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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I come from backgrounds that believe in God but never consistently went to church.  As a couple after marriage and even after kids, we haven’t gone to church.  But as the kids are getting older (oldest is 7), they have been asking questions and kids at school talk about Jesus and God.  We realized we want to make our faith more prominent in our family instead of being driven by busy schedules, etc.
But where do we begin?  I don’t feel like we have a good compass.[/quote]

Come to my church, McLean Bible Church. Families with young kids are very welcomed there! I will be happy to take you there and introduce around. [/quote]

McClean is fundamentalist, isn't it?  Pp did not specify any denomination, but may not want to go fundamentalist.
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It's evangelical (in the old, theological sense), but not fundamentalist. There are a very scant few fundamentalist churches in the DMV.

I literally took a class breaking down these definitions - among other things - in college. Fundamentalist != evangelical.[/quote]

Please spell out  the differences in your mind between Fundamentalist and Evangelical churches. It seems to me that some churches are both, i.e., spreading the word (evangelical) and strictly according to the Bible (fundamentalist).[/quote]

Evangelical churches historically (I make no representations about what is called "evangelicalism" in the modern political climate in America) follow the "Bebbington Quadrilateral"

Biblicism: The Bible is the inspired, authoritative Word of God, the ultimate source for faith and conduct, seen as inerrant and trustworthy.
Conversionism: A belief in the necessity of a personal "born again" experience, a spiritual transformation where individuals turn to Christ for salvation.
Crucicentrism: A focus on Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice on the cross as the means for redemption from sin, emphasizing his bodily resurrection and ascension.
Activism: A commitment to sharing the gospel (evangelism) and living out one's faith through good works and ministry.

Fundamentalists on the other hand aren't interested in being part of the world at all, but tend to burrow inward into their church cultures. Their views are often much more narrow than evangelicalism (which is a pretty big tent spanning Protestant denominations with fairly diverse beliefs on things like baptism, communion, church government, church membership, and more) - things like a strict 7 day literal creation where evangelicals often welcome anything up to theistic evolution.[/quote]

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