Tradition Christianity
Mainline Protestantism
Older, more establishment Protestant denominations
- Also called Mainline Christianity, Mainline Church, mainline churches
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches and affiliations
Many paths. Shared histories.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
Traditions whose own records say they belong to it
7 traditions name Mainline Protestantism as their own — an affiliation, so kept apart from the tree.
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Belongs to itEpiscopal Church
American Anglican denomination (1789-) - Belongs to it
United Methodist Church
Methodist Mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States - Belongs to it
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Mainline Protestant denomination in the United States - Belongs to it
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Mainline Protestant denomination in the United States - Belongs to it
United Church of Christ
Congregational and Reformed Mainline Protestant denomination in the United States - Belongs to it
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Christian denomination in the United States and Canada descended from the Stone-Campbell Movement - Belongs to it
American Baptist Churches USA
Baptist Mainline Protestant denomination in the United States
Overview
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Connections
How Mainline Protestantism connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
2 statements on this record
- 2 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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