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23-658: This article related to a river in Kazakhstan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Orenburg Oblast location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Southern Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast ), mainly located in Eastern Europe . Its administrative center

46-536: A 2012 survey, 40.2% of the population of Orenburg Oblast adheres to the Russian Orthodox Church , 3% declare themselves to be generic nondenominational Christians (excluding the Protestant definition), 2% are Orthodox Christian believers who do not belong to any church or belong to non-Russian Orthodox churches . Muslims constitute 13% of the population. 3% of the population are followers of

69-627: A broader network of congregations. Many nondenominational churches can nevertheless be positioned in existing movements, such as Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism , even though they are autonomous and have no formal labels. Nondenominational churches are particularly visible in the megachurches . The neo-charismatic churches often use the term nondenominational to define themselves. Some non-denominational churches identify solely with Christianity. Most "other Christians" in America belong to nondenominational churches. Citing data from

92-511: A form of evangelical Christianity . Nondenominational Christianity first arose in the 18th century through the Stone–Campbell Restoration Movement , with followers organizing themselves simply as " Christians " and " Disciples of Christ ". Congregations in this tradition of nondenominational Christianity often refer to themselves as Churches of Christ . Independent nondenominational churches continued to appear in

115-451: Is the city of Orenburg . From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name Chkalov Oblast in honor of Valery Chkalov . As of the 2021 Census , the city has population of 1,862,767. Orenburg Oblast's internal borders are with the republics of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan to the north, Chelyabinsk Oblast to the north-east, and with Samara and Saratov oblasts to the west. Orenburg Oblast also shares an international border with Kazakhstan to

138-500: The Cooperative Congressional Election Study and General Social Survey , political scientist and statistician Ryan Burge noted that nondenominational Christians are very similar to Southern Baptists , but with some caveats. Burge writes, "Nondenominational churches are typically younger and more racially diverse than Southern Baptist churches. On religious matters, both groups attend church at

161-685: The Russian Civil War , the region was heavily affected by the Russian famine of 1921–1922 . During World War II in 1941, the command and staff of the newly formed Polish Anders' Army was based in Buzuluk , and in 1942, the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion was based there. Both formations afterwards fought against Nazi Germany . On 26 May 2024, a Ukrainian drone attacked

184-589: The Slavic native faith (Rodnovery), 6.8% are followers of other religions or did not give an answer to the survey. In addition, 20% of the population declares to be " spiritual but not religious " and 12% to be atheist . Orenburg Oblast is one of the major agricultural areas of Russia. Its climate is favorable to farming with a humid spring, dry summer and many sunny days, which make perfect conditions for cultivating hard wheat and rye , sunflowers , potatoes , peas , beans , corn , and gourds . The range of

207-592: The United States in the course of the 20th century. Nondenominational congregations experienced significant and continuous growth in the 21st century, particularly in the United States. In 2010, there were 35,496 nondenominational churches in the US with over 12 million congregants. If combined into a single group, nondenominational churches collectively represented the third-largest Christian grouping in

230-505: The Voronezh M long-range radar station near Orsk . Population : 1,862,767 ( 2021 Census ) ; 2,033,072 ( 2010 Census ) ; 2,179,551 ( 2002 Census ) ; 2,174,459 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . Ethnic composition (2021) Vital statistics for 2022: Total fertility rate (2022): 1.46 children per woman Life expectancy (2021): Total — 68.21 years (male — 63.91, female — 72.48) As of

253-506: The confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities by not formally aligning with a specific Christian denomination . In North America, nondenominational Christianity arose in the 18th century through the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement , with followers organizing themselves simply as " Christians " and " Disciples of Christ ". The nondenominational movement saw expansion during

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276-892: The 20th century Jesus movement era, which popularized contemporary Christian music and Christian media within global pop culture . Many nondenominational churches adhere to congregationalist polity , while others are governed by elders. Some nondenominational churches are independent, while others cooperate in loose associations such as the Churches of Christ ; in other cases, nondenominational churches are founded by individual pastors such Calvary Chapel Association established by Chuck Smith . Some non-denominational churches have grown quite recently within networks like Acts 29 . Certain nondenominational churches are associated with various movements in Christendom, such as evangelicalism or Charismatic Christianity , but many adhere to

