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The mainline Protestant churches (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) [1] [2] [3] are a group of Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada largely of the theologically liberal or theologically progressive persuasion that contrast in history and practice with the largely theologically conservative evangelical ...
Mainline Protestant denominations, such as the Episcopal Church (76%), [30] the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (64%), [30] and the United Church of Christ (46%), [31] [32] have the highest number of graduate and post-graduate degrees per capita of any other Christian denomination in the United States, [33] as well as the most high-income earners.
Evangelical Protestant (%) Mainline Protestant (%) Historically Black Protestant (%) Catholic (%) Latter-day Saint (%) Other (%) None (%) Dallas: 82 78 38 14 7 15 1 4 18 Atlanta: 80 76 33 12 18 11 1 3 20 Houston: 80 73 30 11 9 19 1 4 20 Miami: 79 68 20 11 8 27 <1 10 21 Chicago: 78 71 16 11 8 34 <1 7 22 Minneapolis: 77 70 15 27 4 21 1 5 23 ...
Protestantism in Washington (state) (6 C) Protestantism in West Virginia (3 C, 1 P) Protestantism in Wisconsin (6 C, 5 P) Protestantism in Wyoming (2 C, 1 P)
As more Americans move away from religion, the U.S. Religion Census finds evangelicals made gains here while Catholics and others declined.
Protestants from New York (state) (5 C, 4 P) Protestants from North Carolina (4 C) Protestants from North Dakota (2 C, 1 P) O. Protestants from Ohio (5 C, 2 P)
The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant denominations in the U.S., mirroring in many ways the broader fight for ...
[1] [2] The decline is attributed mainly to the dropping membership of the Mainline Protestant churches, [1] [3] while Evangelical Protestant and Black churches are stable or continue to grow. [1] Today, 46.5% of the United States population is either Mainline Protestant, Evangelical Protestant, or a Black church attendee.