Editing Mainline Protestant (section)

==== Conservative factions ====
Recent efforts from [[Conservative Christianity|theological conservatives]] have resisted the liberal drift of Mainline churches.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hempel |first=Lynn M. |last2=Bartkowski |first2=John |last3=Matthews |first3=Todd |date=2012 |title=Trust in a "Fallen World": The Case of Protestant Theological Conservatism |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41681809?seq=1 |journal=Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=522–541 |issn=0021-8294}}</ref> Through social media, conservative factions within the Mainline like 'Operation Reconquista' have evangelized a conservative perspective to [[Generation Z]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Patrick |date=2023-11-08 |title=Meet the Zoomers’ Martin Luther |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2023/11/meet-zoomers-martin-luther-mainline-reformation-project-onl/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Christianity Today |language=en-US}}</ref>