Joel Dorman
Question: What is the difference between different denominations (Catholic, Covenant, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, etc.)?
As of this answer, there are over 38,000 denominations in the United States calling themselves “Christian.” Needless to say, there are differences between them.
The first part of this answer is “what is a denomination?” Catholics, for example, do not refer to themselves as a denomination. A denomination is “a recognized autonomous branch of a church or religion.”[1] This is why the Catholic Church doesn’t ...