Mainline Protestant
The mainline Protestants (also referred to as modernist Protestants or oldline Protestants) are a group of historically established Protestant denominations in the United States and Canada that are generally associated with theologically liberal or theologically progressive currents of Protestantism, in contrast to the largely theologically conservative evangelical, fundamentalist, charismatic, confessional Confessing Movement, historically Black church, and Global South Protestant denominations and congregations. Some make a distinction between "mainline" and "oldline", with the former referring only to denominational ties and the latter referring to church lineage, prestige and influence.