All Christians share the same basic BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] that :
1 - Jesus was the Son of God
2 - Jesus was crucified and died
3 - Jesus rose from the dead
4 - Jesus will one day come again in judgement

However, there are some differences in emphasis which cause Christians to worship differently.

CATHOLICS believe the presence of God is most powerfully experienced in the BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] - particularly the BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?]. Catholics believe the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ. This belief is known as TRANSUBSTANTIATION. So, the PRIMARY FOCAL POINT of a Catholic church is the ALTAR. Their worship is LITURGICAL which means it follows a set pattern.

Many PROTESTANT churches believe the presence of God is most powerfully experienced in the reading of and preaching about the BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?]. Such churches, e.g. BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?], METHODIST and some ANGLICAN churches usually have the BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] as the PRIMARY FOCAL POINTS of their church buildings. Their worship is usually NON-LITURGICAL which means it does not follow a set pattern.


PENTECOSTALIST churches believe the presence of God is most powerfully experienced in the gifts of the BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?]. Thus, their worship is BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] or CHARISMATIC and focuses on the charisms (gifts) of speaking in BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?], prophecy, healing and interpretation.


BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] churches believe the presence of God is most powerfully experienced in BAPTISM and so their churches have a BAPTISTRY - a large pool of water in which believers are BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] at Baptism.

Basically different beliefs BAPTISTbeliefsBIBLEEUCHARISTfully immersedHoly SpiritinfluenceLECTERN and/or PULPITsacramentsSALVATION ARMYSPIRIT LEDtongues[?] both Church design and the way different groups of Christians worship.