Why Are There So Many Denominations—and Does It Even Matter?

You can’t talk about modern Christianity without tripping over its labels. Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, Assemblies of God, Church of Christ, Church of God, Church of God in Christ, Nondenominational (but not really)—each with its own history, structure and version of Sunday morning. And depending on where you grew up, your denomination might have shaped everything from how you pray to whether you were allowed to dance at prom.But as church attendance declines and affi