Keenly aware of the dangers of "dividing the godly Protestant party," these "Dissenting Brethren of Westminster" looked for some way to express Christian unity even in disagreement. This resulted in a denominational theory of the church that was based on certain guiding principles:. Why Are There Different Denominations? They are actually a means of keeping peace.
Page 1 of 2. Page 1 of 2 Next. Tags: Christian history Church life Disagreements. References: None. Posted: October 24, Related Bible Studies. This type of worship is called liturgical worship. Other Christian churches practise non-liturgical worship , eg Baptists and Quakers. This kind of worship has no set form and often does not involve Holy Communion.
Junior Ikechukwu Egwuonwu considers himself nondenominational but if he had to identify with one branch, it would be Pentecostal. When Egwuonwu was 4 months old, he stopped breathing. Pastors, including his own father, encircled the room and prayed for hours.
Egwuonwu said the key aspect of Pentecostal worship is freedom. Being a part of the worship team at his home church, he learned to always leave room for God. Egwuonwu said he was exposed to the Church of Christ acapella style worship when he came to Pepperdine. This opened his eyes to another way of worship and made him more open-minded. Egwuonwu also looks for opportunities to worship with people who are not comfortable with the Pentecostal style he is used to.
Junior Julia Stratton leads worship at The Well and Celebration Chapel on campus, developing the awareness that people come from different backgrounds in worship. They might worship best through Communion. Stratton and her team have worked to create a space where everyone feels welcome to participate in the way they are used to worshipping.
In addition to adding Communion, they have also included small groups to create conversations and quiet time to write down their prayers. Photo courtesy of Julia Stratton. Stratton was raised in a nondenominational church, which she describes as having no restrictions as they are encouraged to worship how they best connect with God.
Her connection came from the freedom in proclaiming His goodness through music. She recently started seeing worship as more than a hobby, deciding that she would pursue musical worship as a career. Stratton has also been learning how to worship in silence. These include systems of governance; traditions; styles of service and statements of faith and teaching. In many Christian traditions, authority rests solely with trained professional clergy and there is a clear hierarchy.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, as Primate of All England, is regarded the first among equals within the primates. Each primate is responsible for bishops and each bishop for priests. All Roman Catholic priests must be male, unmarried and therefore celibate.
Some parts of the Anglican Church allow only male clergy but most areas have male and female ministers. Anglican clergy are allowed to marry. But governance is very different in a non-conformist church such as the Baptists. Here there is no global hierarchy — individual churches choose their ministers. Decisions on how churches are run are often taken through votes by the membership. Some non-conformist churches have stipended staff; in others the leaders are unstipended.
Church services are another area of difference. In some churches, such as the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, only trained priests can preside over Holy Communion.
Styles of service vary enormously within denominations — for example, services in some Anglican churches might be very similar to ones in a RomanCatholic church; in others they might feel more like a high-energyPentecostal gathering. By contrast, Quaker meetings begin with silence and there are no prayers, hymns or readings at all. Churches also have different attitudes to baptism.
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