Klierwer

"Evangelical churches This includes churches and congregations that make conversion and sanctification a condition of membership; reject infant baptism; make believer's baptism a rite of membership even for those who have been baptized as children in another church; condemn and oppose the Catholic church and especially the veneration of saints; stress the autonomy of the individual congregation; and have only loose umbrella organizations that have little power. They take a negative view of the World Council of Churches. The Pentecostal churches represent the model for this type of church. They also stress the gifts of the Spirit, speaking in tongues, healings and casting out of demons." ¹ (315)

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"WCC member churches: This refers to the churches linked to the WCC and includes the Presbyterians, although only one of the smaller Presbyterian churches is a member of the WCC. They often refer to themselves as "historic" Protestant churches to distinguish themselves from the Pentecostals. They developed through immigration, especially the Lutherans, and through missionary activities of the 19th century that emanated from North America and England. They practise infant baptism, but also adult baptism of those who were not baptized as children. Although there is in such churches the preaching of conversion and charismatic piety, this is not made a condition of membership. This category includes, in addition to the denominations already mentioned, the Methodists, Anglicans and Congregationalists."²

1GU Kliewer 'Effervescent Diversity', The Ecumenical Review 57:3 (2005), 314–321, 315.

2GU Kliewer 'Effervescent Diversity', The Ecumenical Review 57:3 (2005), 314–321, 316.