Editing Anointing of the sick (section)

===Other Protestant communities===
Protestants provide anointing in a wide variety of formats.<ref>[[Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp]], Leigh E. Schmidt, and Mark Valeri, eds., ''Practicing Protestants: Histories of Christian Life in America, 1630–1965'' (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006), 138-49. {{ISBN|9780801883620}}; and {{Cite web |title=The Protestant Heritage |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Protestant-Heritage-1354359 |access-date=2019-06-10 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref>  Protestant communities generally vary widely on the sacramental character of anointing. Most Mainline Protestants recognize only two sacraments, the eucharist and baptism, deeming anointing only a humanly-instituted rite. Non-traditional Protestant communities generally use the term [[Ordinance (Christian)|ordinance]] rather than ''sacrament''.

====Mainline beliefs====
[[Liturgical]] or [[Mainline Protestant]] communities (e.g. [[Presbyterian]], [[Congregational church|Congregationalist]]/[[United Church of Christ]], [[Methodist]], etc.) all have official yet often optional liturgical rites for the anointing of the sick partly on the model of Western pre-Reformation rites. Anointing need not be associated with grave illness or imminent danger of death.

====Charismatic and Pentecostal beliefs====
In [[Charismatic (Christians)|Charismatic]] and [[Pentecostal]] communities, anointing of the sick is a frequent practice and has been an important ritual in these communities since the respective movements were founded in the 19th and 20th centuries. These communities use extemporaneous forms of administration at the discretion of the minister, who need not be a pastor. There is minimal ceremony attached to its administration. Usually, several people physically touch (laying on of hands) the recipient during the anointing. It may be part of a worship service with the full assembly of the congregation present, but may also be done in more private settings, such as homes or hospital rooms. Some Pentecostals believe that physical healing is within the anointing and so there is often great expectation or at least great hope that a miraculous cure or improvement will occur when someone is being prayed over for healing.

==== Evangelical and fundamentalist beliefs ====
[[File:Anointing oil.jpg|thumb|[[R. W. Schambach]] anointing oil]] In [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] and [[Fundamentalism|Fundamentalist]] communities, anointing of the sick is performed with varying degrees of frequency, although laying on of hands may be more common than anointing. The rite would be similar to that of Pentecostals in its simplicity, but would usually not have the same emotionalism attached to it. Unlike some Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists generally do not believe that physical healing is within the anointing. Therefore, God may or may not grant physical healing to the sick. The healing conferred by anointing is thus a spiritual event that may not result in physical recovery.

The Church of the Brethren practices Anointing with Oil as an ordinance along with Baptism, Communion, Laying on of Hands, and the Love Feast.

Evangelical Protestants who use anointing differ about whether the person doing the anointing must be an ordained member of the [[clergy]], whether the oil must necessarily be olive oil and have been previously specially consecrated, and about other details. Several Evangelical groups reject the practice so as not to be identified with [[Charismatic movement|charismatic]] and Pentecostal groups, which practice it widely.