Christian Denominations Part Two Quiz

Answer: The World Wide Church of God

The church was originally founded by Herbert Armstrong as a radio ministry, and it came to be known as the Radio Church of God, later the World Wide Church of God (WCG). The WCG once had many controversial doctrines that departed from mainstream Christian doctrine, but many of these were revised by leadership upon the death of its founder.

The WCG is now a member of the National Association of Evangelicals and claims over 60,000 members.

Answer: The Moravian Church

The name means "Unity of the Brethren." The church is also sometimes called the Bohemian Brethren because its heritage began in 14th century Bohemia in what is today the Czech Republic. The church places a priority on both Christian unity and personal piety.

Answer: The United Church of Christ

The United Church of Christ is not to be confused with the Churches of Christ, which is a loose affiliation of individual churches growing out of the 19th century Restoration movement.

Answer: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mormons teach that an apostasy occurred not long after Peter's death and that Christ restored the true church through the prophet Joseph Smith.

Answer: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Other less traditional groups also considered to have Adventist influences include the Christadelphians and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Answer: Catholic

As of 2004, Catholics were over 24% of the population, whereas the next biggest denominational family, the Baptists, were just over 16% of the population. However, there are about twice as many Protestants as Catholics in the United States.

Answer: Southern Baptist Convention

As of 2004, there were over 37,000 churches in the United States in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Answer: Idaho

Popularly known as the Mormon church, the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints is the largest denomination in both Idaho and Utah.

Answer: Less than 40 percent

Of these groups, the American Catholics were most likely to agree with the statement "Christ was without sin," at 33% of respondents. Less than 23 percent of respondents in these denominational groups agreed that man does _not_ earn his way to heaven by good works. Barna's colleague, the Episcopalian Gerald McDermott, said the poll revealed an "epochal change in popular theology."

Answer: The Eastern Orthodox Church

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian communion. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the term generally used to refer to the unified entity of individual churches such as the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Romanian Orthodox, etc. There are at least 150 million Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide.

Answer: Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

The Southern Baptist church is usually classified as "evangelical" rather than "mainline." Mainline churches tend to be ecumenical in outlook and moderate to liberal in theology, and they are sometimes called "mainstream." Other mainline churches include the American Baptist Churches, the United Church of Christ, and the Reformed Church in America, to name but a few.

Answer: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)

These other three churches are generally considered too "conservative" to qualify as "mainline" churches. The PCA is a more conservative off shoot of the PCUSA. There is also an EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church), which takes up a middle ground between the PCUSA and the PCA.

Despite the "evangelical" in its name, the ELCA is generally classified as a mainline rather than an evangelical church.

Answer: False

From 1965 to 1990, mainline Protestant churches lost between one fifth to one third of their membership. Some attribute the decline to liberalized theology, others to simple demographics and birth rates. According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, as of 2000, evangelical Protestants had over 13 million more members than mainline Protestant churches.

Answer: The Church of Nigeria

The Anglican Church of Nigeria originally worked with the Episcopal Church USA to minister to Anglican Nigerians in America, but internal disputes led to the creation of CANA. CANA has since welcomed to its communion those Episcopal and Anglican congregations who, for theological reasons, have voted to leave the Episcopal Church of America, including some of the oldest and largest Episcopal congregations in Virginia.

As of 2007, CANA had 37 churches in America.

Answer: Oriental Orthodoxy

The Eastern Orthodox church accepts the first seven ecumenical councils. The schism between the Oriental and Catholic church occurred after the Council of Chalcedon in the 5th century. The communion includes the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, among others.

In the United States, the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches in America (SCOOCA) was established in 1973.

Answer: The Anglican

First published in 1549, the Book of Common Prayer contains prayers, orders, and litanies used in liturgical worship. The Anglican church considers itself to be the "via media," or middle way between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.

Answer: Presbyterian

The Anabaptists were radical dissenters in 16th century Europe who believed that infant baptism was invalid because a child cannot choose religious faith.

Answer: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

The peace churches preach Christian pacifism and nonviolence. Most members of peace churches agree that Christians should not commit violence on behalf of government (i.e. war), and some members support nonresistance even in the case of self-defense.

Answer: Rhode Island

In 1639, Roger Williams established a Baptist church in Providence and Dr. John Clarke established one in Newport.

Answer: Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Pentecostalism emphasizes a direct, personal experience of God through what is called the "baptism of the Holy Spirit," an experience usually accompanied by speaking in tongues.

Answer: United Methodist Church

The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) originated in the Philippines in 1914. The INC claims to restore the original church prior to the "apostasy" and teach neither Trinitarianism nor the divinity of Christ. The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints teaches that the Father and Son are two distinct beings with flesh and bone bodies while the Holy Ghost is a third distinct being with a spirit body. Christadelphians reject the doctrine of the Trinity as well as the doctrine of the pre-existence of Christ and the personhood of the Holy Spirit.

Answer: The local churches

The churches of Christ have very similar teachings about church structure, but it is "the local churches" who are associated with the teachings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. The local churches, much like the churches of Christ, refer to individual churches as "the church in (town/local name)," rather than by a designated creative name or denominational name.

The local churches believe they are restoring the lost truths and practices of the early church of the Bible. The movement began in China in 1920. Witness Lee moved to the U.S. in 1962 and began establishing local churches.

Answer: Community of Christ

Until 2001, the Community of Christ was known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS). Its doctrines are generally considered to have more in common with mainstream Christianity than those of the LDS. In addition to the Bible, the Community of Christ recognizes the Book of Mormon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants as foundational texts.

Answer: The Order of Nazorean Essenes

This group is not to be confused with the ancient Essene sect, which was a sect of Judaism in the 1st century BC through the 1st century AD.

Answer: Lakewood Church

Lakewood Church meets in the former Compaq center in Houston, Texas and is led by the best-selling author Joel Osteen (whose books include "Your Best Life Now" and "Become a Better You").