Ok - well - yes - Christ set the foundation and Peter was the Rock - I think we all know what I was conveying...not trying to re-write history like Barry Obama...
If people were a little less uptight, they’d see how God is blessing through the thick of all this stuff.
The evangelical “sects” (denominations) have a connection to the early church through its witness, the bible. God has no problem transcending time and space that way. I guess one could say Peter is their pope too if they had to have a pope... but as a crazy evangelical I say no it is a popeless segment of Christianity, but not hopeless because Christ is their hope.