i’d not heard of Laestadians, i looked them up, found a church not awfully far from my family in WA. Lots of Finns in Seattle, this group began there decades ago, before it was over run with So Cal (as locals describe it to me). This church moved away from the city.Josh wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:51 amYes, although they’re relatively small. LCMS is huge. Although I wouldn’t feel right at home with that enthusiastic of an embrace of Luther.Judas Maccabeus wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:17 pmThe Laestadian movement is not OSAS and does not ordain women. If they put on headcoverings and stopped baptizing infants, many of us would be right at home. It is a revivalist Lutheran movement.
I’m surprised I can’t think of other evangelical denominations that don’t ordain women + are not somewhat Reformed.
The OP asks for denominations, which i understand to be not non-denoms? i think of Lutherans as a denom.
Add/correct, please.
i much appreciate your descriptions of differences WITHIN denoms, the lib ends seem to get all the attention, for instance, as you say, ELCA is essentially “mainstream” Protestant, alongside so many others, including Anabaptists.
Umbrella denom labels, alone, are no longer sufficient, esp not following the 1990’s, when lots “blew up.”
i wish it were over.
Many are not aware of differences. Many believe MCUSA, ELCA, PCUSA, etc., are “the whole story” for each group.
Even “huge” LCMS is unknown to many.