Did you realize that October 31 marks 500 years since Martin Luther presented his famous “95 theses” about abuses by the Roman Catholic Church? (October 31, 1517 ...
Southern Baptists are the largest evangelical Protestant group in the United States. Descended from Baptists who settled in the American colonies in the 17th century, Southern Baptists formed their ...
Religion Hub Protestant denominations try new ideas as they face declines in members and money Several Protestant denominations are losing members, particularly the Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist ...
A statue of Martin Luther in Market Square in Wittenberg, Germany. In 1517 Luther nailed his 95 theses to a door of the nearby Schlosskirche, helping to spark the Protestant Reformation. (Sean ...
The commonly cited figure of 33,000 has apparently been thoroughly debunked (see here and here). But this only raises the question: How many Protestant denominations are there really? It’s not easy to ...
Did you realize that Oct. 31 marks 500 years since Martin Luther presented his famous “95 theses” about abuses by the Roman Catholic Church? (Oct. 31, 1517, was also the day Luther declared, ...
Oct. 31, 1517, was also the day Luther declared, “Salvation comes not by works, but by faith.” (faith — there’s a special place for the purveyors of pumpkin spice products.”) Although Luther was ...