A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within

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, identified by traits such as a name,

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and

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. Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship. Divisions between one denomination and another are primarily defined by authority and doctrine. Issues regarding the nature of Jesus, Trinitarianism,

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, the authority of apostolic succession,

eschatology Eschatology (; ) concerns expectations of the end of the present age, human history, or of the world itself. The end of the world or end times is predicted by several world religions (both Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic), which teach that neg ...

, conciliarity, papal supremacy and papal primacy among others may separate one denomination from another. Groups of denominations, often sharing broadly similar beliefs, practices, and historical ties—can be known as "branches of Christianity" or "denominational families" (e.g. Eastern or

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and their sub-branches). These "denominational families" are often imprecisely also called denominations. Christian denominations since the 20th century have often involved themselves in ecumenism. Ecumenism refers to efforts among Christian bodies to develop better understandings and closer relationships. It also refers to efforts toward visible unity in the Christian Church, though the terms of visible unity vary for each denomination of Christianity; the

Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

and

Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, also called the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 220 million baptized members. It operates as a communion of autocephalous churches, each governed by its bishops vi ...

each teach visible unity may only be achieved by converting to their denominational beliefs and structure, citing claims of being the one true church. The largest ecumenical organization in Christianity is the

World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches (WCC) is a worldwide Christian inter-church organization founded in 1948 to work for the cause of ecumenism. Its full members today include the Assyrian Church of the East, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, most ju ...

. The following is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity,

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organizations, and Christian ideologies not necessarily represented by specific denominations. Only those Christian denominations, ideologies and organizations with

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articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable. The denominations and ecumenical organizations listed are generally ordered from ancient to contemporary Christianity.

Terminology and qualification

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre-Jerusalem

Some bodies included on this list do not consider themselves denominations. For example, the Catholic Church considers itself the one true church and the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

as pre-denominational. The Eastern Orthodox Church also considers itself the original Christian Church and pre-denominational. To express further the complexity involved, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches were historically one and the same, as evidenced by the fact that they are the only two modern churches in existence to accept all of the first seven ecumenical councils, until differences arose, such as papal authority and dominance, the rise of the

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ( el, Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, translit=Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; la, Patriarchatus Oecumenicus Constanti ...

, the

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, the continuance of emperors in the

Eastern Roman Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...

, and the final and permanent split that occurred during the

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were ...

with the siege of Constantinople. This also illustrates that denominations can arise not only from religious or theological issues, but political and generational divisions as well. Other churches that are viewed by non-adherents as denominational are highly decentralized and do not have any formal denominational structure, authority, or record-keeping beyond the local congregation; several groups within the Restoration movement and congregational churches fall into this category. Basilica Sancti Petri blue hour

Some Christian bodies are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, Pentecostals and non/inter-denominationals, Anglicans or Baptists), while others are just a few small churches, and in most cases the relative size is not evident in this list except for the denominational group or movement as a whole (e.g.

Church of the East The Church of the East ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, ''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā'') or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian C ...

Oriental Orthodox Churches The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 60 million members worldwide. The Oriental Orthodox Churches are part of the Nicene Christian tradition, and represent o ...

, or

Lutheranism Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

). The largest denomination is the Catholic Church with more than 1.3 billion members. The smallest of these groups may have only a few dozen adherents or an unspecified number of participants in independent churches as described below. As such, specific numbers and a certain size may not define a group as a denomination. However, as a general rule, the larger a group becomes, the more acceptance and legitimacy it gains. Modern movements such as Christian fundamentalism,

Pietism Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christian life, including a social concern for the needy an ...

, Evangelicalism, the Holiness movement and Pentecostalism sometimes cross denominational lines, or in some cases create new denominations out of two or more continuing groups (as is the case for many

united and uniting churches A united church, also called a uniting church, is a church formed from the merger or other form of church union of two or more different Protestant Christian denominations. Historically, unions of Protestant churches were enforced by the sta ...

, for example; e.g. the

United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Calvinist, Lutheran, and Anabaptist traditions, and with approximate ...

). Such subtleties and complexities are not clearly depicted here. Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian or a Christian denomination as disagreements arise primarily from doctrinal differences between each other. As an example, this list contains groups also known as "rites" which many, such as the Roman Catholic Church, would say are not denominations as they are in full papal communion, and thus part of the Catholic Church. For the purpose of simplicity, this list is intended to reflect the self-understanding of each denomination. Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles. There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies. Often there is considerable disagreement between various groups about whether others should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "

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", or about whether this or that group enjoys some measure of respectability. Such considerations often vary from place to place, or culture to culture, where one denomination may enjoy majority status in one region, but be widely regarded as a "dangerous cult" in another part of the world. Inclusion on this list does not indicate any judgment about the size, importance, or character of a group or its members.

Early Christian

Early Christianity is often divided into three different branches that differ in theology and traditions, which all appeared in the 1st century AD/ CE. They include

Jewish Christian Jewish Christians ( he, יהודים נוצרים, yehudim notzrim) were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD). The Nazarene Jews integrated the belief of Jesus a ...

ity, Pauline Christianity and Gnostic Christianity. All modern Christian denominations are said to have descended from the Jewish and Pauline Christianities, with Gnostic Christianity dying, or being hunted out of existence after the early Christian era and being largely forgotten until discoveries made in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries. There are also other theories on the origin of Christianity. The following Christian groups appeared between the beginning of the Christian religion and the First Council of Nicaea in 325. * Adamites * Arianism * Ebionites * Elcesaites * Marcionism * Montanism * Nazarenes *

Novatianism Novatianism or Novationism was an early Christian sect devoted to the theologian Novatian ( 200–258) that held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of '' lapsi'' (those baptized Christians who had denied their faith or performed ...

Unlike the previously mentioned groups, the following are all considered to be related to Christian Gnosticism.

