Which denomination?

[jereth]

A poll to see which denomination TEs come from.
There is a corresponding poll in the Creationism sub-forum.

 

[shernren]

Where does an Evangelical Free Church member go?

Where did the EFCs come from anyway? I really don't know where I fit in on the spectrum of orthodoxy.

 

[Marshall Janzen]

Anabaptist - Mennonite Brethren

 

[Melethiel]

I'm Lutheran.

You forgot to put Orthodox on the poll.

 

[chaoschristian]

evangelical-catholic-weslyan-quaker

this thread proves, as many other polls have in the post, that the most common common-denominator among TEs is their willingness and insistance on redefining all the terms in a poll.

 

[Mallon]

While the poll is still quite fresh, I'm surprised to see Lutherans in the lead. I always thought Luther's firmness regarding sola scriptura might put a vice on believing anything outside a young earth.

 

[Melethiel]

While the poll is still quite fresh, I'm surprised to see Lutherans in the lead. I always thought Luther's firmness regarding sola scriptura might put a vice on believing anything outside a young earth.

You haven't been on the TCL forum much, have you? We had quite a fight about this a while back. TEism is quite verboten in some Lutheran circles.

 

[shernren]

this thread proves, as many other polls have in the post, that the most common common-denominator among TEs is their willingness and insistance on redefining all the terms in a poll.

Amen!

 

[gluadys]

You haven't been on the TCL forum much, have you? We had quite a fight about this a while back. TEism is quite verboten in some Lutheran circles.

One of the most eloquent defenders of TE I ever came across is a Lutheran pastor on beliefnet.com. He insisted that YECism is a form of gnosticism.

 

[Willtor]

evangelical-catholic-weslyan-quaker

this thread proves, as many other polls have in the post, that the most common common-denominator among TEs is their willingness and insistance on redefining all the terms in a poll.

Haha! Awesome. Yeah, I selected "Other" because, even though I was raised Baptist, I'm not, anymore. I don't know what I am.

 

[gluadys]

Haha! Awesome. Yeah, I selected "Other" because, even though I was raised Baptist, I'm not, anymore. I don't know what I am.

I was baptized and confirmed in the United Church of Canada (Methodist+Congregationalist+Presbyterian+Evangelical Brethren), but since 1973, except for a brief excursion into an evangelical Baptist congregation when I married, I have been with the Presbyterian church.

This was not a doctrinal change as the difference between the two denominations is scarcely the width of a fingernail. It just happened that upon moving to a new town, the Presbyterian congregation was more congenial than the United congregation.

I am not a denominationally oriented person. Most of my connections are in ecumenicalland and I often don't even know the denominational affiliations of my colleagues.

 

[Pats]

Haha! Awesome. Yeah, I selected "Other" because, even though I was raised Baptist, I'm not, anymore. I don't know what I am.

Same boat here.

Although, I don't know if I should answer this poll. I lean more toward accepting evolution than literal creationism, though.

I currently am a member of a Calvary Community because I love the pastor, but they are Biblical literalists too. I am kinda lookin' around these days, but denominational "brand name" is not real important to me. Although, I am glad Jereth asked this question. I was wondering what kind of churches held to theological bases acceptable to TEs.

 

[Brushstroke]

I'm a TE. I've been in a Baptist home all my life pretty much, but I put other because as of recently I've been attending an Eastern Orthodox Church and am very intent on converting to Eastern Orthodoxy.

 

[steen]

Society of Friends (Quaker)

 

[gluadys]

Although, I am glad Jereth asked this question. I was wondering what kind of churches held to theological bases acceptable to TEs.

I picked up the new catechism our church has just published. It has the most explicit statement on science I've seen yet. And right after the question on creation.

Question 4. Is the pursuit of science incompatible with faith in God?

No. We believe that God created a universe with its own order which we can explore by scientific investigation. Yet scientific investigation and the Christian faith differ in their goals and approaches. While science proceeds by theorizing about and testing the universe, the Christian faith is primarily concerned with knowing God who exists above and beyond the creation.

The Christian faith values all efforts to understand the universe that God has made. We are guided by the conviction that all truth comes from God.

Gen 1:1-3 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind swept over the face of the waters. Then God said “Let there be light”; and there was light.

Jn 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

See also: Gen 1-2; Jn 8:32.​

 

[relspace]

I do not come from a church. I attend a Calvary Chapel in the group started by Chuck Smith in California and call this my home church but I do not represent its position in anything. They are pretty fundamentalist and quite opposed to evolution embracing the rhetoric of Creation "science". They tend to be pretty pro-Bush where I destest Bush a great deal. I worship with them but they do not dictate my beliefs.

I come from an extremely liberal family who do not understand my commitment to Christianity at all. At least not my mother and father. Go back much farther on my mother side and you have the Irish Catholics.

 

[Kripost]

Both eastern Orthodox and oriental Orthodox are left out.

 

[DailyBlessings]

While the poll is still quite fresh, I'm surprised to see Lutherans in the lead. I always thought Luther's firmness regarding sola scriptura might put a vice on believing anything outside a young earth.

Luther believed, and the ELCA maintains, that scripture is infallible. But that does not necessarily imply young earth creationism, and certainly not that everything in a 20th century English language Bible belongs there.

I think a major reason for the widespread acceptance of evolution is the fact that most Lutheran ministers are required to complete a liberal arts degree, before even applying to attend seminary.

 

[Mallon]

Anyone else here not surprised to see Baptists leading the sister poll in the Creationist subforum? I think I could have predicted that outcome. In fact, most of the trends exhibited in the recent polls come as no surprise: Bible-belt baptists with little education in the sciences. Pains me to say it, though I'm sure there are TE baptists out there, too (Dr. Rev. Christopher Smith comes to mind).

 

[Melethiel]

Not surprising at all. I used to be Baptist, and we were taught YECism in sunday school.