You do not need to erase your Christian story to investigate where it came from.
Choose the tradition closest to your own:
- Baptist →
- Methodist →
- Lutheran →
- Presbyterian / Reformed →
- Anglican / Episcopal →
- Evangelical →
- Pentecostal →
- Non-Denominational →
- Orthodox →
- I'm simply Protestant / not sure →
The Experiment
Start where you are.
Walk backward.
Pass the founding of your present congregation.
Pass the movement that shaped it.
Pass the Reformation.
Keep going.
Reach the early Church.
Then ask:
What did Christians believe when today's denominational choices did not yet exist?
More in Your Christian Background
- Baptist and Catholic: What Do They Believe Differently?
- Methodist and Catholic: What Do They Believe Differently?
- Lutheran and Catholic: What Do They Believe Differently?
- Presbyterian, Reformed and Catholic: What Is Different?
- Anglican, Episcopal and Catholic: What Is Different?
- Evangelical and Catholic: What Do They Believe Differently?
- Pentecostal and Catholic: What Do They Believe Differently?
- Non-Denominational Christian Exploring Catholicism
- Orthodox and Catholic: Why Are They Separated?
- Protestant Exploring Catholicism: Where Should You Begin?
- Can a Protestant Become Catholic?