尽管有大量的宗教派别，研究美国宗教惯常做法的学者发现，在许多情况下，许多新教教派之间在信仰方面并没有多大的不同，只是在仪式方面有较小的差异。

In spite of the great number of denominations, students of religious practice in the United State find that in many cases there are no major differences in belief, and only minor ones in ritual between many of the Protestant denominations.