As noted above, there are peace groups within most mainstream Christian denominations.

From the 1970s onwards, there has been much more dialogue with other mainstream Christian denominations.

In the past, most mainstream Christian denominations rejected Mormonism outright, frequently calling it a cult and characterizing it as "non-Christian."

The church was attempting to distance itself from comparisons with Mormonism and in the process transform itself into a unique position among mainstream Christian denominations.

In Continental Europe and North America at the start of the 20 century, women in most mainstream Christian denominations wore head coverings during church services.

Nor do most mainstream denominations focus on the conversion of Jews, particularly since the Holocaust.

The rise of Pentecostal sects within the black church offers what many feel is a deeper sense of spirituality than more mainstream black denominations provide.

Today, most mainstream Jewish denominations view this ceremony as acceptable and laudable.

Now mainstream denominations like the Methodists are in a period of "quietism," said M. Douglas Meeks, the dean at Wesley Theological Seminary.

Like many mainstream denominations, between 1913 and 1920 the Brethren Church suffered from the fundamentalism versus liberalism controversy.