299-696: The Scriptures, lowering the overall religious literacy while increasing the potential for inter-religious misunderstandings and conflict. Steven R. Harmon, a Baptist theologian who supports ecumenism , argues that "there's really no such thing" as a nondenominational church, because "as soon as a supposedly non-denominational church has made decisions about what happens in worship, whom and how they will baptize, how and with what understanding they will celebrate holy communion , what they will teach, who their ministers will be and how they will be ordered, or how they relate to those churches, these decisions have placed

322-788: The United States in 2010, after the Roman Catholic Church and Southern Baptist Convention . In Asia, especially in Singapore and Malaysia , these churches are also more numerous, since the 1990s. Nondenominational churches are by definition not affiliated with any specific denominational stream of Christianity, whether by choice from their foundation or because they separated from their denomination of origin at some point in their history. Like denominational congregations, nondenominational congregations vary in size, worship, and other characteristics. Although independent, many nondenominational congregations choose to affiliate with

345-655: The church within the stream of a specific type of denominational tradition". Harmon argues that the cause of Christian unity is best served through denominational traditions, since each "has historical connections to the church's catholicity ... and we make progress toward unity when the denominations share their distinctive patterns of catholicity with one another". Presbyterian dogmatic theologian Amy Plantinga Pauw writes that Protestant nondenominational congregations "often seem to lack any acknowledgement of their debts and ties to larger church traditions" and argues that "for now, these non-denominational churches are living off

368-609: The east and south. The oblast is situated on the boundary between Europe and Asia . The majority of its territory lies west of the continental divide in European Russia and smaller sections in the east situated on the Asian side of the divide. The most important river of the oblast is the Ural and the largest lake Shalkar-Yega-Kara . Orenburg is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude. The highest point of

391-447: The fundamental theological and spiritual issues that initially drove the division of Christianity into denominations behind a veneer of "Christian unity". He argues that nondenominationalism encourages a descent of Christianity—and indeed, all religions—into comfortable "general moralism" rather than being a focus for facing the complexities of churchgoers' culture and spirituality. Prothero further argues that it also encourages ignorance of

414-643: The oblast is the 668 m (2,192 ft)-high Nakas . In the first half of the 18th century, the Russian Empire constructed the Irtysh line  [ ru ] , a series of 46 forts, including Orenburg, to prevent Kazakh and Dzungar nomads from raiding Russian territory. Orenburg played a major role in Pugachev's Rebellion (1773–1774), the largest peasant revolt in Russian history. During

437-501: The oblast's export commodities includes oil and oil products, gas and gas produced products, rolled ferrous and non-ferrous metals, nickel , asbestos , chromium compounds, rough copper, electric engines, and radiators, which are used to make products from the machine-building industry. Nondenominational Christianity Non-denominational Christianity (or nondenominational Christianity ) consists of churches , and individual Christians , which typically distance themselves from

460-583: The reason for the increase in the number of evangelical churches claiming to be nondenominational Christianity. Ryan Burge argues that nondenominational churches are less equipped to monitor or report sexual abuse cases because they lack national organizations to do so. Because of nondenominational churches lack of organizational structure, accountability is minimal. In an article on evangelical clergy sex abuse in The New Republic by Elle Hardy, religious studies scholar Matthew D. Taylor argues that

483-561: The relative lack of accountability in nondenominational churches attract pastors "who are more megalomaniacal and authoritarian in their personality”. Since nondenominational churches lack a hierarchy to answer to, pastors with authoritarian personalities are given more opportunities to exert power and control over their congregants. Nondenominational preachers claim to have oversight from their boards and mentorship from "spiritual parents", but these are usually people they know. Taylor argues, “They’re incentivized to protect their friends and protect

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506-561: The same rate, yet nondenominationals are more likely to hold a moderate theological position on the Bible than SBC churchgoers. Finally, when it comes to politics it seems that Southern Baptists and nondenominational Christians are very similar. Nondenominational parishioners are slightly more supportive of same-sex marriage and slightly less supportive of abortion rights, but these differences are small." Boston University religion scholar Stephen Prothero argues that nondenominationalism hides

529-487: The theological capital of more established Christian communities, including those of denominational Protestantism". Pauw considers denominationalism to be a "unifying and conserving force in Christianity, nurturing and carrying forward distinctive theological traditions" (such as Wesleyanism being supported by Methodist denominations). In 2011, American evangelical professor Ed Stetzer attributed to individualism

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