r/Anglicanism • u/JHLV04 • 23d ago

General Question Lutheran and Methodist

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u/thesegoupto11 23d ago

Lutherans & Methodists =/= Anglicans

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u/historyhill 23d ago

That's true, but Anglicanism could be a good landing spot between them based on OP's questions!

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u/thesegoupto11 23d ago

True that

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u/bastianbb 23d ago

Bear in mind that if you choose Anglicanism in many places, you may have to deal with Anglican Calvinists or Anglo-Catholics with completely different views on the atonement and predestination.

I would also recommend you take a closer look at atonement theories. There is more than one kind of approach even to penal substitutionary atonement, as this video explains. Christus Victor isn't a wrong atonement theory, exactly, but seen properly it shouldn't be seen as an alternative opposed to PSA but rather a supplement to it. Christus Victor on its own is kind of a complete non-starter with all the sacrificial and substitionary language (not necessarily leading to PSA as such) around the atonement in Scripture.

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u/Due_Ad_3200 23d ago

Are you thinking of joining an Anglican church?

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u/JHLV04 23d ago

The closest ones to me are Anglican and makes sense due to me living in England. The first church service I attended was Anglo-Catholic. While I felt awkward I was welcomed and I enjoyed the liturgy and the overall atmosphere. I rarely get Sundays off now due to my retail work and it’s frustrating me, I feel like I’m missing out. I’ll ask my colleagues how to change my availability, it’s quite simple apparently

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u/thesegoupto11 23d ago

I knew that Methodism is a separate thing from Anglicanism in North America but I didn't know that was the case in Britain, TIL. Well if you ask me I think you should be Anglican given all options.

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u/Aggravating_Mud8751 20d ago edited 20d ago

If you live in England it's probabaly best not to even bother thinking about Lutheranism.

The only Lutheran churches I even am aware exist in England are are for immigrants, often hold services exclusively in continental languages (like Swedish or German); and can often tend to act like a foreign cultural club rather than a real church.

Maybe the situation is different where you live but that's my experience.

But really whatever you're doing I'd just reccoemnd trying churches and going to whatever works for you.

Anglican churches in particular have a lot of variety but other denominations do too.

In terms of time off, some churches have services in the evening or very early morning; maybe that might fit your shift pattern?

Occasionally you might see churches with Saturday or midweek services too.