I read the obituaries just about every morning. Usually there is at least one listing that says of the deceased, “He was a Baptist.”

I have instructed my wife, upon my death, to make sure my obituary clearly states, “He was not a Baptist.” Not that I have anything against Baptists – why, some of my best friends are Baptists! – it’s just that I don’t want to be grouped with them. Most of my Baptist friends think this is a good idea, too.

So you can imagine my horror when I took the Denominational Quiz and got these results:

Rank Item Percent
1: Baptist (non-Calvinistic)/Plymouth Brethren/Fundamentalist (100%)
2: Anabaptist (Mennonite/Quaker etc.) (79%)
3: Baptist (Reformed/Particular/Calvinistic) (72%)
4: Congregational/United Church of Christ (72%)
5: Pentecostal/Charismatic/Assemblies of God (68%)
6: Church of Christ/Campbellite (56%)
7: Seventh-Day Adventist (54%)
8: Methodist/Wesleyan/Nazarene (52%)
9: Presbyterian/Reformed (50%)
10: Lutheran (41%)
11: Anglican/Episcopal/Church of England (37%)
12: Eastern Orthodox (31%)
13: Roman Catholic (16%)

I got to this site through John, who admits he was led to it by someone calling himself Jeff the Baptist, so I’m thinking it’s rigged. Or, I’m hoping it’s rigged.

Please, not a Baptist. Plymouth Brethren, sure. But a Baptist?


2 Cor 1:13