What Are These?

Question

What are considered denominations? Is Christianity a denomination, or would a denomination be like Baptist, Methodist, Protestant, etc.? I'm asking because I know there are a lot of non denominational churches where I live...but i'm not sure if it means they don't claim themselves as Christian and believe in God, or if they just don't place themselves in the individual little sectors like the ones I mentioned above. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

Protestant and Catholics are both Christians

A denomination is of the Protestant religion:
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Evangilical
Lutheran
Nazarines
Pentecostals

A non-denomination is a Protestant church that serves the community. Some Protestants identify themselves simply as Christian, or born-again Christian; they typically distance themselves from the confessionalism of many Protestant communities that emerged during the Reformation by calling themselves "non-denominational" — often founded by individual pastors, they have little affiliation with historic denominations (Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, etc.).

Roman Catholics are Catholic

Answer 2

Baptists, Methodists, etc are denominations. Christianity is the religion. Non denominational churches are Christian churches that do not affiliate with a national or world wide organized denomination. They are Christian and believe in God. You may find some fundamental extremists in this group, but, most are very much "by the book (Bible)" churches. They may choose not to affilitate with a large denomination because they want more internal control over their policies. Some do have a number of church houses - maybe even hundreds - but because they don't fit into the "mold" of the larger organizinations.
The larger the organization (denomination) the less input there is at the local level. For the most part they fall under the umbrella of Evangelicals - "born agains" who again believe in the Bible to be literally the word of God. Pentacostals take it one step farther in that they believe that people today have "gifts" such as speaking in tongues and healing and blessing by laying on of hands.

Answer 3

You are somewhat correct. Non-denominational churches are usually made up of everybody who believes in a single God. More often then not they are Christian, as most other religions have don't have little sectors (to my knowledge). Part of my family attends a non-denominational church because some are Protestant, some Catholic, and some Baptist. None are super strong in their devotion, but all generally believe in the same thing. (Except for the traditional lineage that has always held a "witch" on its branches)

Answer 4

Christianity is an umbrella term for all those who believe Christ is their Lord and Savior.
There are Catholics and Protesants.
Under Catholic are denominations, several Orthadox churches, the Roman Catholic Church etc
Under Protestant there are several Denominations (MUCH more than Catholics) including Baptist, Methodist, Luthern...

The non denoms typically do not con sider themselves under any denominational doctrine but man consider themselves as falling under the Protestant umbrella.

Answer 5

I belong to a non-denominational Christian church http://www.alcf.net

What that means is that we believe what the Bible clearly teaches, that there is one spiritual church made up of all born again believers with Jesus Christ as the head of the church.

As my Pastor puts it "Denominations were not God's idea, they were man's idea, and they were a bad idea".

People from other denominations like the Baptists know this is true too but since they already have their title and their organization handed down to them they don't bother to change because if nothing else denominations serve to differentiate Bible teaching and following churches like the Baptists from other far out and liberal churches like the Episcopalians and such.

Answer 6

Getting Saved makes you a Child of GOD, a Member of The "CHURCH"-----which is the Body of Christ.
Thats it.

Now you can take Everbody on the Earth that is Born-Again (an Actual Spiritual RECREATION of that Persons Spirit), and Divide them up into Religions and Denominations so on, and all you Got is a Bunch of Children of GOD that is All Divided up.
Thats it.
The Enemy of GOD (satan and Angels) have Divided us up.
Thats what satan does.
satan is the Spirit of Division.

Answer 7

there are denominations of christianity.

i belong to the churches of christ and they claim that they are "non-denominational." i have never understood this portion of christianity.

every church is going to label itself but when it comes down to it, everyone believes in the same thing, jesus came to this earth and died for our sins.