Late ancient and Medieval Christian

The following are groups of Christians appearing between the First Council of Nicaea, the

East-West Schism East West (or East and West) may refer to: * East–West dichotomy, the contrast between Eastern and Western society or culture Arts and entertainment Books, journals and magazines *''East, West'', an anthology of short stories written by Salm ...

and proto-Protestantism. * Agonoclita * Apostolic Brethren * Arnoldists * Beguines and Beghards * Bogomilism ** Patarines * Bosnian Church *

Brethren of the Free Spirit The Brethren of the Free Spirit were adherents of a loose set of beliefs deemed heretical by the Catholic Church but held (or at least believed to be held) by some Christians, especially in the Low Countries, Germany, France, Bohemia, and Northern ...

* Catharism *

Donatism Donatism was a Christian sect leading to a schism in the Church, in the region of the Church of Carthage, from the fourth to the sixth centuries. Donatists argued that Christian clergy must be faultless for their ministry to be effective and ...

* Dulcinians * Friends of God *

Henricans Henry of Lausanne (variously known as of Bruys, of Cluny, of Toulouse, of Le Mans and as the Deacon, sometimes referred to as Henry the Monk or Henry the Petrobrusian) was a French heresiarch of the first half of the 12th century. His preaching beg ...

* Lollardy * Neo-Adamites * Paulicianism *

Petrobrusians Petrobrusians were a 12th century sect that rejected infant baptism, Catholic mass, veneration of the cross and prayers for the dead. Petrobrusians are sometimes identified as a precursor to the reformation. Teachings In the system of Peter of ...

* Skhariya the Jew's sect * Strigolniki * Tondrakians

Church of the East

The Church of the East split from the Roman-recognized

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during the Sasanian Period. It is also called the Nestorian Church or the Church of Persia. Declaring itself separate from the state church in 424–427, liturgically, it adhered to the East Syriac Rite. Theologically, it adopted the dyophysite doctrine of Nestorianism, which emphasizes the separateness of the divine and human natures of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

, and addresses Mary as Christotokos instead of Theotokos; the Church of the East also largely practiced aniconism. Adhered to by groups such as the Keraites and Naimans (see Christianity among the Mongols), the Church of the East had a prominent presence in Inner Asia between the 11th and 14th centuries, but by the 15th century was largely confined to the Eastern

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated i ...

-speaking Assyrian communities of northern Mesopotamia, in and around the rough triangle formed by

Mosul Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...

and Lakes Van and

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an a ...

—the same general region where the Church of the East had first emerged between the 1st and 3rd centuries. Its patriarchal lines divided in a tumultuous period from the 16th-19th century, finally consolidated into the

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (''sui iuris'') particular churches of ...

Chaldean Church (in full communion with the

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), and the Assyrian Church of the East. Other minor, modern related splinter groups include the Ancient Church of the East (split 1968 due of rejecting some changes made by Patriarch Shimun XXI Eshai) and the Chaldean Syrian Church. In 1995 the Chaldean Syrian Church reunified with the Assyrian Church of the East as an archbishopric. The Chaldean Syrian Church is headquartered in

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. Together, the Assyrian, Ancient, Chaldean Syrian and Chaldean Catholic Church comprised over 1.6 million in 2018.

Assyrian Christianity

Assyrian Christianity comprises those Eastern churches who kept the traditional Nestorian christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East after the original church reunited with the Catholic Church in Rome, forming the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1552. Assyrian Christianity forms part of the Syriac Christian tradition. The Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East together had over 0.6 million members . *

Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول� ...

** Chaldean Syrian Church *

Ancient Church of the East The Ancient Church of the East is an Eastern Christian denomination. It branched from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1964, under the leadership of Mar Thoma Darmo (d. 1969). It is one of three Assyrian Churches that claim continuity with ...

Oriental Orthodox Churches

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are the Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite christology and theology, with a combined global membership of 62 million . These churches reject the

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in 451 and those after it. They departed from the state church of the Roman Empire after the Chalcedonian Council. Other denominations, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church and bodies in Old and True Orthodoxy, often label the Oriental Orthodox Churches as "Monophysite"; as the Oriental Orthodox do not adhere to the teachings of Eutyches, they themselves reject this label, preferring the term "Miaphysite". Historically, the Oriental Orthodox Churches considered themselves collectively to be the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Jesus

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. Some Christian denominations have recently considered the body of Oriental Orthodoxy to be a part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, a view which is gaining increasing acceptance in the wake of

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between groups such as

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, Roman and Eastern Catholicism, and Protestant Christianity. Most member churches of the Oriental Orthodox Churches are part of the

. *

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** Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ** Holy See of Cilicia ** Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople **

Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James ( hy, Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ, , ) is located in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem. The ...

Coptic Orthodox Church The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...

French Coptic Orthodox Church The French Coptic Orthodox Church (french: link=no, Métropole copte orthodoxe de France) is a Coptic Orthodox jurisdiction centered in France. History Coptic immigration to France began as early as 1801 after the French Invasion of Egypt and the ...

* Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church * Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church * Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church **

Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church is a split faction from the Catholic Church formed under the leadership of Bishop Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares in 1889. He was excommunicated, stripped naked and paraded through the streets. He left the Chur ...

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** Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Eastern Orthodox

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, claims continuity (based upon apostolic succession) with the early Church as part of the

. Though it considers itself pre-denominational, being the original Church of Christ before 1054, some scholars suggest the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches began after the

East–West Schism The East–West Schism (also known as the Great Schism or Schism of 1054) is the ongoing break of communion between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054. It is estimated that, immediately after the schism occurred, ...

