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You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.
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Fundamentalist |
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89% | |
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Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan |
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75% | |
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Neo orthodox |
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54% | |
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Reformed Evangelical |
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50% | |
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Emergent/Postmodern |
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46% | |
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Roman Catholic |
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43% | |
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Classical Liberal |
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39% | |
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Modern Liberal |
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36% | |
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Charismatic/Pentecostal |
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32% |
You scored as Fundamentalist.
You are a fundamentalist. You take the Bible as the foundation of your faith and read it very literally, and it shapes your worldview. Non-fundamentalist Christians have watered-down the Gospel in your view, and academic study of the Bible stops us from 'taking God at his word.' Science is opposed to faith, as it contradicts basic biblical truths.
Fundamentalist
96%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
82%
Charismatic/Pentecostal
79%
Neo orthodox
57%
Reformed Evangelical
57%
Classical Liberal
50%
Emergent/Postmodern
32%
Roman Catholic
14%
Modern Liberal
7%
What does it mean when I am too lazy to complete the quiz? Seriously, I looked at it, answered a couple, but then came back to FR.
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You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.
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Neo orthodox - 82%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan - 79%
Fundamentalist - 75%
Reformed Evangelical - 64%
Emergent/Postmodern - 50%
Charismatic/Pentecostal - 43%
Classical Liberal - 39%
Modern Liberal - 21%
Roman Catholic - 7%
Interesting link -- here is how I turned out:
You are neo-orthodox. You reject the human-centredness and scepticism of liberal theology, but neither do you go to the other extreme and make the Bible the central issue for faith. You believe that Christ is God's most important revelation to humanity, and the Trinity is hugely important in your theology. The Bible is also important because it points us to the revelation of Christ. You are influenced by Karl Barth and P T Forsyth.
Neo orthodox
71%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
61%
Fundamentalist
61%
Charismatic/Pentecostal
57%
Classical Liberal
57%
Reformed Evangelical
57%
Emergent/Postmodern
46%
Modern Liberal
29%
Roman Catholic
14%
Guess I am going to have to Google on Barth and Forsyth now because those names have no meaning for me.
Scored Classical Liberal.
I do hope that means "Liberal" in the 18th Century sense of believing in personal freedom and free markets. I'd kill myself if it meant the "Clinton/Boxer/Kerry/Kennedy" sense of Liberal.
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You scored as Classical Liberal. You are a classical liberal. You are sceptical about much of the historicity of the Bible, and the most important thing Jesus has done is to set us a good moral example that we are to follow. Doctrines like the trinity and the incarnation are speculative and not really important, and in the face of science and philosophy the surest way we can be certain about God is by our inner awareness of him. Discipleship is expressed by good moral behaviour, but inward religious feeling is most important.
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You scored as Fundamentalist. You are a fundamentalist. You take the Bible as the foundation of your faith and read it very literally, and it shapes your worldview. Non-fundamentalist Christians have watered-down the Gospel in your view, and academic study of the Bible stops us from 'taking God at his word.' Science is opposed to faith, as it contradicts basic biblical truths.
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http://www.pbministries.org/books/pink/pinks_archive.htm This is my favorite theologian.
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You scored as Fundamentalist. You are a fundamentalist. You take the Bible as the foundation of your faith and read it very literally, and it shapes your worldview. Non-fundamentalist Christians have watered-down the Gospel in your view, and academic study of the Bible stops us from 'taking God at his word.' Science is opposed to faith, as it contradicts basic biblical truths.
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Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
Who is McClaren?
I'm a Fundie (okay by me) cool quiz.
Although I did score 14% modern liberal...can I still stay on FR? :)
Modern Liberal 86% Emergent/Postmodern 79% Classical Liberal 79% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 36% Charismatic/Pentecostal 36% Roman Catholic 14% Neo orthodox 14% Reformed Evangelical 7% Fundamentalist 0%I had to look up some of the names mentioned. This quiz was for the afficionados, not the wayward near atheist, untutored in these matters. And so it goes.
I had a number of problems with the wording of questions on this test.
For example, "Preaching the word is more important than worship".
What does that mean? How can you worship without engaging in the ministry? If you aren't preaching, where is your sacred service? How can worship and "preaching the word" be separated like this?
"Jesus was an excellent moral teacher who's example we should do our best to follow"
Well of course the answer is yes. Wait, is the question asking whether or not we think he was ONLY a moral teacher? I believe I was probably scored as a "liberal" because I agreed with this statement, but Jesus did set a moral example for us to follow. I don't get it.
"The Gospels tell us more about the early church than they do about Jesus"
This doesn't even make sense. By Gospels, does it mean Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? Or is it including the entire Greek Scriptures (sometimes called the New Testament). How do I even answer this? If it is just the first four books, well obviously this statement is not correct. But if by "Gospels" this statement includes the writings of Paul, Acts, Peter, etc. (and I suspect that is what it means), well, that's not what I understand the Gospels to be. How do I answer this?
" The best way to understand the Bible is to take it literally"
I hate statements like this. NO ONE takes everything in the Bible literally. The Bible uses poetry, songs, proverbial statements, these aren't completely literal. Bible writers and the people in the Bible used metaphors, similes, illustrations. EVERYBODY who writes and/or speaks does this. It is a caricature to say that people who believe that the Bible contains historical truth must therefore take EVERYTHING in it literally. Look at it in context. Anyone who knows how to read should learn to look at things in context in order to comprehend.
"Private piety and devotion is more important than political and social action"
Why is it one versus the other? As a Jehovah's Witness, I don't engage in fruitless "political and social action" nor did the early Christians, but I don't hide my faith either. I don't believe Christianity is a "private matter".
" The conclusions of church councils are authoritative for the church today"
I assumed the statement was referring to specific extra-Biblical councils, like the Council of Trent, or Vatican II, or the Council of Nicaea, so I disagreed with the statement. However, the Bible (book of Acts chapter 15) speaks of the older men in the Christian congregation coming together to discuss and decide on important doctrinal matters and matters of organization.
"Spirituality is more important than detailed dogmatics"
You can't have "spirituality" (the indwelling of the Spirit, a God-directed life), without paying heed to truth. I don't believe one should have to choose between the two things, in fact, it is impossible. People who think they are "spiritual" but think nothing is required of them have "a form of Godly devotion, but proving false to its power" (2 Tim. 3:5)
" Older churches are unintelligible to modern people"
What does this mean by "older churches"?
"Homosexuality is one of the worst sins"
This was difficult to answer. If I say I disagree, it will assume that I am disagreeing because I don't think homosexuality is a sin, and am thus a "liberal". But the reason I disagree is because sin is sin, and only one sin is unforgiveable, and it isn't "homosexuality".
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You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God's grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.
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You scored as Roman Catholic. You are Roman Catholic. Church tradition and ecclesial authority are hugely important, and the most important part of worship for you is mass. As the Mother of God, Mary is important in your theology, and as the communion of saints includes the living and the dead, you can also ask the saints to intercede for you.
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