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I don’t think saying “most” is fair. Now if you’re referring to Protestant churches that accept gay pastors, gay weddings, and women pastors. Then yeah those are heresy.
Or ones that teach that God isn’t a trinity.
Or there’s no hell...
The Methodist church in my town actually was all upset and sort of protested when the UMC decided to not allow gay marriages in the churches.
It obviously has a female pastor. She looks like a middle aged cat lady lesbian too.
The lack of a central organization has its pros and cons.
A Protestant Church can have a certain denomination on the sign, but without talking to the pastor you don’t really know what doctrines are actually taught in the church.
That is one thing I admire about orthodox and Catholics. Doctrines are supposed to be the same worldwide.
definitely don't agree with gay weddings and gay church leaders
but where in the bible does it say women pastors are wrong?
I think it’s Timothy. It’s the part about the requirements for deacons.
That usually translates to the same requirements for priests/pastors as well.
Then we have numerous times it’s explained that men are supposed to be the head/ruler.
Then the other New Testament part that gets most modern feminist educated women upset, women are to be subservient to their husbands. So another example of women not being in charge.
@Deleted User Women in orthodox arent allowed to place their foot inside the holy places of the churches nor are allowed to our sacred monasteries
@Andrules Orthodoxy is a decentralized church but we dont have such problems
I know you don’t have a pope, but don’t you have some sort of council or organized group that makes doctrinal decisions for the Orthodox Church?
the penticostals have the Penticostal Holiness Church as an organization who makes decisions
and also our church is sponsored by Global University which teaches theology and biblical greek
Aren’t there multiple Pentecostal organizations? I know there are for most other Protestant denominations.
well that's the one we have
probably a branch to a bigger organization which makes the actual decisions
Since you’re in Malta... might bee too small to have that many different groups, but I’m just guessing here.
yeah its only Pentecostal holiness church here
idk about worldwide organizations
Can you post the link? @Deleted User
scroll down for church governance and jurisdiction
Thanks.
if you want a more in-depth analysis I can send you one
Screenshots don’t always do well on the phone 🤣
true, I forgot you aren't on pc 😛
They work okay when I take them and crop everything around. Desktop likes to make it huge, then discord compresses the image. So it gets all fuzzy when I try to zoom in.
I'll send you in pm a more in-depth analysis of how orthodoxy is structured
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So there’s 15 bishops?
Or does every worship center have a bishop?
Pretty sure they have more than that
We have thousands