. The Eastern Orthodox Church had about 230 million members , making it the second largest single denomination behind the Catholic Church. Some of them have a disputed administrative status (i.e. their autonomy or autocephaly is not recognized universally). Eastern Orthodox churches by and large remain in communion with one another, although this has broken at times throughout its history. Two examples of impaired communion between the Orthodox churches include the Moscow–Constantinople schisms of 1996 and 2018. *

** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta **

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, headquartered in New York City, is an eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its current primate is Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. Archbishop On May 11, 2019, the church's Holy ...

** Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America **

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada, formerly known as the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada), is an archdiocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church based in Canada. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Cons ...

** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain **

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** Vicariate for Palestine and Jordan in the USA ** Finnish Orthodox Church ** Greek Orthodox Church of Crete ** Monastic Community of Mount Athos ** Korean Orthodox Church ** Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church ** Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA **

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC; french: Église orthodoxe ukrainienne du Canada) is an Eastern Orthodox church in Canada, primarily consisting of Orthodox Ukrainian Canadians. Its former name (before 1990) was the Ukrainian Greek ...

** Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong *** Exarchate of the Philippines ** Orthodox Metropolitanate of Singapore ** American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese *

Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa ( grc, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, Patriarcheîon Alexandreías kaì pásēs Aphrikês, The Patriarchate of Alexandria and ...

Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch ( el, Ελληνορθόδοξο Πατριαρχείο Αντιοχείας), also known as the Antiochian Orthodox Church and legally as the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East ( ar ...

** Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America ** Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia ** Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico ** Antiochian Orthodox Mission in the Philippines ** Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Chile * Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ** Greek Orthodox Church of Sinai *

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** Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ** Russian Orthodox Church in Finland ** Japanese Orthodox Church ** Chinese Orthodox Church ** Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) ** Moldovan Orthodox Church **

Belarusian Orthodox Church The Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC; be, Беларуская праваслаўная царква, russian: Белорусская православная церковь) is the official name of the Belarusian Exarchate ( be, Беларуск� ...

** Philippine Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) ** Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia ** Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe ** Patriarchal Parishes in the USA ** Patriarchal Parishes in Canada * Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church * Serbian Orthodox Church ** Serbian Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric **

Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci ( sr-cyr, Архиепископија београдско-карловачка) is the central or patriarchal eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church, with seat in Belgrade, Serbia.Serbian Metropolitanate of Skopje ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Dabar ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Montenegro ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Zagreb ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Australia *

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchat ...

** Romanian Metropolis of Bessarabia ** Romanian Metropolia of the Americas *

Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church ( bg, Българска православна църква, translit=Balgarska pravoslavna tsarkva), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria ( bg, Българска патриаршия, links=no, translit=Balgars ...

** Diocese of North America and Australia * Cypriot Orthodox Church * Orthodox Church of Greece * Albanian Orthodox Church * Polish Orthodox Church * Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church * Orthodox Church in America ** Archdiocese of Canada **

Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America ( ro, Episcopia Ortodoxă Română din America) is one of three ethnic dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), and a former diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The diocesan center is loc ...

** Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America ** Exarchate of Mexico * Orthodox Church of Ukraine *

Macedonian Orthodox Church The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archdiocese of Ohrid (MOC-AO; mk, Македонска православна црква – Охридска архиепископија), or simply the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) or the Archdiocese o ...

Catholic

The Catholic Church, or

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Church, is composed of 24 autonomous '' sui iuris''

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es: the

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and the 23

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. It considers itself the one, holy,

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and apostolic Church that

Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religi ...

founded, and which

Saint Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupa ...

initiated along with the missionary work of

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

and others. As such, the Catholic Church does not consider itself a denomination, but rather considers itself pre-denominational, the original Church of Christ. Continuity is claimed based upon apostolic succession with the early Church. The Catholic population exceeds 1.3 billion .

Latin Church (Western Church)

The Latin (or Western) Church is the largest and most widely known of the 24 ''sui iuris'' churches that together make up the Catholic Church (not to be confused with the

Roman Rite The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the '' sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while d ...

, which is one of the Latin liturgical rites, not a particular church). It is headed by the Bishop of Rome—the

Pope The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

, traditionally called the Patriarch of the West—with headquarters in

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

, enclaved within

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. , the Latin Church comprised 1.255 billion members.

Eastern Catholic Churches

All of the following are particular churches of the Catholic Church. They are all in communion with the Pope as Bishop of Rome and acknowledge his claim of universal jurisdiction and authority. They have some minor distinct theological emphases and expressions (for instance, in the case of those that are of Greek/Byzantine tradition, concerning some non-doctrinal aspects of the Latin view of

Purgatory Purgatory (, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is, according to the belief of some Christian denominations (mostly Catholic), an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgat ...

and clerical celibacy). The Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church (which are united in the worldwide Catholic Church) share the same doctrine and sacraments, and thus the same faith. The total membership of the churches accounted for approximately 18 million members .

Alexandrian Rite

* Coptic Catholic Church * Eritrean Catholic Church * Ethiopian Catholic Church

Armenian Rite

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Byzantine Rite

* Albanian Greek Catholic Church * Belarusian Greek Catholic Church * Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia * Greek Byzantine Catholic Church * Hungarian Greek Catholic Church *

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church The Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesia Catholica Italo-Albanica; it, Chiesa Cattolica Italo-Albanese; sq, Kisha Katolike-Bizantine Arbëreshë), Italo-Albanian Byzantine-Catholic Church or Italo-Albanian Church, is one of the 23 E ...

* Macedonian Greek Catholic Church *

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* Romanian Greek Catholic Church * Russian Greek Catholic Church * Ruthenian Greek/Byzantine Catholic Church * Slovak Greek Catholic Church *

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East Syriac Rite

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* Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

West Syriac Rite

Maronite Church The Maronite Church is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. The current head of the Mar ...

* Syriac Catholic Church * Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Protestant

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity which owes its name to the 1529 Protestation at Speyer, but originated in 1517 when

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Luther ...

began his dispute with the Roman Catholic Church. This period of time, known as the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and i ...

