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Calvinists cannot be considered Biblical church bodies because Zwingli and Calvin placed human reason above the Word of God. Calvinists say the Word of God is dead and lifeless unless it is made appealing and germane to its victims.
Roman Catholics have always appealed to the authority of the Pope, though not all the way back to St. Peter, as they claim. Rome is the perfect place for apostates and other deviants, because any belief is acceptable as long as fidelity to Rome is maintained. What people imagine about the Church of Rome is fantasy, because few have the stomach to recognize what transpires now and has been practiced for centuries. When Pope Francis popped up like a parasitic worm, the world press adored the Jesuit, which should be the ultimate warning.
Baptists are a mixed group, with many of them succumbing to the vapors of Calvinism, because of the sure-fire covenant dogma - "If you want God to bless you, you must toe the line and pay the tithe to Him - or else." Fortunately, many teach Baptist fidelity to the Scriptures - KJV - and Justification by Faith. They do not teach the Sacraments, which is an heirloom of the Zwinglians and Calvinists.
Lutherans began well in the US but fell for the power of the organization. Even tiny sects elevate their officers to mini-popes and their MDiv in-house professors to The Final Word on Any Topic. Worst is the tiny Eldona, where everyone has to play Bishop May I? But Eldona's Biblical fidelity is all over the map, like the World Council of Churches. "Making disciples" is fraudulent but fine with them. Calvinist paraphrases like the ESV are used and excused, though they have butchered the original texts and perverted the art of translating to suit their dogmas. The New KJV pays homage to Westcott-Hort-Nestle-Aland, but "So what?" - they mutter.
The result of Lutherans trying to be Roman Catholics - besides a curious love of fancy expensive clothing - is insisting on trivia "for the sake of good order," while ignoring the use of bad Bibles. Why not have everyone use the same, good Bible - the KJV - and work out the issues from the revealed Word rather man's need for power and majesty?
I know some use KJV variants, like the Third Millennium and KJV21. I know almost nothing about them because I have relied on the KJV for the last 30 years or so. There should be a central, unchanging authoritative Bible, and no one can top the KJV so far.
America may be weak and flabby in the face of rot because the church bodies raised them that way, spineless ministers interested in their glory but ready to barter the Word of God for the same of harmony and pleasing the mini-pope.
