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Which Christian
denomination are you?

18 statements place you on six axes of Christian belief and show which traditions sit nearest, each described in words its own members would accept.

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  • 18Traditions
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Grace Synergist Table Sacramental Gifts Continuationist Kingdom One people Authority Bible & tradition Worship Liturgical
Each arm is one axis: the further out it reaches, the stronger the lean, and the colour is which way. The hatched middle is the band where the quiz names neither pole.

An example: the published Eastern Orthodox answer sheet.

Most people would call these denominations. We say traditions, because several of them do not use that word for themselves.

What you will see

Grace Monergist Synergist Table Sacramental Memorial Gifts Continuationist Cessationist Kingdom One people Dispensational Authority Bible & tradition Scripture alone Worship Liturgical Free

Neither end of an axis is the better one. Blue and orange only mark which end is which; read either name for what it says.

18 traditions, each in its own words

Where each one stands on the six questions, described the way its own people would.

Open any of them to read more.

Or see all 18 as one table.

What is the difference between two of them?

12 pairs are written out in full: the answer in a paragraph, a table side by side, where they part, and the story of how they came to differ.

All 12 comparisons

How to answer

  • Five answers

    Strongly disagree through to strongly agree.

  • Unsure is one of them

    It counts as an answer and pushes you neither way.

  • Go back any time

    One statement at a time. Keys 1 to 5 work as well.

When you are ready

18 statements, about 3 minutes.

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