What are the top 5 most conservative denominations?
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Ummm, definitely not Episcopalian. We have Gay Priests and are nicknamed the "Whiskeypalians"
When in college I took a class called religion and Contemporary Cultures. It focused on American Christian Denominations. The most conservative were the most charismatic denominations such as :
Church of God
Pentacostal Holiness and similar derivatives.
There is a very direct correlation between education and economic success and denominations. The less educated and wealthy, the more charismatic. It's frankly very closely aligned with politics.
In every other conceivable way, Espicopalian is more conservative than the other Protestant denominations. I guess Anglican would be the most conservative...it's identical to Espicopalian minus the gay priests.
They are the closest to Catholicism. Baptists and Presbyterians are on the other side of the spectrum, Methodists in the middle.
They are the closest to Catholicism. Baptists and Presbyterians are on the other side of the spectrum, Methodists in the middle.
I would have thought of baptists and other evangelicals as most conservative. These are the people who sometimes frown on drinking and were responsible for things like blue laws in SC (which is why downtown Clemson closed at midnight on Sat and you couldn’t buy beer on Sun when I was there). These folks also often have very literal, conservative interpretations of the Bible (think of the folks that don’t believe in evolution as an example). Of course these are absurd concepts and place these groups into an extreme realm of conservatism.
I think if this differently than “closest to Catholicism.”
I don’t really go to church, but on the rare occasion or when our kids go to vacation bible school camp, it’s at an Anglican Church. I grew up Lutheran. I don’t know really any teetotalers or new earthers like you find elsewhere.
Yeah I guess I'm looking at this differently than what the OP was asking. I grew up in the Episcopal church, and my church was VERY conservative...not just politically but with the way they worshipped....services were very traditional/Book of Common Prayer/communion every Sunday. Th Baptist church has become much more contemporary with bands playing during service and folks not dressing up, etc. so when I call the Episcopal Church conservative, I wasn't meaning just politically.
The church I grew up in is one of the 2-3 oldest in the state (Prince George in Georgetown). It's no longer an Episcopal Church...it broke away along with many others when the Episcopal Church came apart due to the gay preacher argument, amongst other things. It's now an Anglican Church. The big Episcopal Church in Pawleys (All Saints) is also now Anglican.
Style of worship is very conservative, but the substance and political leaning is one of the most liberal Christian Denominations.
I left the Baptist church due to it's political stances and frankly ignorant bible understanding.
