Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She has received her Master of Science degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling with honors from Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
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Joanne Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies Teacher and Author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She is a graduate of Psychology/Christian and Bible Counseling with Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on historical development of Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
The Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a Protestant Christian denomination with its headquarters in Mankato, Minnesota. They claim to be a conservative confessional Lutheran body following the traditions of Martin Luther.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is considered a mainline Protestant denomination. It was formed in 1988 when it merged with three North American Lutheran church bodies; the American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.
The Evangelical Free Church of America is an association of independent evangelical Christian congregations. They are united by a common commitment to serve Jesus Christ with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and obedience to the Word of God. It is Trinitarian in its theology and moderately Calvinistic in its Christian doctrine that salvation has been brought about by Jesus Christ.
The Evangelical Covenant Church is: Evangelical, but not exclusive. Biblical, but not doctrinaire. Traditional, but not rigid. Congregational, but not independent.
The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian Protestant church. It follows the teachings of Martin Luther, the German Reformation theologian.
The Episcopal Church is a Christian denomination that was part of the Anglican Communion. The Episcopal Church is an independent in government and is bound by tradition of inheritance from the Church of England. Its ministry, doctrine, liturgy and traditions comes from the Church of England.
The Enterprise Baptist Association corresponds with the United Baptists. Their worship service is more open than the Old Regular Baptists. There are a large number of independent associations that exist apart from the Old Time Baptists and are normally found in rural areas. They are commonly moderate Calvinists.
The Duck River and Kindred Associations of Baptists is also known as the General Association of Baptist. Other names associated with them are the Baptist Church of Christ, and the Separate Baptist.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church developed out of the great revival of 1800. They stress evangelism, reject predestination and avoid centralized authority in the church government. They revised the Confession of Faith and included interpretations of predestination that they found acceptable.