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...you should also understand that here are almost no formal conservative evangelical/protestant churches. With the “decentralized authority” that you all so proudly tout when it is convenient it should be no surprise.

You really don't know much about Protestant churches, do you marses?

1. Most Baptist churches are conservative.
2. Free Methodist churches are conservative.
3. Wesleyan Methodist churches are conservative.
4. Nazarene churches are conservative.
5. Assembly of God churches are conservative.
6. The Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church is conservative.
7. Reformed churches are conservative.
8. Presbyterian Church in America is conservative.
9. Most of the non-aligned Protestant churches are conservative.

Furthermore, add in the fact that those so-called Protestant "Christian" churches/denominations that have walked away from God and his commandments are the churches that are dying. Those protestant denominations that continue to embrace the Bible as the true Word of God, are growing by leaps and bounds.

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Add to that list the following Presbyterian denominations as well:

1. Evangelical Presbyterian Church
2. Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
3. Orthodox Presbyterian Church

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Reform churches are not necessarily conservative. I pointed out that the Missouri Synod is conservative. But, when we think of the traditional mainline churches, they’ve all pretty much gone liberal, to include my Methodist Church.

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More Protestant Denominations that have not bowed their neck, so to speak, to the abomination of Homosexuality, and at least by my definition, are conservative in nature:

1. United Pentecostal Church
2. Pentecostal Churches
3. Free Methodist.
4. Foursquare Church
5. African Methodist Episcopal Church
6. Evangelical Methodist Church
7. Free Methodist Church
8. Methodist Church of Great Britain
9. Primitive Methodist Church
10. Even the United Methodist Church is still holding firm against Homosexuality and Gay Marriage.

Of special note is the "World Council of Independent Christian Churches" which Wikipedia claims:

The WCC describes itself as "a worldwide fellowship of 349 global, regional and sub-regional, national and local churches seeking unity, a common witness and Christian service."[3] It is based at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva, Switzerland.[4] The organization members include denominations, which claim to collectively represent some 590 million people, across the world in ca. 150 countries, including 520,000 local congregations served by 493,000 pastors and priests, in addition to elders, teachers, members of parish councils and others.