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Non-denominational Christianity (or nondenominational Christianity) consists of churches, and individual Christians, [1] [2] which typically distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities [3] by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination.
For this reason, several sources tend to differentiate them from Protestants and classify them together as Independents, Non-core Protestants etc. Also included in this category are the numerous, yet very similar non-denominational churches. Nonetheless, most sources combine their numbers to the Protestant tally, while others do not since these ...
The historic Mainline churches and denominations have experienced the steepest declines while the non-denominational Christian identity has been trending upward particularly since 2001. The challenge to Christianity in the United States does not come from other religions but rather from a rejection of all forms of organized religion.
The only major growth area in American Christianity is among nondenominational churches. Which raises the question: What will happen to the over 7,670 U.S. churches that quit United Methodism?
Growth continued globally and in 1996 the independent organisation "Church Growth Today" named the Los Angeles ICOC as the fastest growing Church in North America for the second year running and another eight ICOC churches were in the top 100. [8] [29] By 1999, the Los Angeles church reached a Sunday attendance of 14,000. [12]
The Church Growth movement began with the publication of Donald McGavran's book The Bridges of God.McGavran was a third-generation Christian missionary to India, where his observations of how churches grow went beyond typical theological discussion to discern sociological factors that affected receptivity to the Christian Gospel among non-Christian peoples.
Numbering 169 million adherents worldwide, Pentecostals and non-denominational evangelicals comprise a significant part of the Christian church, outnumbering more widely recognised groups such as the Baptists (105 million), Lutherans (87 million), Anglicans (77 million), Reformed Churches, i.e. Calvinists, Presbyterians and Congregationalists ...
Non-denominational Evangelical: Yes (3 + 2 campus plants + 1 online) Mars Hill Bible Church: Grandville: MI AJ Sherrill 12,000 [3] Non-denominational: McLean Bible Church: McLean: VA David Platt: 16,500 [citation needed] Non-denominational: Mount Zion Baptist Church Nashville: TN Joseph W. Walker III 21,000 [3] Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship