50 Protestant Denominations described in short video

[Brickjectivity]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

 

[exchemist]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

Hmm. I think a written explanation would be a lot more informative than this gabbling fellow. I get the impression the video is almost designed with the objective of making all these different "flavours" of Protestantism seem ridiculous.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Hmm. I think a written explanation would be a lot more informative than this gabbling fellow. I get the impression the video is almost designed with the objective of making all these different "flavours" of Protestantism seem ridiculous.

The script can be downloaded if you click on the three dots. There is an option there, and then you can skim the text. You can also copy paste it into an application.

 

[exchemist]

The script can be downloaded if you click on the three dots. There is an option there, and then you can skim the text. You can also copy paste it into an application.

I can't see three dots. Where are they?

 

[Brickjectivity]

I can't see three dots. Where are they?

I'm checking to give an exact answer....

First you must go to the actual youtube page in a web browser. I used firefox for this. Here is the direct url to the page:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YfMUiKJHbI

Then in the normal view (not full screen) there is just beneath the video a set of controls: up-thumb, down-thumb, share, save, and the three dots.

When you click the three dots a small button appears that says 'Open transcript'. Click it. This button creates a partition in the upper right of the youtube page with the text and timestamps of the video. You can copy that text to another application.

You can optionally turn the timestamps off if you wish by using a control in the upper right of that partition, just to the left of the x. This makes for more readable text.

 

[Katzpur]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, and probably won't until tomorrow, but thanks for it. I've been wanting to see something like that for a long time.

 

[Dawnofhope]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

There was a great deal of information covered within a short space of time. Because its congregations in the USA its not so easy for someone outside the USA to connect with. The Protestant Church in the USA appears to represent a disparate collection of contradictory theologies. Its certainly a useful video and I’m not too sure how best to better present the material that put forth.

 

[Brickjectivity]

There was a great deal of information covered within a short space of time. Because its congregations in the USA its not so easy for someone outside the USA to connect with. The Protestant Church in the USA appears to represent a disparate collection of contradictory theologies. Its certainly a useful video and I’m not too sure how best to better present the material that put forth.

It may help some (such as me) find a church. For others it may help with locating where we are in the map.

 

[halbhh]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

Interesting, and...

Since I've attended over 100 services apiece in each of 3 different denominations, I'll listen to see how well the video corresponds to what I've seen in those....

 

[halbhh]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

For the ELCA Lutheran the description included "Theologically Liberal". Unfortunately.

Usually people by 'Theologically liberal' mean a viewpoint that doesn't believe in all that is stated in the gospels, for instance, non-belief in miracles and such, not believing all Christ said, etc....

A typical view: "In liberal Christian teaching, which is not Christian at all, man’s reason is stressed and is treated as the final authority. Liberal theologians seek to reconcile Christianity with secular science and modern thinking. In doing so, they treat science as all-knowing and the Bible as fable-laden and false."
What is liberal Christian theology? | GotQuestions.org

That's the opposite of the ELCA churches I've been in.

Instead of the above, the ELCA churches I've attending about 150 services in are full of congregants and pastors that believe in all said in the gospels, miracles, Christ's words in full -- without ignoring what He says to do.

So, the description failed fatally on that one....

They took one of the most Theologically conservative churches that reliably follows Christ's teaching better than many or perhaps even most other churches (I can compare with the other 7 denominations I've attended) and mislabeled them falsely, as if they are not how they are. (maybe the video guy thought 'theologically liberal' meant some other meaning than it means normally, such as having a lot of democrats in the congregation (?), or accepting gay members, gay married couples? Just a guess. I don't know what he was thinking. Perhaps he merely had no idea about the ELCA reality of overwhelming emphasis on the full gospel texts, to be actually lived in life, now.)

I'll report on the other 2 denominations next...

 

[halbhh]

Ok, the Church of Christ description seems generally correct, though I did not know it's typically 'amillenial' -- as this just was never in any sermon I heard, and I suppose one would have to find out that view by hearing it in some source at some point.

The short list of some things about the "Assembly of God" church seems correct to what I saw back then (a couple of years in youth).

 

[halbhh]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

Kinda small side topic, but the wording about the UPCI church (which I didn't know anything about) regarding trinitarianism wasn't logical to me at first (until I figured out there is a different way of using the word 'person'...). As the video spoke: "Affirm that the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, but they believe that there is only One Person"..... Well, that's really just Trinity re-worded, in essence: One together, unified, 3 in 1. No matter how you use the word 'person', that's the essence. But then...there is this: "They believe that God's name is Jesus" -- and you know someone just had to have a falling out over that. Like "I can't tolerate that!"(...someone thinks differently than me.)

Reason to split a church? Can't agree about Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
?

Reminds me of the 1054AD split about how the Spirit proceeds.

 

[halbhh]

Hi, I ran across this youtube video which lasts 20 minutes. Some may find it useful as it helps to clarify a lot of the larger Christian denominations: which are evangelical, what that means, which are reformed, what that means, who is in charge, some common practices etc.

They speak a lot of information very quickly. Its easy to miss things or forget, and the information comes to quickly to write down. You can download the auto generated transcript.

I think its nice for getting an overview. It may help to watch the video more than once.

By the way I am posting this in the Abrahamic Dir, so please don't try to argue with anyone or make challenges. Its an informational video, and its only for the purpose of getting a broad view of protestant groups.

Ok that was my view. It would have been interesting to hear his take on Catholic and various Orthodox.

What about your view of how he represented church(es) you know?

 

[Brickjectivity]

What about your view of how he represented church(es) you know?

I was mainly ignorant about most of it except for pentecostal evangelicals and southern baptist convention churches. I've visited a catholic service, an anglican, a lutheran, a methodist etc. I didn't notice anything that surprised me. He was correct that some pentecostals expect all saved people to be able to speak in tongues. That was a disagreement some had in my first church. A few people were pentecostal before they were charismatic and deeply felt that a true conversion included the gift of glossolalia. I think its rare, but some churches teach that. Our church called itself non-denominational. It was taught in classes that speaking of tongues was a gift intended for all Christians but that you didn't have to receive it or have to manifest it. I think this kind of teaching became increasingly common from the 1970's through to today and is fairly widespread, even showing up in churches that originally taught that glossalalia was not for modern times.