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To: Titanites

Or the simpler primer:

PCUSA - generally apostate to heritical as an organization, but with some Christians still in membership for better or worse reasons.

Cumberland - liberal groups that don’t hold to Reformed beliefs.

EPC - fairly solid underpinings, but a weak structure which is tolerant to a fault. Will probably split in the next few years. Tends to have larger congregations.

PCA - more conservative than the EPC, but with a strong ‘moderate’ contingent who favor growth to the extent that they are willing to compromise with the culture. Also appears to be heading for a split.

OPC - smaller, more unified. Perhaps the most solid of the bodies.

ARP - since abandoning exclusive psalmology a few years ago, not much to set it apart. May be closest to the EPC (local option on deaconesses, for example) but with a stronger, more unified structure.

Assorted small bodies, each claiming to be purer than the next.

Frankly, except for the PCUSA and the Cumberlands, the rest need to get together in a big room, and restructure across the board.


23 posted on 03/23/2009 6:07:33 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Thanks. Sounds like a mess. Who determines which group is apostate or heritical?


24 posted on 03/23/2009 6:11:33 AM PDT by Titanites
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