Churches and networks that stand outside the historic denominations, holding congregational independence while sharing the evangelical inheritance of the Reformation families.
Independent and non-denominational churches are the fastest-growing part of Western Protestantism: local congregations and loose networks, such as Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard, that keep evangelical doctrine without a denominational structure above the congregation or the network.
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Denomination / School
Acts 29
Acts 29 is distinct in being a church planting network rather than a denomination, uniting autonomous churches around Reformed theology and an…
Denomination / School
Calvary Chapel
Calvary Chapel is distinct in its verse by verse, book by book exposition of the whole Bible and in its pastor led pattern of church government…
Denomination / School
Independent Congregations
Independent congregations are distinct in having no denominational affiliation or oversight at all, so that membership, property, doctrine, and the…
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Vineyard USA
Vineyard USA is distinct in joining evangelical, Bible centred theology with the regular practice of charismatic gifts, an approach its teachers call…
Independent and Non-denominational across the site
Sources
Primary
- The Lausanne Covenant (1974).
Secondary
- Ed Stetzer and David Putman, Breaking the Missional Code (2006).