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[quote=Anonymous]For PPs who don't know what Reformed is, it's denominations in the Calvinist tradition. Think non-mainline Presbyterians and probably other NAPARC churches (https://www.naparc.org/).

I was in the Reformed tradition for the vast majority of my life (Anglican now).

In my experience the Reformed tradition attracts heady intellectuals who are socially awkward. There was a brief point in the 2010s when John Piper and the like made the theology cool, so maybe there were a few more outgoing people attracted to Reformed churches. But then a lot of that crashed and burned - sometimes in ugly ways, sometimes just the coolness wore off - and now I think it's back to being the social introverts and theological nerds.

So my personal opinion is that it's not intentional. It's just how these churches work. And yes they should work on it. My parents mentioned recently showing up at a PCA church where the pastor told them the church had baptized 10 new adult converts in a calendar year. My dad was like, "I don't think any of our previous Presbyterian churches baptized 10 new adults combined."[/quote]

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