Difference between Protestant denominations?

Question

What is the difference between the following the Protestant denominations?
Baptist
Lutheran
Methodist
Presbyterian

Also, are Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism distinct from denominations? Can someone of any denomination be Evangelical or Pentecostal?

Answer 1

The key difference in the four denominations you named is in their founders: John Calvin, Martin Luther, John Wesley, and John Knox, respectively. Calvin, Luther, and Knox broke away from the Catholic Church, while Wesley broke away from the Anglican. Small differences in doctrine and ritual separate them, but that is primarily a matter of emphasis. Wesley was an Evangelical Anglican, although the Methodist Church is not considered Evangelical today. There are churches using the words Evangelical or Pentacostal in their names, but there are also generic meanings for those terms.

Answer 2

Each denomination has varying beleifs on baptism, death, the second coming, righteousness by faith verses works, hell etc. Pentecostals are heavy into speaking in tongues I think Evangelicals can either refer to a specific denomination or a variety of any of the denominations. Each should have a web site just google them. wicapedia has very good info on most things.

Answer 3

_Baptist share most of the basic beliefs of Protestantism. They hold as an article of faith that only believers should be baptized an done by immersion etc.
_Lutherans cannot be defined or understood without some reference to the personal experience and biblical studies of Luther. "Martin Luther"
_Methodist s dispite wide variations of belief, practice. and status, all Methodists accept the doctrines of historic Christianity, without insistence on doctrinal conformity etc.
_Presbyterians, all Presbyterian churches are a part of the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition. although not all Reformed churches are presbyterian in their form of government.
This is just a quick outline to give you a small idea.There is just to much to post. Hope this answers a small part of your question.

Answer 4

Baptism -
Baptist - no infant, prefer adult, totally symbolic, to God not from God
Lutheran - infant, our souls are dead until we are baptized and reborn as a child of God. From God
Methodist - ?
Presbyterian - infant, but symbolic

Holy Communion-
Baptist - just bread and juice, remembrance, symbolic, again man, not God
Lutheran - Body and Blood, in and with the bread and wine, another reaffirming of our forgiveness and salvation and being with Christ. God gives, we receive
Methodist - ?
Presbyterian - more of symbolic nature

Scripture -
Baptist - divine inspiration
Lutheran - divine inspiration, all of our doctrine and even our worship services are based on scripture, another place to be with God and Christ.
Methodist - ?
Presbyterian - word of God, but man can interpret with his own reasoning.

Answer 5

Some of there Teachings,and I'm not a Protestant,but,Baptists are not Protestant.

Answer 6

Theirs over 26,000 different denominations of the protestant belief. You tell me.

Answer 7

There are many more than you mentioned. A testimony to the unbridled ambition of leaders and the stupidity of their followers.

Answer 8

I know someone who is both Baptist and Pentacostal. He ministers his own church.

GOD bless

Answer 9

Try this web site: http://www.comparativereligion.com/