I don’t really care what others think.
I like the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches. I like their unity of effort, clear chain of authority, division of the world into parishes, and their insistence on their historic lineage back to Christ. I don’t like their Mariology or their opulence.
I like the Presbyterian (&Reformation) Church. I like its intellectual approach to scripture and, if truth be known, the bulk of any writing on theological issues is by reformed scholars. I like its appreciation of ancient forms and its insistence on Reforming rather than replacing the historic Christian position. I also like that it insists on its historic lineage. I don’t like their stuffiness and their antinomian tendencies.
I like free evangelical churches, Calvary Chapel (and earlier Methodism) being part of that group, for their insistence on spiritual, rather than human, lineage. It makes them search the scriptures; and generation to generation exhibit a willingness to adapt to what they learn of bible truth. I don’t like their divisions and divisiveness, their competitiveness & even hatred toward one another, their inability to trust one another and work together.
I don’t think there are other churches than these that are part of historic Christianity. There is no restorationistic church that I accept, because I don’t believe the Church could fail, so that it would have to be restored.
Excellent point!