Why do we change denominations?

LFCFan

Jakkass wrote:

Thats interesting, but in which Church. My parish in particular is noting increases in those coming to services. The Evangelical Christian church is also prospering. I think you mean that the numbers partaking in Catholic churches is declining (and a lot of them are moving to different denominations). This is something that you need to be careful of when reading statistics on Christianity.

But why are people moving around different Christian Religions and creating new ones? Surely if the Bible is the word of God then your original choice of religion is the one you should stick to? If not then it means you suddenly don't beleive in something you once believed in?

Excelsior

I changed my denomination because I believe that the emphases in Presbyterianism and the attitude that pervades it suits me, my make up, my personality more than the tradition my parents worship in.

I don't see where you get the idea that the range of denominations suggests that we don't all believe the same thing.

hairyheretic

Excelsior wrote:

I changed my denomination because I believe that the emphases in Presbyterianism and the attitude that pervades it suits me, my make up, my personality more than the tradition my parents worship in.

I don't see where you get the idea that the range of denominations suggests that we don't all believe the same thing.

The core doctrine may be the same, but there are differences in, as you put it, the ephases between deniminations.

philologos

I've always been an Anglican, I've seen people from Catholicism join our church in the past. People do it for various reasons, some change when they get married as they realise there isn't much difference between a lot of the denominations.

BrianCalgary

I grew up Anglican. My parents still go there. We attend a Christian and Missionary Alliance church.

It isn't that we stopped elieving what the Anglican church wa telling us, but we followed God's lead to serve him through the Alliance.

We also have an opportunity to work through a Baptist church, which we do from time to time.

Beliefs are the same in each, methodolgy and style are different.

PDN

Different denominations have different emphases. What suits one person doesn't suit someone else.

Some people belong to a denomination through no choice of their own, they were born into it.

Others join a denomination but then find another one helps them better in their Christian walk.