My Church History

I was raised in a "non-denominational" church; a broad label, but I will try to describe a few of the hallmark characteristics of my particular stream of Christianity:
1. Charismatic worship: we sang mostly contemporary worship songs, with a "modern" band, could take up to 45min. The worship time was mostly unstructured, allowing for "spontaneous" moving in the Holy Spirit (ie. anyone from the congregation could pray out, or read a scripture, or bring a "word" from God). Lots of clapping, hands raised, exclamations, emotional silences, etc.
2. Strong focus on "Gifts of the Holy Spirit": a very strong emphasis on speaking in tongues, prophecy, words of knowledge, healing. They would teach on it, practice it, encourage everyone to do this more. This was emphasized much more than a lot of the more concrete, traditional acts of the church, such as helping the poor.
3. Strong focus on teaching/doctrine: lots of teaching, retreats, seminars, etc. where we would be taught a great amount on the particular doctrinal points of this stream of churches. Lots of note taking. Lots of new concepts always to be learning and trying to apply. Kingdom of God, victorious living, the Holy Spirit: these were favorite topics.
4. Overall emphasis on "passion" for God: meetings were loud and passionate, teaching was loud and passionate, congregation expected to be loud and passionate... visitors were often uncomfortable/overwhelmed with the level of emotion, volume and intensity in the room. We were always being pushed towards being really exceptional for God; top-tier, sold-out Christians.
5. Evangelism: We didn't actually do much organized evangelism, but "the lost" seemed to still somehow be almost the entire focus of our lives (after God, of course... ha ha). We saw ourselves as ambassadors for God, bringers of light and truth into our city, our school, our world.

There's more, but that gives a bit of a picture, anyway.