my locale that may fit. I definitely don't want to attend another Creationist church. Since I abandoned Creationism for Theistic Evolution I have definitely found some resistance in online communities I am part of that hold that belief.

The saddest thing is that many Creationists can't simply hold their own belief and fellowship with other Christians holding a different interpretation, they often have to attack anyone who believes differently. Enough of my rambling though

 

[InTheCloud]

Some entire denominations are open to Teistic Evolutionism.

 

[MattLangley]

Which denominations are those? I've found it challenging to find such info :/

 

[Melethiel]

Which denominations are those? I've found it challenging to find such info :/

Anglicans
ELCA Lutherans
Catholics
PCUSA Presbyterians (unsure about other Presby branches)
Methodists

I wouldn't say they "believe in" TE - it's just that for most mainstream denominations, it tends not to be a big deal.

 

[Mick116]

Hey,

I am a Theistic Evolution and am in search of churches locally that believe in Theistic Evolution. That's definitely a broad label, but any form of it would be preferable to a Creationist Church. So I've been searching out a possibly directory or listing of Churches in the US that believe in a Theistic Evolution?

Hi,
you'll probably be interested in this list, from the "Answers in Creation" website. Read the "AIC Review" to find out how open the denomination is to old-earth creationism and/or theistic evolution.

http://www.answersincreation.org/denominationlist.htm

 

[InTheCloud]

I'm Catholic, the Catholic Church is not officially TE, there are some Catholics that are Old Earth Creationists and some who are YEC, but I can say most Catholics are TE. Most Creation theology done in the Catholic Church is done from a TE point of view, and the Catholic study Bibles do use the documentary hyphotesis on Genesis.

Names like Teilhard the Chardin, Karl Schmith Mooreman, John Haught and Kenneth Miller come across a lot.
Methodist and Anglican vary. Most are TE, even the conservative Methodist denomination Church of the Nazarene has produced good process theology TE professors even if they are YEC or OEC officialy. More liberal Methodists then to be TE.
Anglicans are largely TE, Withehead is the father of Process Theology, Arthur Peacock is both a respected scientist and a reverend, but there are some creationist too.

ELCA and Euro Lutheran are TE.
Eastern Orthodoxs are a mixed group with YECs, OEC,s and TE represented. Some of the greatest evolutive scientists of the XX centuries were Russian Orthodox. Teosius Dobzansky for example.

Creationism is mostly an American thing now.