, began a series of events resulting over the next 500 years in several newly denominated churches (listed below). Some denominations were started by intentionally dividing themselves from the Roman Catholic Church, such as in the case of the English Reformation while others, such as with Luther's followers, were excommunicated after attempting reform. New denominations and organizations formed through further divisions within Protestant churches since the Reformation began. A denomination labeled "Protestant" subscribes to the fundamental Protestant principles—though not always—that is scripture alone, justification by faith alone, and the universal priesthood of believers. The majority of contemporary Protestants are members of Adventism, Anglicanism, the Baptist churches, Calvinism (Reformed Protestantism), Lutheranism, Methodism and Pentecostalism. Nondenominational, Evangelical, charismatic,

neo-charismatic The Neo-charismatic (also third-wave charismatic or hypercharismatic) movement is a movement within evangelical Protestant Christianity that is composed of a diverse range of independent churches and organizations that emphasize the post-biblical ...

, independent, Convergence, and other churches are on the rise, and constitute a significant part of Protestant Christianity. This list gives only an overview, and certainly does not mention all of the Protestant denominations. The exact number of Protestant denominations, including the members of the denominations, is difficult to calculate and depends on definition. A group that fits the generally accepted definition of "Protestant" might not officially use the term. Therefore, it should be taken with caution. The most accepted figure among various authors and scholars includes around 900 million to a little over 1 billion Protestant Christians.

Proto-Protestant

Proto-Protestantism refers to movements similar to the Protestant Reformation, but before 1517, when Martin Luther (1483–1546) is reputed to have nailed the '' Ninety-Five-Theses'' to the church door. Major early Reformers were Peter Waldo (c. 1140–c. 1205), John Wycliffe (1320s–1384), and Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415). It is not completely correct to call these groups Protestant due to the fact that some of them had nothing to do with the 1529 protestation at Speyer which coined the term Protestant. In particular, the Utraquists were eventually accommodated as a separate Catholic rite by the

papacy The pope ( la, papa, from el, πάππας, translit=pappas, 'father'), also known as supreme pontiff ( or ), Roman pontiff () or sovereign pontiff, is the bishop of Rome (or historically the patriarch of Rome), head of the worldwide Cathol ...

after a military attempt to end their movement failed. On the other hand, the surviving Waldensians ended up joining Reformed Protestantism, so it is not completely inaccurate to refer to their movement as Protestant. * Hussites ** Czechoslovak Hussite Church ** Moravian Church **

Unity of the Brethren Unity of the Brethren (Latin ''Unitas Fratrum'') may refer to: *Unity of the Brethren (Czech Republic), the province of the Moravian Church in the Czech Republic *Unity of the Brethren (Texas), a Protestant church formed in the 1800s by Czech immig ...

* Waldensians ** Waldensian Evangelical Church

Lutheran

Lutherans are a major branch of Protestantism, identifying with the theology of Martin Luther, a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer, and

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing th ...

. Lutheranism initially began as an attempt to reform the Catholic Church before the excommunication of its members. Today with most Protestants, Lutherans are divided among mainline and

evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exp ...

theological lines. The whole of Lutheranism had about 70-90 million members in 2018. The largest non-United Lutheran denomination was the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, an Eastern Protestant Christian group. *

Augustana Catholic Church The Augustana Catholic Church (ACC), formerly the Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church (ALCC) and the Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran (ECCL), was an American church in the Lutheran Evangelical Catholic tradition. The ACC said it was unique among ...

(defunct 2020) * Apostolic Lutheran Church of America * Association of Free Lutheran Congregations * Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America * Church of the Lutheran Confession *

Concordia Lutheran Conference The Concordia Lutheran Conference (CLC) is a small organization of Lutheran churches in the United States which formed in 1956. It was a reorganization of some of the churches of the Orthodox Lutheran Conference (OLC), which had been formed in Se ...

* Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference ** Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania ** Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" ** Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany) ** Evangelical Lutheran Synod **

Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference The Lutheran Church of Central Africa or LCCA is a Christian denomination of the Lutheran tradition based in the African countries of Zambia and Malawi. Currently (2004), it consists of over 40,000 baptized members in 200 congregations spread thro ...

** Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference ** Lutheran Confessional Church ** Ukrainian Lutheran Church ** Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod * Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran *

Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA) is a confessional Lutheran church body in the United States. There are twenty-eight pastors in the diocese, serving congregations in Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Mich ...

* Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands * General Lutheran Church * International Lutheran Council **

American Association of Lutheran Churches The American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC, also known as The AALC) is an American Lutheran church body. It was formed on November 7, 1987, as a continuation of the American Lutheran Church denomination, the majority of which merged with t ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil ** Evangelical Lutheran Church of England **

Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "born again", in which an individual experi ...

** Gutnius Lutheran Church **

Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church The Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church (german: Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche, abbreviated SELK) is a confessional Lutheran church body of Germany. It is a member of the European Lutheran Conference and of the Internationa ...

Japan Lutheran Church The or NRK (based on its Romaji initials) is a confessional Lutheran denomination in Japan. It currently has approximately 766 baptized members in 35 congregations nationwide. The current chairman of the NRK is Rev. Shin SHIMIZU. History ...

Lanka Lutheran Church The Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC), formerly known as Lanka Lutheran Church, is a Lutheran body in Sri Lanka. It is a denomination of around 5000 members and has been in fellowship with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) s ...

Lutheran Church—Canada Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod The Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod ( Chinese: 香港路德會) is a confessional Lutheran ( 信義宗) church body in Hong Kong. The LCHKS has nearly 40 congregations. The LCHKS grew from the China mission of The Lutheran Church–Missouri Syn ...

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), also known as the Missouri Synod, is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 1.8 million members, it is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. The L ...

