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During the 1960s and 1970s, the evangelical left stood for antiwar, civil rights, and anti-consumption principles while supporting doctrinal fidelity and conservative sexual morals. [12] Sojourners magazine, founded in 1971, has been an important voice of the movement. [13]
Evangelical Church in Germany – 10.8 million, [82] with the remainder of the denominations's 19.2 million members being non-Lutheran; Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus – 10.4 million [83] Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania – 7.9 million [84] Church of Sweden – 5.5 million [85] [86]
Conservative Christianity, also known as conservative theology, theological conservatism, traditional Christianity, [1] [2] or biblical orthodoxy [3] is a grouping of overlapping and denominationally diverse theological movements within Christianity that seeks to retain the orthodox and long-standing traditions and beliefs of Christianity.
Conservative Friends have differing theological stances on homosexuality. Ohio Yearly Meeting of Conservative Friends defines marriage as between one man and one woman; it does not sanction same-sex unions, or accept sexual relationships outside of marriage. [143] The other two Conservative yearly meetings do accept same-sex marriage. [144] [145]
Some Christian bodies are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, Pentecostals and nondenominationals, Anglicans or Baptists), while others are just a few small churches, and in most cases the relative size is not evident in this list except for the denominational group or movement as a whole (e.g. Church of the East, Oriental Orthodox Churches, or ...
The move does not explicitly affirm LGBTQ+ clergy moving forward, and many UMC denominations outside the United States, including in more conservative areas, will have their own discretion in ...
At least 300 U.S. congregations have left the denomination this year, according to United Methodist News Service. Hundreds more are in the process of leaving, and Therrell predicted that number ...
Most of the departing western N.C. churches come from smaller towns, suburban areas or rural communities, all generally believed to be more politically, socially and spiritually conservative.