The Denomination Quiz - Which Church is Right For You?

[Inkachu]

Do your beliefs "fit" your church? Here's a fun quiz to see which denominations match with what you believe

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

The results give you the top 20 matches, but for the sake of space, I'll post the top five that I got.

1. Non-Denominational Bible Church (sounds good to me!)
2. Southern Baptists (are you serious? I don't think I fit that one)
3. Bible Presbyterian (uh...)
4. Free Will Baptist (this is what my church is, so good choice!)
5. Reformed Baptist

 

[ido]

I got:

Presbyterian
UCC
Baptist
Lutheran
Methodist

I grew up Methodist and am now attending a Lutheran church.

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

I love these just cause they're funny


My top several (the ones where the green percentage bars were all very close in length to each other):

#1 -- Presbyterian Church USA (it's funny, my mom was Presbyterian.. well, before she became Agnostic anyway, well before I was born)
#2 -- United Methodist (... methodist? )
#3 -- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (yeah well, I live in Canada )
#4 -- United Church of Christ (meh)
#5 -- Brethren in Christ (Who?)
#6 -- Episcopal/Anglican (The church I attend is Anglican, but I'm not an official card-carrying member of the denomination )




Edit:

Has anyone ever taken the quiz at Beliefsnet?
Belief-O-Matic- Beliefnet.com

My top three are:

1) Orthodox Judaism
2) Islam
3) Jainism

I wanna know what everyone else gets.

My top few results from the other quiz:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (84%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Baha'i Faith (76%)
7. Sikhism (72%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
10. New Age (69%)
11. Islam (63%)

 

[BarelyBreathing]

When I took the quiz, to be honest, I ranked the majority of the questions "low" on "priority". I honestly do not believe most of those are anything important to quibble over, and so my personal beliefs are not any more important than anyone else's personal beliefs in those areas. That being said, these were my top 5: (I guess I should add that I currently attend Assembly of God.)

1) Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental)
2) Church of Christ (non-instrumental)
3) Evangelical Methodist
4) Free Will Baptists
5) Church of the Nazarene


Has anyone ever taken the quiz at Beliefsnet?
Belief-O-Matic- Beliefnet.com

My top three are:

1) Orthodox Judaism
2) Islam
3) Jainism

I wanna know what everyone else gets.

 

[Luther073082]

1: Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (Not a surprise)

2: Angilcan - Somewhat similar worship and doctrine but too liberal usually

3. Evangelical Methodist

4. Christian Church/Church of Christ (Instrumental) - I know nothing of this denomination.

5. Church of Christ (Non-Instrumental) - Whats the difference between this one and the one above it?

6. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - (I am sorry I ever involved in this denomination and glad that I left it.)

I'm not sure this is the best denomination selector. They left out Roman Catholic and Orthodox as possible selections. Had they left those in, those would have probably been in my top 5.

 

[Wren]

1. United Methodist Church (I've been drawn to this denomination for awhile now.)
2. Brethren in Christ
3. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
4. Presbyterian Church USA
5. American Baptists

My number 6 is Episcopal/Anglican, which I find a little surprising since I thought there wasn't a lot of difference between UMC and Episcopal/Anglican. I'd think Episcopal/Anglican would be at least 3 or 4, in that case. My number 10 is Evangelical Methodist. Now I'm curious what the difference is between UMC and Evanglical Methodist.

ETA: I love wikipedia. That quiz was right to have UMC so high and EMC much lower.

 

[Wren]

<snip>
Has anyone ever taken the quiz at Beliefsnet?
Belief-O-Matic- Beliefnet.com

My top three are:

1) Orthodox Judaism
2) Islam
3) Jainism

I wanna know what everyone else gets.

My top 5 were:

1. Orthodox Quaker
2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestant
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian Protestant
4. Liberal Quaker
5. Eastern Orthodox

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

Has anyone ever taken the quiz at Beliefsnet?
Belief-O-Matic- Beliefnet.com

My top three are:

1) Orthodox Judaism
2) Islam
3) Jainism

I wanna know what everyone else gets.

My top few results from the other quiz:

1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (84%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (81%)
4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (77%)
5. Neo-Pagan (77%)
6. Baha'i Faith (76%)
7. Sikhism (72%)
8. Orthodox Judaism (70%)
9. Mahayana Buddhism (69%)
10. New Age (69%)
11. Islam (63%)

 

[Inkachu]

Has anyone ever taken the quiz at Beliefsnet?
Belief-O-Matic- Beliefnet.com

My top three are:

1) Orthodox Judaism
2) Islam
3) Jainism

I wanna know what everyone else gets.

The heck is "Jainism"?

