Topics

Predestination

Soteriology

Whether God predetermines who will be saved, the role of human free will in salvation, and the tension between divine sovereignty and human choice.

Key scriptures: Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 1:4-5, 2 Peter 3:9, John 3:16

Affirms7
Denies5
Nuanced54
Varies9

Catholic (5)

Orthodox (5)

Mainline Protestant (8)

Evangelical (15)

Baptist (Southern Baptist Convention)

Varies

Internal debate between Calvinist election and Arminian free-will views

Calvary Chapel

Nuanced

Rejects Calvinist election; God foreknew those who freely choose him

Christian & Missionary Alliance

Nuanced

God's foreknowledge and prevenient grace enable free response; no double predestination

Christian Reformed Church in North America

Affirms

Unconditional election and reprobation; God's sovereign choice before creation

Church of the Nazarene

Nuanced

Arminian: prevenient grace enables genuine free will; no unconditional election

Evangelical Covenant Church

Varies

Predestination viewed as non-essential; both Calvinist and Arminian members coexist

Evangelical Free Church of America

Varies

Secondary doctrinal freedom; Calvinist and Arminian views both present

IFCA International (Independent Fundamental Churches of America)

Nuanced

Eternal security affirmed; Calvinist/Arminian views coexist; premillennial dispensationalism

National Association of Free Will Baptists

Nuanced

Conditional election based on foreseen faith; no double predestination; free will

Non-denominational Evangelical

Varies

Wide spectrum from Calvinist election to Arminian free will; no consensus

Pentecostal (Assemblies of God)

Nuanced

Arminian: God foreknew who would believe; human free will is genuine

Presbyterian Church in America

Affirms

Unconditional election and double predestination both affirmed; supralapsarian-infralapsarian internal debate

Reformed Baptist Churches (1689 London Baptist Confession)

Affirms

Double predestination; unconditional election to life; reprobation of the lost

The Wesleyan Church

Nuanced

Conditional election; God foreknows free responses; Arminian framework; no double predestination

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Nuanced

Election intuitu fidei — foreseen faith; no reprobation; God desires salvation of all

Charismatic (5)

Anabaptist (5)

Adventist & Restorationist (5)

Other Protestant (8)

Non-Trinitarian (6)

Latter-day Saint (2)

Unique & Independent (7)

African Independent (4)