The Reformed Churches Promoting...

[Ernie]

They are independent I believe. They fellowship/frequent...at least Dale does, with Joel Webbon who has a very similar (significant) online presence, and is a pastor of a similar church. There are others as well, as was mentioned, though he isn't as acerbic, Doug Wilson, etc.

You are saying that Dale is not as acerbic as Doug?

[joshuabgood]

They are independent I believe. They fellowship/frequent...at least Dale does, with Joel Webbon who has a very similar (significant) online presence, and is a pastor of a similar church. There are others as well, as was mentioned, though he isn't as acerbic, Doug Wilson, etc.

You are saying that Dale is not as acerbic as Doug?

Trying to say Doug is less acerbic than Dale, believe it or not.

[JohnH]

My understanding of Doug Wilson is that he's actually quite pastoral, despite clips of him taking extreme positions you may have heard.

I personally cannot see the point of being "turbo reformed", but I guess that's why I'm not a Reformed Baptist, or Calvinist, or something of that ilk.

[Judas Maccabeus]

There are several recent threads on groups that wear head coverings including nationalists and Muslims. Many weird cults do the same.

I think this is the danger in judging by the outside of the cup. Not everyone who wears head coverings is like plain Anabaptists.

Correct.

That is why I started a thread to understand more about the theology of King's Way and related churches.

Is King's Way independent? How many more churches think similarly to King's Way? Who do they fellowship with? How do they differ from other Reformed, Nationalist leaning churches? Etc.?

Well, I asked my resident expert on Presbyterian Polity. King's Way may not be formally Orthodox Presbyterian, but seems like it. Some churches in the OPC have encouraged women to cover in church in the past, my wife, in fact, remembers always wearing a hat to church, and she was RP-ES. Their theology would be similar to the PCA. They would largely be like most other conservative Presbyterian churches.

Doug Wilson is Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC). It holds what is called Auburn Avenue theology, or "Federal" theology which is where they get some of their more distinctive doctrine. This is likely to include such things as "family" communion and Paedocommunion. This would likely differ by congregation.

[Anthony]

There are several recent threads on groups that wear head coverings including nationalists and Muslims. Many weird cults do the same.

I think this is the danger in judging by the outside of the cup. Not everyone who wears head coverings is like plain Anabaptists.

On some level I agree, I would imagine the average Doug Wilson church member is more zealous than the average plain anabaptist. Therefore invoking a “danger” you might pick up on.

Im not sure if this is a positive or negative…

[Judas Maccabeus]

On some level I agree, I would imagine the average Doug Wilson church member is more zealous than the average plain anabaptist. Therefore invoking a “danger” you might pick up on.

You mean like them, seizing power of the government and burning us at the stake?

[JohnH]

On some level I agree, I would imagine the average Doug Wilson church member is more zealous than the average plain anabaptist. Therefore invoking a “danger” you might pick up on.

You mean like them, seizing power of the government and burning us at the stake?

Somehow I doubt there is much risk of this from a denomination of 160 or so churches, who hold to doctrines that most of the rest of the conservative Reformed world finds dubious. One might as well sit around worried about a Mormon takeover - after all, they're already deeply embedded in much of the government.

[Anthony]

On some level I agree, I would imagine the average Doug Wilson church member is more zealous than the average plain anabaptist. Therefore invoking a “danger” you might pick up on.

You mean like them, seizing power of the government and burning us at the stake?

Yes in the 1500s, in 2026 the landscape has shifted and they would probably find substantially more kinship with conservative anabaptists than almost anyone in the US.

[Judas Maccabeus]

On some level I agree, I would imagine the average Doug Wilson church member is more zealous than the average plain anabaptist. Therefore invoking a “danger” you might pick up on.

You mean like them, seizing power of the government and burning us at the stake?

Yes in the 1500s, in 2026 the landscape has shifted and they would probably find substantially more kinship with conservative anabaptists than almost anyone in the US.

They regard us as barely saved, if saved at all.

[JohnH]

You mean like them, seizing power of the government and burning us at the stake?

Yes in the 1500s, in 2026 the landscape has shifted and they would probably find substantially more kinship with conservative anabaptists than almost anyone in the US.

They regard us as barely saved, if saved at all.

Many of their members probably don’t subscribe to a lot of the stated doctrines.

I know a girl in the church in Idaho. She wouldn’t really care about Reformed distinctives. Basically wants a church with some community and structure which they do actually do a good job of, hence their growth.