Here are my top five from that site:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant(100%) Wow, a hundred percent. I guess that's that!

2. Orthodox Quaker(78%) Does that mean I'd have to wear long skirts and never cut my hair?

3. Seventh Day Adventist(77%) Aren't these the ones that believe you should go to church on Saturdays?

4. Jehovah's Witness(75%) - whaaaaat lol

5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant(100%) Wow, a hundred percent. I guess that's that!

lol! I got a 100%-match to Reformed Judaism and I was kinda "lolwut?" for a moment, but then I went through the information attached to it ... and I found myself agreeing with absolutely everything. I was shocked.. shocked enough to email all the info to my husband just now because I wanted to talk about it, hah.

It's funny how just about anything in life, even silly little quizes, can turn into an opportunity for self-exploration and learning.


Edit: Although I should mention: My own personal beliefs as a Progressive Christian line up perfectly with everything in the Reformed Judaism information as well. So I'm not gonna run off to Judaism any time soon Just saying that I've had a good time learning more about myself and something I knew little about to begin with.

Also BTW I remember learning about Jainism in high school, but remember nothing LOL

 

[Niels]

I consider myself a Congregationalist.

The following results partly explain why I don't call myself non-denominational:

#1. Non-Denominational Bible Church
#18. Average Non-Denominational Church

Somewhere between those two are Mennonites, Methodists, Presbyterians etc. It's not a very useful label, in my opinion.


When it comes to the other quiz, however, I'm a:

Now where did I leave my oatmeal and powdered wig?

 

[Inkachu]

lol! I got a 100%-match to Reformed Judaism and I was kinda "lolwut?" for a moment, but then I went through the information attached to it ... and I found myself agreeing with absolutely everything. I was shocked.. shocked enough to email all the info to my husband just now because I wanted to talk about it, hah.

It's funny how just about anything in life, even silly little quizes, can turn into an opportunity for self-exploration and learning.

That is really cool. I was surprised to see Quaker and SDA on there! When I hear "Quaker" I picture these 18th century Pennsylvania colonists...like in the movie "The Crucible" lol.

 

[BarelyBreathing]

I had to look up Jainism also. I had never heard of it before. I can't say that honestly I think I agree with it, but it is interesting that it was ranked up there along with those others in my grouping.

Jainism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Obzocky]

Initial Thing;

• Church of the Nazarene
• Evangelical Methodist
• United Methodist
• Mennonite Brethren
• Free Will Bapists

Hmm.

The second thing;

• Jainism (100%)
• Unitarian Universalism (93%)
• Hinduism (91%)
• Liberal Quakers (90%)
• Mahayan Buddhism (88%)

Oh. Ok then.

 

[SonicBOOM]

this quiz is fixed because it said my number 1 is American Baptists. Man I'd be thrown out of most Baptists churches

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]American Baptists in the USA
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian Church USA
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Assemblies of God
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Average Non-Denominational Church
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mennonite Church USA[/FONT]

 

[Wren]

The heck is "Jainism"?

Here are my top five from that site:
1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant(100%) Wow, a hundred percent. I guess that's that!

2. Orthodox Quaker(78%) Does that mean I'd have to wear long skirts and never cut my hair?

3. Seventh Day Adventist(77%) Aren't these the ones that believe you should go to church on Saturdays?

4. Jehovah's Witness(75%) - whaaaaat lol

5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (73%)

I got Orthodox Quaker has my number 1, so I looked it up on that site. It doesn't sound bad to me. http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Orthodox-Quakers-Believe.aspx

 

[SmileAndAHandshake]

this quiz is fixed because it said my number 1 is American Baptists. Man I'd be thrown out of most Baptists churches

LOL awes!

 

[Niels]

I occasionally attend Quaker services in the summer months. They're held outdoors in the woods. Much of the time is spent simply listening to the wind in the trees, while quietly meditating on God.

 

[Wren]

this quiz is fixed because it said my number 1 is American Baptists. Man I'd be thrown out of most Baptists churches

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]American Baptists in the USA
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Presbyterian Church USA
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Assemblies of God
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Average Non-Denominational Church
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Mennonite Church USA[/FONT]

From what I understand, American Baptist churches are different than on other Baptist denoms. I looked it up on the wiki and they allow women to be ordained, which is something you definitely won't find with Southern Baptist churches.

 

[Wren]

I occasionally attend Quaker services in the summer months. They're held outdoors in the woods. Much of the time is spent simply listening to the wind in the trees, while quietly meditating on God.

Are those Quakers Orthodox or Liberal? There are Quaker services at my university on Sundays, but those are Liberal Quakers and my beliefs aren't quite that liberal. I wonder if services for Orthodox Quakers are different.