1508:. The goal of the movement is to remain faithful to the orthodox or traditional teachings of the church, especially with regard to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, the unique Lordship of Jesus Christ, the authority of scripture, and human sexual intimacy. Its efforts have been to persuade the ELCA to return to orthodox positions with regard to its theology and teachings, rather than separation from the ELCA. According to their initial press release, a primary goal is to head off apparent movement toward formal recognition and ordination of
1626:, pastor, this movement has presented reformation initiatives before each of the last five Synods of the UCC, including a successful reaffirmation of the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the denomination's historic symbol, the "Cross Triumphant," in 2005. "Focus Renewal Ministries" was founded as a charismatic expression within the United Church of Christ, although its membership is small. More recently, some UCC conservatives began a "Faithful and Welcoming" movement, led by the Rev. Bob Thompson, pastor of
238:(2008). At the 2008 conference, for instance, delegates voted to retain language in the Social Creed defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. They also maintained the traditional teaching that although homosexuals "are individuals of sacred worth", homosexual practice is "incompatible with Christian teaching". After the 2019 United Methodist General Conference, the denomination became sharply divided over the issue of homosexuality and
1630:'s Corinth Reformed UCC. Like the founding of the BWF, that initiative followed the controversial General Synod of 2005 (in which the denomination in effect endorsed the efforts of same-sex couples to marry) and seeks to keep churches from leaving the denomination. Generally speaking, the F&W movement is perceived as less strident than the BWF, which has close relationships with established para-denominational evangelical organizations such as
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a majority of the remaining congregations, are resolute in their support of liberal theological and social stands. It is thus likely that laypeople and clergy espousing the aims of BWF, FRM, and F&W will remain small minorities in the denomination for the foreseeable future. Given this scenario, many more of the remaining advocates may well defect to more conservative
Congregationalist denominations such as the
242:. Because of this split, there was speculation about the UMC separating or dividing into two or more denominations. An exit plan for dissatisfied congregations was passed by the 2019 General Conference and upheld by the Judicial Council (top court of the United Methodist Conference). In addition, there are proposals for annual conferences to take place for the purpose of regular doctrinal evaluation.
165:, and the decline in attendance of many of the mainline denominations from the 1950s to the 1980s in the US, with leaders of the Confessing Movement arguing that the shrinking of mainline church membership resulted from conservative members leaving for growing evangelical churches rather than liberal members disengaging.
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However, the UCC's renewal advocates have been far less successful than their counterparts in other mainline bodies: according to
Faithful and Welcoming, over 250 congregations have withdrawn from the denomination since 2005, and despite the work mentioned above, the national leadership, and probably
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synods of North
America. Over the last two centuries, most of the many new synods were started by members who felt their synod was straying from Christian orthodoxy. There are several reform movements that have been founded in recent years to effect change within existing Lutheran denominations.
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Network has worked to reform church governance, sometimes with little visible reward for their effort, they succeeded at the 2005 Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA in slowing the efforts of those who sought to revise the understanding of homosexuality within the ELCA. This was
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which is identified with the belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious movements' or denominations' teachings such as those found in
Confessions of Faith which they see as accurate summaries of the teachings found in Scripture and accurately shows their
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to allow pastors to be in same-sex relationships and still preach the ministry caused
Lutheran CORE to begin working towards focusing on helping alternative confessing fellowships for Lutherans no matter what church affiliations. Lutheran CORE still maintains membership within the ELCA and the
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for its guidance. It is a Church that has chosen the ways of man over the ways of God. It is a church that has undermined the institution of marriage. It is a church with which many worldwide
Christian denominations have broken relations. It is a church that has lost its heart and soul and its
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them if the situation becomes untenable. Those who eventually deem dealing with theological liberalism and theological progressivism within their churches and denominations as not being tenable anymore would later join or start
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Methodist groups, such as the Congregational Methodist Church, the Free Methodist Church, or the Global Methodist Church, an international denomination that launched just over a year
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When the United
Methodist leadership decided to defy church rules and statements of faith in an increasingly theologically modernist direction, the Confessing Movement within the United Methodist Church launched the
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Episcopal Church USA (ECUSA) as it currently exists. It is a Church that is no longer in relationship with the majority of Anglicans worldwide. It is a Church that no longer turns to
88:. Its members have stated their commitment to work to change their home denominations from within rather than establishing new ones, even if they are unable to regain full influence. It also has overlaps with
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A large group of laity and a somewhat smaller group of clergy within the mainline churches hold that their denominations have been "hijacked" by those who, in their view, have "forsaken Christianity" for
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formed in 2006. It is the result of the coming together of two groups: the Reforming Alliance (est. 2003 in response decision by the UCA's 2003 Assembly not ban outright on the ordination of practicing
1475:(ELCA) agreed to undertake the Episcopal practice of being governed by bishops in the historic episcopate. Many Lutherans saw this as contrary to Lutheran theology and organized in opposition to it.
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organization. WordAlone has also been an incubator for launching related groups working to reform the church. They include a new publisher of a Lutheran hymnal (Reclaim Lutheran Worship), LC3, and
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The Evangelical Lutheran Confessing Fellowship (ELCF) is one of the more recent of these "reform" movements, inspired by the other Protestant "confessing movements" described in this article.
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745:American-Canadian Macedonian Orthodox Diocese
2051:"United Methodist Insight" November 2, 2019
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290:Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
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720:Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
595:Baptist Missionary Association of America
336:Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans
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1980:"Lutheran CORE: A Free-Standing What???"
1953:"Lutherans Organize Confessing Movement"
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1826:Emily McFarlan Miller (March 7, 2019).
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735:Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
661:National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
656:National Baptist Convention of America
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725:Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
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755:Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
693:Catholic Church in the United States
488:National Association of Evangelicals
352:the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1632:Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
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1040:Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
178:The Confessing Movement within the
117:Confessing Movement in the churches
25:Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
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906:African Methodist Episcopal Church
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2031:"Meet the Zoomers' Martin Luther"
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921:Christian and Missionary Alliance
796:Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
625:North American Baptist Conference
332:Global Anglican Future Conference
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1978:Wolf, Erma (February 11, 2015).
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1011:Church on the Rock International
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1877:Hahn, Heather (8 May 2019).
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989:Church of God of Prophecy
635:Holiness Baptist Churches
585:American Baptist Churches
435:American Anglican Council
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274:Holiness Methodist Church
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1852:Oden, Thomas C. (2006).
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1681:Free Presbyterian Church
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1465:Called to Common Mission
1447:Confessional Lutheranism
1306:The Fellowship Community
648:African-American Baptist
2334:LGBTQ and Protestantism
1932:Gafcon Global Anglicans
1803:United Methodist Church
1628:Hickory, North Carolina
1612:United Church of Christ
1540:United Church of Christ
1224:Grace Gospel Fellowship
1126:United Church of Christ
984:Church of God in Christ
951:United Methodist Church
941:Global Methodist Church
835:Mar Thoma Syrian Church
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931:Church of the Nazarene
783:Syriac Orthodox Church
518:Church of the Brethren
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1832:Religion News Service
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1959:on November 12, 2004
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523:Mennonite Church USA
481:American interchurch
286:women's headcovering
71:Evangelical Churches
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2192:Disciples of Christ
1705:mainline Protestant
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1234:Jehovah's Witnesses
1219:Community of Christ
1032:Oneness Pentecostal
163:ordination of women
153:and especially the
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2301:Anglican Communion
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1634:in Massachusetts.
1229:IFCA International
1186:Churches of Christ
946:The Salvation Army
806:Eastern Protestant
344:Argentina, Bolivia
340:Anglican Communion
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