Draft:List of Confessional Protestant denominations in North America

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Comment: This is going to require significantly better sourcing. Stuartyeates (talk) 18:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

Confessional Protestant denominations are conservative churches that subscribe to particular confessions of faith. They are considered a third church type,^[1] other than liberal/mainline and evangelical.

Anglican

Confessional Anglicans adhere to the 39 Articles of Religion. They are often also Continuing Anglicans.

Baptist

Confessional Baptists adhere to the First or Second London Confession.

Confessional Baptist Association (CBA)
Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (FIRE)

Mid-America Reformed Baptist Association of Churches
Southeast Association of Confessional Baptists
Southern California Association of Reformed Baptist Churches
Sovereign Grace Churches
Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada
Texas Area Association of Reformed Baptist Churches

Lutheran

Confessional Lutherans adhere to the Book of Concord, the historic collection of Lutheran creeds and catechisms.

Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS)
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS)
American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC)
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA)
Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC)
Conservative Lutheran Association (CLA)
Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM)
Lutheran Church – Canada (LCC)
Lutheran Church – International (LC-I)
Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR)
Lutheran Conference of Confessional Fellowship (LCCF)
Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA (LMS-USA)
North American Lutheran Church (NALC)

Presbyterian

Confessing Presbyterian denominations adhere to the Westminster Standards.

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC)
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPC)
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA)
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC)
Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC)
Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (CRPC)
American Presbyterian Church
Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA)
Evangel Presbytery
Faith Presbytery, Bible Presbyterian Church
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians

Continental Reformed

Reformed churches adhere to the Three Forms of Unity.

Pan-Reformed

These denominations adhere to confessions from multiple traditions, or leave the particular confession of subscription to the discretion of the local church.

References

^ "Protestantism's Lost Soul". Theopolis Institute. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

[1] "Protestantism's Lost Soul". Theopolis Institute. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2024-02-21.

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