Lutheran Church of Australia The Lutheran Church of Australia (LCA) is the major Lutheran denomination in Australia and New Zealand. It counts 540 congregations and 30,026 members according to official statistics. It was created from a merger of the Evangelical Lutheran C ...

Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church The Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church ( sq, Kisha Protestante Ungjillore e Kosovës) (KPEC) is a Protestant church network based in Pristina, Kosovo. It is one of the four protected major religions in the Kosovo Law of Religious Freedoms. B ...

* Laestadian Lutheran Church * Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America * Lutheran Church - International * Lutheran Church of China * Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ * Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church *

Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

Lutheran World Federation The Lutheran World Federation (LWF; german: Lutherischer Weltbund) is a global communion of national and regional Lutheran denominations headquartered in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The federation was founded in the Swedish ...

** Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church **

Arcot Lutheran Church Arcot Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 40,000 members. It belongs to National Council of Churches in India, United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India, Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches. ...

** Batak Christian Protestant Church ** Church of Denmark ** Church of the Faroe Islands ** Church of Iceland **

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. ...

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Swed ...

** Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church ** Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia ** Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil ** Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ** Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ** Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy **

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh is a Church belonging to the Lutheran denomination in India. It has about 22,000 members. The head office is situated in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. It is affiliated with United Evangelical Lutheran Chur ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa **

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) is the federation of Lutheran churches in Tanzania and one of the largest Lutheran denominations in the world, with more than 6 million members, or 13% of the Tanzanian population. It is the secon ...

Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States is a Christian denomination in India. It has about 25,000 members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation. Its president is Godwin Nag. The other churches belonging to the United Evangelical ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ** Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia ** Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea **

Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church, or the Free Church as it is commonly known ( no, Den Evangelisk Lutherske Frikirke, shortened ''Frikirken''), is a nationwide Lutheran church in Norway, consisting of 83 congregations and 21,817 baptised memb ...

Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam (GELC) is a major Christian Protestant denomination in India. It has hundreds of thousands of members. It was established on 2 November 1845. It belongs to National Council of Churche ...

** Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church **

Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church is a major Lutheran Christian denomination in India. It was established in 1882. At that time, the founder of The Schleswig Holstein Evangelical Lutheran Mission Society of Germany (SHELM) in Germany was Pastor ...

** Malagasy Lutheran Church **

Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (NELC) is a multi-lingual Lutheran Christian church that is centred mainly in four states of North India - Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and Bengal. The reach of the Church extends into Nepal and t ...

** Simalungun Protestant Christian Church **

South Andhra Lutheran Church South Andhra Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in India. It is Telugu-speaking. It is led by Bishop Rev.E.Vijayabhasker, who elected by an election It has tens of thousands of members. It belongs to the Lutheran World Federation. Seve ...

** Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church *

North American Lutheran Church The North American Lutheran Church (NALC) is a Lutheran denomination with over 420 congregations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, counting more than 142,000 baptized members. The NALC believes all doctrines should and must be judged b ...

Old Apostolic Lutheran Church The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (OALC) is a Firstborn Laestadian church in North America. Firstborn Laestadians are a subgroup within Laestadianism. The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church originated in the 1890s. In the Nordic Firstbor ...

Pietism

Pietism was an influential movement in Lutheranism that combined its emphasis on Biblical doctrine with the Reformed emphasis on individual piety and living a vigorous Christian life. Pietists who separated from established Lutheran churches to form their own denominations are known as Radical Pietists. Although a movement in Lutheranism, influence on Anglicanism, in particular John Wesley, led to the spawning of the Methodist movement. * Amana Society *

Bible Fellowship Church The Bible Fellowship Church is a conservative pietistic Christian denomination with Mennonite roots. History The Bible Fellowship Church (BFC) history begins with the formation of the Evangelische Mennoniten Gemeinschaft (Evangelical Mennonite Soc ...

Temple Society The German Templer Society emerged in Germany during the mid-nineteenth century, with its roots in the Pietist movement of the Lutheran Church, and in its history a legacy of preceding centuries during which various Christian groups undertook t ...

(Templers) * United Christian Church

Reformed

Calvinism, also known as the Reformed tradition or Reformed Protestantism is a movement which broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. Calvinism follows the theological traditions set down by

John Calvin John Calvin (; frm, Jehan Cauvin; french: link=no, Jean Calvin ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system ...

John Knox John Knox ( gd, Iain Cnocc) (born – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Born in Giffordga ...

and other Reformation-era theologians. Calvinists differ from Lutherans on the

real presence of Christ in the Eucharist The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ is present in the Eucharist, not merely symbolically or metaphorically, but in a true, real and substantial way. There are a number of Christian denomi ...

, theories of worship, and the use of God's law for believers, among other things. There are from 60 to 80 million Christians identifying as Reformed or Calvinist according to statistics gathered in 2018.

Continental Reformed churches

* Afrikaans Protestant Church * Canadian and American Reformed Churches * Christian Reformed Church in North America * Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone * Christian Reformed Church in South Africa * Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria * Christian Reformed Churches * Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands *

Christian Reformed Churches of Australia The Christian Reformed Churches of Australia (CRCA), formerly known as the Reformed Churches of Australia (RCA) is a Christian denomination established in Australia belonging to the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition. Background This denomination ha ...

* Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches *

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family a ...

* Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana * Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa - NG Church *

Evangelical and Reformed Church in Honduras The Evangelical and Reformed Church in Honduras is a Reformed denomination established in the first half of the 20th century in the country of Honduras, that holds to the Presbyterian church government. History This church was founded by the E ...

* Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany *

Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ The Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ is a Calvinist denomination in Nigeria, founded by the South African missionaries. History The Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ was founded in 1916 by the Sudan Missionary Society- South Africa Bran ...

* Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches * Free Reformed Churches of Australia * Free Reformed Churches of North America *

Free Reformed Churches of South Africa The Free Reformed Churches in South Africa (also known as the ''Vrye Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid Afrika'') is a federation of Protestant Christian churches. It follows Reformed Calvinist theology and has adopted the Dutch "three forms of unity" as i ...

* Heritage Reformed Congregations *

Huguenot The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Bez ...

(Historical) *

Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church The Evangelical Reformed Church of Lithuania or latin: "Unitas Lithuaniae"; polish: "Jednota Litewska" ( lt, Lietuvos evangelikų reformatų bažnyčia) is a Calvinist denomination in Lithuania which uses presbyterian polity. History The church w ...

* National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France * Netherlands Reformed Churches * Netherlands Reformed Congregations * Nigeria Reformed Church * Orthodox Christian Reformed Church * Polish Reformed Church * Protestant Church in the Netherlands * Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia * Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg * Protestant Reformed Churches in America * Reformed Christian Church in Croatia * Reformed Christian Church in Serbia * Reformed Church in America * Reformed Church in Austria * Reformed Church in Hungary * Reformed Church in Latvia * Reformed Church in Romania * Reformed Church in Transcarpathia * Reformed Church in the United States *

Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria The Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria was formed in 1973 when a split occurred in the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria. It consists of people of the Kuteb tribe, through multi-ethnic ministry is being pursued in other areas. In 1979 the chu ...

* Reformed Church of East Africa * Reformed Church of France * Reformed Churches in the Netherlands *

Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) (Dutch: Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (vrijgemaakt)) are an orthodox Calvinist federation of churches. This church body arose in 1944 out of the so-called Liberation (') from the Reforme ...

Reformed Churches of New Zealand Reformed Churches of New Zealand is a Calvinist denomination in New Zealand. The denomination is constituted of 21 member churches, the first seven of which were formed in 1953. Total membership as of 2020 stands at 3,283. Form of doctrine The ...

* Reformed Evangelical Church in Myanmar * Reformed Synod of Denmark * Restored Reformed Church *

* United Reformed Church *

United Reformed Church in Congo United Reformed Church in Congo was formerly the Confessing Reformed Church in Congo, and belongs to the Presbyterian and Reformed church, Reformed family of churches. History The Church was formed thanks to a broadcasting program by Rev. Aron ...

* United Reformed Churches in North America *

Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa () was formed by the union of the black and coloured Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk mission churches. Main markers in the URCSA'S history In 1652 the Dutch formed a halfway station at the Cape, which ...

Presbyterianism

* Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church * Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church *

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in the USA began to send missionaries to Mexico. History In the late 1870s a presbytery was formed. The official beginning of the denomination is in 1879. The church is active in the Northeastern part o ...

* Bible Presbyterian Church *

Church of Central Africa Presbyterian The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) is a Presbyterian denomination. It consists of five synods: one in Zambia ( Zambia Synod), one in Zimbabwe ( Harare Synod) and three in Malawi – Livingstonia Synod in the north of the country, N ...

Church of Scotland The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...

Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa The Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa (Gereja Masehi Injii di Minahasa) is a Protestant, Calvinist and Reformed church in Indonesia. It was founded in North Sulawesi on 30 September 1934. Christianity was introduced to Minahasa by Johann Fr ...

* Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches *

Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil The Igreja Presbiteriana Conservadora do Brasil ( pt, the Igreja Presbiterianan Conservadora do Brazil) (IPCB) is a Presbyterian Calvinism, Reformed denomination, founded in 1940, by the churches and members that separated from the Independent Pre ...

* Costa Rican Evangelical Presbyterian Church * Covenant Presbyterian Church * Cumberland Presbyterian Church *

Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America The Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America is a historically African-American denomination which developed from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1874. History The church was formed after African-American delegates to the Cumberland Presb ...

* Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians * Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia) * Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales * Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana * Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi * Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine * Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) *

Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to: * Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical * Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...

* Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) *

Free Presbyterian Church (Australia) The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia is a denomination which currently consists of four congregations in fellowship with the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster. There are congregations in Port Lincoln, Perth, Lock and Kingston, Tasmania. H ...

* Free Presbyterian Church of North America * Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland * Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster *

Fundamentalist Presbyterian Church in Brazil The Fundamentalist Presbyterian Church in Brazil was founded in 1956 in northeastern part of Brazil under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Israel Gueiros. A schism occurred in the Presbyterian Church of Brazil, because of the inspiration of the Bible an ...

* Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand * Greek Evangelical Church *

National Presbyterian Church in Chile The church was a result of a split in the Presbyterian Church in Chile. The National Presbyterian Church in Chile was formed on July 2, 1944 in Santiago de Chile at the Holy Trinity Church. The attendance was about 500. At that time young Chilean l ...

National Presbyterian Church in Mexico The National Presbyterian Church in Mexico ( es, La Iglesia Nacional Presbiteriana de México A.R.) is the second-largest Protestant church, and the largest Reformed denomination in Mexico. It is present throughout the country, and is particularly ...

* National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala * Orthodox Presbyterian Church * Presbyterian Church in America * Presbyterian Church in Canada * Presbyterian Church in Chile * Presbyterian Church in Honduras * Presbyterian Church in Ireland * Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) * Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) * Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap) * Presbyterian Church in Liberia *

Presbyterian Church in Malaysia The Presbyterian Church in Malaysia or GPM ( ms, Gereja Presbyterian Malaysia) is a Christian church in Malaysia. Established as an independent synod in 1974, it currently has approximately 7,000 members in 100 congregations nationwide.Council ...

* Presbyterian Church in Singapore *

Presbyterian Church in Sudan The Presbyterian Church in Sudan or also the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan is a major Reformed denomination in South Sudan, when it become independent from Sudan. It has approximately 1,000,000 members and 500 congregations in Southern Sudan. ...

