Talk:Non-denominational Christianity

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Barna Group

I added in the url, http://www.barna.org/, and a brief discription of this Research Organization that was referenced in the History section. But when I searched their website for information on megachurches, what I found doesn't quite go with a fact that was cited. http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=49, published in March 2000, states that a megachurch is defined to have at least 1000 adults in weekly attendance.

POV

This article is too Christian-centric - going so far as defining beliefs of typical non-denominational churches solely in terms of non-denominational Christian churches. The article also overlooks the the application of the term to people - which is often another way people self-identify without saying "secular" --JimWae 06:49, 2005 August 13 (UTC)

What the bible says

I would not like to say that some person does strictly what the Bible says. That is most likely contested by someone. A true way of saying it in NPOV way is: what they believe the Bible to say. This credits both the sincere belief of these persons and gives the idea that they do not have the absolute authority to interpret Bible. I am quite sure that the Pope tries to do what he believes the biblical way, but I am quite as sure that any Fundamentalist Evangelist from Bible Belt does the same. However, their views may be quite different.

Nondenominational Christians and Baptists

In 2018, political scientist and Baptist minister Ryan Burge wrote on his blog about a study that shows the similarities between Southern Baptists and nondenominational Christians. He noted that the two groups are very similar, but nondenominational Christians are more moderate theologically.

https://religioninpublic.blog/2018/03/07/nondenominational-protestants-are-basically-southern-baptists-with-a-few-caveats/

To add to this, NewSpring in South Carolina started out as church plants by Southern Baptists but its members claim their church is nondenominational. In fact, it is a bit hard to find mentions of the Southern Baptist Convention on their website. This seems to be something of a trend of mega churches to hide their affiliation to denominations. 159.117.174.98 (talk) 19:31, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please return the criticism section

The criticism section was removed by an unknown person. They claimed they removed it because they think the criticism is untrue. However, they did not elaborate why they think it is untrue. I think, for the sake of fairness and the growing controversy of abuse within evangelical nondenominational churches, the criticism section should remain. 67.212.36.93 (talk) 05:48, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

C.S. Lewis' influence

Until recently, I attended many sermons at Eleven22. The pastors expressed great influence from C.S. Lewis' book Mere Christianity, especially its preface. However, when I inquired about their influence, they replied they had never considered it. C.S. Lewis suggests that Christians should unite together and prevent emphasizing theological disagreement. Could we consider putting this in the history section as a modern influence? LeonhardEuler27 (talk) 01:12, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]