interdenominational
Spanning religious branches
Interdenominational describes activities, organizations, or efforts that involve multiple religious denominations working together: an interdenominational prayer service, an interdenominational youth group.
The term usually applies to Christian churches of different traditions—Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, Presbyterian—cooperating across doctrinal lines while maintaining their separate identities.
Promoting religious unity
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- allianceFormal union of parties
- partnershipShared business arrangement
collaboration · dialogue · coalition · solidarity · accord · reconciliation · council · synod
Aid or maintenance
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- prayerAddress to deity
- hymnReligious song of praise
- sermonClergy's worship address
blessing · celebration · congregation · ministry · revival · retreat · communion · sacrament
Including various religions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- sectsReligious offshoots
doctrines · creeds · beliefs · orthodoxy · heterodoxy · schism · sectarianism · Baptist
Not tied to any creed
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- opennessQuality of being accessible
- respectRegard with honor
broad-mindedness · tolerance · welcome · hospitality · accessibility · belonging · participation · representation
ecumenical
Promoting religious unity
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- allianceFormal union of parties
partnership · collaboration · dialogue · coalition · solidarity · accord · reconciliation · council · synod · concord
service
Aid or maintenance
sermon · blessing · celebration · congregation · ministry · revival · retreat · communion · sacrament · baptism
multifaith
Including various religions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- syncretismFusion of different beliefs
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
sects · doctrines · creeds · beliefs · orthodoxy · heterodoxy · schism · sectarianism · Baptist · Methodist
nonsectarian
Not tied to any creed
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- coexistenceSimultaneous presence together
- opennessQuality of being accessible
respect · broad-mindedness · tolerance · welcome · hospitality · accessibility · belonging · participation · representation · equality
- Sunday schoolBible stories, Sunday school teachers, memory verses, lesson plans, Bible verse
- religious diplomacyinterfaith dialogue, Holy See, concordat, concordats, apostolic delegate
- world religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- Evangelicalismevangelicalism, born again, born-again, evangelists, evangelist
- Bible translationRSV, modern translation, revision, Hebrew text, Greek text
- Ecumenismecumenical, ecumenism, church unity, interchurch, intercommunion
interdenominationalsectarian
Rigidly devoted to faction
denominational · parochial · exclusive · factional · exclusivist
denomination, denominate, denominational, denominations, nondenominational