Types of Churches

Fundamentalists
The extreme right wing. They believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible. The believe ion the orthodox teachings of the faith. They are very traditional. Many of them use the King James Version of the Bible. And many of them would consider themselves KJV only. They do not like Christian rock, ecumenical ism, and other Bible versions. There are several schools who hold this view including Bob Jones University, Pensacola Christian college, and Hyles Andersen. They are politically conservative but are not very politically active. They vote but do not participate in the political process like the evangelicals do. A majority of fundamentalists are independent Baptists.

Evangelical
They are cent right. They were descendants of fundamentalists. They believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible but are not as traditional. Most evangelicals allow contemporary music and other Bible versions. They sup[port associating with other Bible believing verses but not Catholics. They are politically active and helped elect Reagan and George W. Bush. Evangelicals include Baptists, Southern Baptists, Pentecostals and Nazarenes.

Neo Evangelicals
Neo Evangelicals were heavily influenced by Billy Graham. It is very similar to Evangelicals, except they do associate with Catholics and some consider them kindred. These churches include the same as evangelicals.

Liturgical Churches
These churches have a rigid structure. Most of the service is printed in the bulletin. The service follows the printed order perfectly. These churches have a hierarchical leadership structure. These churches are either dead or liberal. Some have right doctrine but have not fruit. Others hold liberal, political and theological views. These groups include Methodists, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Congregation UCC, American Baptist.

Liberal
Many of these churches are engaged in social gospel promoting social causes like feeding the poor. Many engage in left wing liberation theology and/or social justice. They question key doctrines like the supremacy of Christianity over other religions or the Bible as the only word of God. This includes, Methodist, Episcopalians, and Congregational UCC.

Word of Faith
The Word of Faith is a subsection of the Pentecostals. These people do associate with the evangelical and neo Evangelical. They believe in a prosperity gospel. They believe God wants his people to be prosperous. They believe that kingdom kids name it and claim it. This group includes non-denominational and subsections of Pentecostals.

Emergent Church
The newest group in CHristianity. Many profess to be evangelicals. They believe we need to modernize the faith. They say we need to make it relevant for today. Many want to get away from abortion and gay rights and focus on poverty and the environment. Many affirm the teaching of scriptures but do question the importance of absolute truth. There is also the emerging church that believes in the fundamentals of the faith but at the same time embraces casua dress and modern music. There are four lanes of the emerging church. There is a moderate wing, a reformed Cavinist wing, an evangelical and the emergent or liberal wing.