Arminianism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Protestant denominations=== Advocates of Arminianism find a home in many Protestant denominations,{{sfn|Olson|2014|pp=2–3|loc={{zwnj}}|ps=. "Methodism, in all its forms (including ones that do not bear that name), tends to be Arminian. (Calvinist Methodist churches once existed. They were founded by followers of Wesley's co-evangelist George Whitefield. But, so far as I am able to tell, they have all died out or merged with traditionally Reformed-Calvinist denominations.) Officially Arminian denominations include ones in the so-called "Holiness" tradition (e.g., Church of the Nazarene) and in the Pentecostal tradition (e.g., Assemblies of God). Arminianism is also the common belief of Free Will Baptists (also known as General Baptists). Many Brethren [anabaptists-pietists] churches are Arminian as well. But one can find Arminians in many denominations that are not historically officially Arminian, such as many Baptist conventions/conferences."}} and sometimes other beliefs such as Calvinism exist within the same denomination.{{sfn|Akin|1993|ps=. "In Protestant circles there are two major camps when it comes to predestination: Calvinism and Arminianism. Calvinism is common in Presbyterian, Reformed, and a few Baptist churches. Arminianism is common in Methodist, Pentecostal, and most Baptist churches."}} The [[Lutheran]] theological tradition bears certain similarities to Arminianism{{sfn|Dorner|2004|p=419|ps=. "Through its opposition to Predestinarianism, Arminianism possesses a certain similarity to the Lutheran doctrine, in the shape which the latter in the seventeenth century more and more assumed, but the similarity is rather a superficial one."}} and there may be some Lutheran churches that are open to it.{{sfn|Olson|2012}} Faiths leaning at least in part in the Arminian direction include some of [[high-church]] [[Anglicanism]].{{sfn|Satama|2009|p=16}} [[Anabaptist]] denominations, such as the [[Mennonites]], [[Hutterites]], [[Amish]] and [[Schwarzenau Brethren]], adhere to [[Anabaptist theology]], which espouses a soteriology that is similar to Arminianism "in some respects".{{sfn|Sutton|2012|p=56|ps=. "Interestingly, Anabaptism and Arminianism are similar is some respects. Underwood wrote that the Anabaptist movement anticipated Arminius by about a century with respect to its reaction against Calvinism."}}{{sfn|Olson|2014|pp=2–3}}{{sfn|Olson|2012}} Arminianism is found within the [[General Baptist]]s,{{sfn|Olson|2014|pp=2–3}} including the subset of General Baptists known as [[Free Will Baptist]]s.{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=87}} The majority of [[Southern Baptists]] embrace a traditionalist form of Arminianism which includes a belief in [[eternal security]],{{sfn|SBC|2000|loc=chap. 5}}{{sfn|Harmon|1984|pp=17–18, 45–46}}{{sfn|Walls|Dongell|2004|pp=12–13, 16–17}}{{sfn|Olson|2012}} though many see Calvinism as growing in acceptance.{{sfn|Walls|Dongell|2004|pp=7–20}} Certain proponents of Arminianism may be found within the [[Restoration movement]] in the [[Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]].{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=87}} Additionally, it is found in the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].{{sfn|Olson|2012}} Arminianism (specifically [[Wesleyan–Arminian theology]]) is taught in the [[Methodist]] churches,{{sfn|Stanglin|McCall|2021|p=139}} inclusive of those denominations aligned with the [[holiness movement]] such as the [[Evangelical Methodist Church]], [[Church of the Nazarene]], the [[Free Methodist Church]], the [[Wesleyan Church]],{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=87}} and [[the Salvation Army]].{{sfn|Stanglin|McCall|2021|p=241}} It is also found in a part of the [[Charismatic Christianity|Charismatics]], including the [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]].{{sfn|Olson|2009|p=87}}{{sfn|Akin|1993|loc={{zwnj}}}}{{sfn|Olson|2014|pp=2–3}}{{sfn|Gause|2007|ps=. "Pentecostals are almost universally Wesleyan-Arminian rather than Calvinist/Reformed, with rare exceptions among denominational Charismatic."}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page