Mainline Denominations

“When asked about belief in Hell, 93% of Evangelical pastors expressed certainty, compared to 70% of Catholic priests and 45% of Mainline Protestant leaders. For belief in miraculous healing, 84% of Evangelical pastors and 78% of priests said they definitely believed in it, while the number fell to 47% for Mainline clergy.” - CPost

“Are Spinks and East correct? Will we see the imminent demise (or near-demise) of ‘traditional Protestantism’ (that is, confessional Protestantism – the forms of Protestantism that conform to the sixteenth and seventeenth-century confessions)? I think that the answer is almost certainly no.” - Mere Orthodoxy

“Conservative Christians collectively cower from reconquering their leftward-bound denominations. That’s according to Redeemed Zoomer, the online nom de guerre of Presbyterian YouTuber Richard Ackerman who recently faced off with Gavin Ortlund, a Baptist pastor and founder of Truth Unites” - Juicy Ecumenism

“The PC(USA) Interim Unified Agency released its annual report on church statistics, which found that the denomination lost nearly 49,000 members in 2024, going from approximately 1.094 million members in 2023 to approximately 1.045 million members last year.” - CPost

“The amendment passed the minimum threshold for passage last week, according to a webpage tracking the presbytery vote count that was overseen by the theologically progressive Covenant Network of Presbyterians.” - CPost

“When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations…. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) also announced recent cuts to staff at its headquarters and in its global missions program.” - RNS

“It’s not like the Episcopalians only give money at high rates. They also score near the top on putting up a political sign and working for a candidate. One type of political activity is highly correlated with another type of political activity.” - Ryan Burge

“On Monday, the denomination also passed a resolution denouncing Christian Zionism.” - RNS

“In the past five years, the Reformed Church in America…has lost almost half its membership and nearly a quarter of its churches. Some members see in the collapse an opportunity to reinvent the 400-year-old church, founded by Dutch settlers in the mid-1600s.” - RNS

“The liberal Methodists of North America have now virtually guaranteed their denomination’s extinction. Conservative Methodists around the world were and still are the lifeblood of the tradition….In this, they represent the larger trend in Mainline Protestant churches.” - Breakpoint