They were Christian first. The rubble of the Reformation took care of that. They are still Protestant churches, as as are the Presbyterians and Reformed (although only a tiny fraction of their congregations or clergy are still Calvinists). The vast majority (I believe that the figure is between 94% and 97%) of formerly Calvinist denominations in terms of congregants are no longer Calvinist. I have an engineer working for me that is faithful Dutch Congregational. We we talking about Calvin one day and he shuddered. No Calvinism anywhere at his church or those that they associate with.
There are still some left (I believe that I saw my friend Dutch on this thread), and I would like to ask his perspective on the Anglicans, the ELCA, the Methodists, and the formerly Calvinist Presbyterian and other denominations which are swirling down the doctrinal toilet.
Don’t know. I myself know some faithful Anglicans, but many are swimming the Tiber.
The issue is less between the Church and the old guard Protestants, but between the progressives and the conservatives.