Where Have the Mainstream Denominations Gone?
by Pastor Don Elmore
Have you noticed what the names of the new churches that have sprung up in our midst in the last 20 years? Vineyard, Cornerstone, Crossroads, Crystal Cathedral, Community Church etc. There is no mention of Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Lutheran, Puritan, Congregational, Church of Christ, or other Protestant churches. What has happened?
The Protestant nation is over. The new congregations are following the handbook of establishing churches (?) that have no affiliation with the old Protestant faith. It used to be that when you were a Lutheran, that you believed the teachings of Martin Luther. Martin taught the predestination of God. But most Lutherans no longer teach this doctrine as well as others that they once believed.
The same is true with the Presbyterian Church, Baptist, and a whole host of other Protestant churches. They no longer teach what their older churches taught. They erred greatly when they bought into the lie of signing up for the 501c3.



