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7th Heaven - Denomination. The central characters are Reverend [sic] Eric Camden, his wife Annie, and their seven children. "Reverend Camden" is minister to the Glenoak Community Church. The denomination of the church is not stated but the style and content of the Sunday church services would suggest Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist or possibly Baptist. However, the fact that there is mention of church deacons would indicate Congregational or Baptist; the fact that he is addressed and referred to as "Rever ...

7th Heaven: Encyclopedia II - 7th Heaven - Premise

7th Heaven - Premise

7th Heaven - Denomination

The central characters are Reverend [sic] Eric Camden, his wife Annie, and their seven children. "Reverend Camden" is minister to the Glenoak Community Church. The denomination of the church is not stated but the style and content of the Sunday church services would suggest Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist or possibly Baptist. However, the fact that there is mention of church deacons would indicate Congregational or Baptist; the fact that he is addressed and referred to as "Reverend Camden" rather than "Mr. Camden" would indicate a somewhat extreme evangelical orientation, though the occasionally mildly liberal social stances that the program espouses confuse the issue. If the congregation were Baptist one might expect to hear Camden referred to from time to time as the "pastor." Possibly this mixture of denominational indicators is a deliberate attempt to avoid characterising the church as affiliated with any one historic tradition. Or it could merely indicate inadequate research and knowledge by the writers.

7th Heaven - Clerical family

The family originally consisted of five children (Matt, Mary, Lucy, Simon and Ruthie), but in the third season, Annie gave birth to twins, Sam and David. Three of the children, Matt, Simon, and Mary, moved away from home and appeared irregularly. Nevertheless, the house is always full; Lucy, her husband Kevin, and their daughter Savannah all live near the Camdens, as do daughter Ruthie, and son Simon. Frequent house guests also find the Camden house a home of their own. Due to dissatisfaction with the show and her image, Jessica Biel was slowly written out of the show from 2000, and Mary has not appeared in an episode of the series since September 22, 2003 (see below). On the other hand, Matt and Simon have regularly found themselves involved with the family since they moved out and Simon (David Gallagher) returned for the final season.