* Presbyterian Church in Taiwan * Presbyterian Church in Uganda * Presbyterian Church of Africa * Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand * Presbyterian Church of Australia * Presbyterian Church of Belize * Presbyterian Church of Brazil * Presbyterian Church of East Africa * Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia * Presbyterian Church of Ghana *

Presbyterian Church of India The Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) is a mainline Protestant church based in India, with over one million adherents, mostly in Northeast India. It is one of the largest Christian denominations in that region. Origin and history In 1799, Sera ...

Presbyterian Church of Mozambique Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

* Presbyterian Church of Nigeria *

Presbyterian Church of Pakistan The Presbyterian Church of Pakistan Operation Office 6 Empress road, Lahore is the largest Presbyterian, Reformed denominations is the second largest Protestants in Pakistan. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of United Presbyterian Church of ...

Presbyterian Church of the Philippines The Presbyterian Church of the Philippines (PCP), officially The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the Philippines, is a growing evangelical, Bible-based Reformed church in the Philippines. It was officially founded in 1987 and the Ge ...

* Presbyterian Church of Wales * Presbyterian Church (USA) * Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia) * Presbyterian Reformed Church (North America) *

Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly The Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly (RPCGA) is a Presbyterian church body and conservative denomination in the United States established in 1991. The RPCGA was founded by members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United State ...

Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery The Reformed Presbyterian Church - Hanover Presbytery is a very conservative Protestant, Presbyterian denomination, founded in 1991, with congregations in United States and also in Brazil. History The Presbyterian churches originate from the ...

* Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States *

Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia is a Reformed church in Australia. It is a small Presbyterian church numbering slightly over 200 persons with its largest congregation in the area of Geelong, Victoria. The first church, in Geelong, ...

* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland * Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi * Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America * Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland *

Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil The Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil is Presbyterian Pentecostal denomination in Brazil. History In 1968 a group from the PCB formed the Christian Presbyterian Church. The Independent Presbyterian Church had a Pentecostal segment too and ...

* Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia) *

Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church (SEPC) was started by American missionaries of the Presbyterian Church in the USA in the northern part of Sudan. Missionaries were expelled in 1964. The SEPC has grown since then in northern and western Sudan as ...

United Free Church of Scotland The United Free Church of Scotland (UF Church; gd, An Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte, sco, The Unitit Free Kirk o Scotland) is a Scottish Presbyterian denomination formed in 1900 by the union of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (or UP) and ...

* United Presbyterian Church of North America *

United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan The United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan is the second-largest Presbyterian, Reformed denominations and the third-largest Protestant denomination in Pakistan. It was formed in 1968 by churches that split from the United Presbyterian Church of Pa ...

* Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa *

Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church The Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a Christian denomination in the United States with fewer than 1,000 members among twelve congregations in Alabama and Tennessee. Origins The name Cumberland comes from the church's historic connection ...

* Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States * Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia

Congregationalism

Church of Niue The Congregational Christian Church of Niue (abbreviated CCCN, also known as Ekalesia Niue or the Church of Niue) is a Christian denomination in Niue and New Zealand. It is rooted in the Congregationalist part of the Reformed tradition. It is t ...

* Church of Tuvalu *

Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa The Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) or the "Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano i Amerika Samoa" (EFKAS) is a theologically Calvinist and congregational denomination in American Samoa. It was established in 1980 with Gal ...

Congregational Christian Church in Samoa The Congregational Christian Church Samoa (CCCS) is an international evangelical Christian Church originally established in Samoa by missionaries of the London Missionary Society. History CCCS traces its beginnings to the arrival in 1830 o ...

* Congregational Christian Churches in Canada * Congregational Federation * Congregational Federation of Australia * Congregational Union of Ireland * Congregational Union of New Zealand *

Conservative Congregational Christian Conference The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC or 4Cs) is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The denomination maintains headquarters in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul. It is a member of t ...

* Cook Islands Christian Church * English Independents * Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola * Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches * Fellowship of Congregational Churches (Australia) * Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches *

Huguenots The Huguenots ( , also , ) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed, or Calvinist, tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Bez ...

* Kiribati Protestant Church * National Association of Congregational Christian Churches * Nauru Congregational Church *

Reformed Congregational Churches The Reformed Congregational Churches (Marshall Islands) is a breakaway of the United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands. This split represented a desire to return to the original Congregational roots of the denomination. The to ...

* Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil * Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria * United Church in the Solomon Islands *

* United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands *

United Congregational Church of Southern Africa The United Congregational Church in Southern Africa began with the work of the London Missionary Society, who sent missionaries like Dr. Theodorus van der Kemp to the Cape colony in 1799. He was established the first Congregational church in Cape T ...

Anglican

Anglicanism or Episcopalianism has referred to itself as the '' via media'' between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The majority of Anglicans consider themselves part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church within the Anglican Communion. Anglicans or Episcopalians also self-identify as both

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...

and Reformed. Although the use of the term "Protestant" to refer to Anglicans was once common, it is controversial today, with some rejecting the label and others accepting it. In Protestantism, Anglicans numbered over 85 million in 2018.

Anglican Communion

* Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia * Anglican Church in Central America * Anglican Church in Japan *

Anglican Church of Australia The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church in Australia after the ...

* Anglican Church of Bermuda * Anglican Church of Canada *

Anglican Church of Kenya The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) is a province of the Anglican Communion, and it is composed by 41 dioceses. The current Primate and Archbishop of Kenya is Jackson Ole Sapit. The Anglican Church of Kenya claims 5 million total members. Accordin ...

* Anglican Church of Korea * Anglican Church of Melanesia *

Anglican Church of Mexico The Anglican Church of Mexico ( es, La Iglesia Anglicana de México), originally known as Church of Jesus is the Anglican province in Mexico and includes five dioceses. The primate is Enrique Treviño Cruz, Bishop of Cuernavaca. Although bo ...

* Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea *

Anglican Church of South America The Anglican Church of South America ( es, Iglesia Anglicana de Sudamérica) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers six dioceses in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Formed i ...

* Anglican Church of Southern Africa * Anglican Church of Tanzania * Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil * Church in the Province of the West Indies *

Church in Wales The Church in Wales ( cy, Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses. The Archbishop of Wales does not have a fixed archiepiscopal see, but serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The pos ...

* Church of Ceylon *

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second l ...

* Church of Nigeria * Church of the Province of Central Africa * Church of the Province of Myanmar * Church of the Province of South East Asia * Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean *

Church of the Province of West Africa The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is ...

* Church of Uganda *

Episcopal Church (United States) The Episcopal Church, based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere, is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop o ...

* Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East * Episcopal Church in the Philippines * Episcopal Church of Cuba *

Hong Kong Anglican Church The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (abbreviated SKH), also known as the Hong Kong Anglican Church (Episcopal), is the Anglican church in Hong Kong and Macao. It is the 38th Province of the Anglican Communion. It is also one of the major denominations ...

* Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church * Parish of the Falkland Islands * Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi * Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda * Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo * Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan * Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan *

Scottish Episcopal Church The Scottish Episcopal Church ( gd, Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; sco, Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland. A continuation of the Church of Scotland as intended by King James VI, and ...

* Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

=United and uniting churches who hold membership in the Anglican Communion

= * Church of Bangladesh * Church of North India * Church of Pakistan * Church of South India * Mar Thoma Syrian Church ( Protestant Eastern Christian denomination in full communion with the Anglican Communion)

Other Anglican churches and Continuing Anglican movement

There are numerous churches following the Anglican tradition that are not in full communion with the Anglican Communion. Some churches split due to changes in the

Book of Common Prayer The ''Book of Common Prayer'' (BCP) is the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christianity, Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 ...

and the

ordination of women The ordination of women to ministerial or priestly office is an increasingly common practice among some contemporary major religious groups. It remains a controversial issue in certain Christian traditions and most denominations in which "ordin ...

, forming Anglo-Catholic or Evangelical Anglican communities. A select few of these churches are recognized by certain individual provinces of the Anglican Communion. * African Orthodox Church * Anglican Catholic Church * Anglican Church in America * Anglican Church in Brazil * Anglican Church in North America * Anglican Church of India * Anglican Episcopal Church (USA) *

Anglican Mission in the Americas The Anglican Mission in the Americas (AMiA) or The Anglican Mission (AM) is a self-governing church inheriting its doctrine and form of worship from the Episcopal Church in the United States (TEC) and Anglican Church of Canada with members and chu ...

* Anglican Orthodox Church * Anglican Province of America * Anglican Province of Christ the King * Christian Episcopal Church * Church of England (Continuing) * Church of England in South Africa * Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches * Diocese of the Great Lakes *

Diocese of the Holy Cross The Diocese of the Holy Cross (DHC) is a constituent diocese of the Anglican Catholic Church, a continuing Anglican church body in the United States. Unlike most dioceses, it is not geographically defined. History The DHC was formed by clergy ...

Episcopal Missionary Church The Episcopal Missionary Church (EMC) is a Continuing Anglican church body in the United States and a member of the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas. Its founding in the early 1990s can be traced to the protests of members of The ...

* Free Church of England *

Free Protestant Episcopal Church The Free Protestant Episcopal Church (FPEC), later named The Anglican Free Communion and now entitled the Episcopal Free Communion, was formed in England on 2 November 1897 from the merger of three smaller churches. Others were to join later. ...

* Independent Anglican Church Canada Synod * Orthodox Anglican Church * Reformed Episcopal Church *

Southern Episcopal Church The Southern Episcopal Church (SEC) is an Anglican Christian denomination established in Nashville, Tennessee in 1953, and formally organised in 1962, in reaction to liberal political and theological trends within the Episcopal Church USA. It is ...

* United Episcopal Church of North America

Anabaptist

The Anabaptists trace their origins to the Radical Reformation. Alternative to other early Protestants, Anabaptists were seen as an early offshoot of Protestantism, although the view has been challenged by some Anabaptists. There were approximately 2.1 million Anabaptists as of 2015. *

Abecedarian Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who rejected all human learning. Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect, though the term was applied broadly to the Zwickau Prophets. Rejection of ...

s *

Amish The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches ...

** Amish Mennonite ** Beachy Amish ** Kauffman Amish Mennonite ** Nebraska Amish **

New Order Amish The New Order Amish are a subgroup of Amish that split away from the Old Order Amish in the 1960s for a variety of reasons, which included a desire for "clean" youth courting standards, meaning they do not condone the practice of bundling, or no ...

** Old Order Amish ** Swartzentruber Amish * Apostolic Christian Church * Charity Christian Fellowship * Church of the United Brethren in Christ * Hutterites ** Dariusleut ** Lehrerleut ** Schmiedeleut * Bruderhof *

Mennonites Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Ra ...

** Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations ** Biblical Mennonite Alliance ** Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches ** Chortitzer Mennonite Conference ** Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites) ** Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India **

Conservative Mennonite Conference The Conservative Mennonite Conference (CMC) is a Christian body of Mennonite churches in the Anabaptist tradition. Its members are mostly of Amish descent. Despite its name, the Conservative Mennonite Conference is not generally considered to alig ...

** Evangelical Mennonite Church ** Evangelical Mennonite Conference ** Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference **

Evangelical Missionary Church The Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada (EMCC) is a Canadian Christian denomination with historical roots from plants in the pioneer settlement of Ontario and the Canadian West, earlier European migration to the eastern seaboard of the US, an ...

** Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches ** Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference ** Kleine Gemeinde ** Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference ** Mennonite Brethren Churches ** Mennonite Church Canada ** Mennonite Church in the Netherlands ** Mennonite Church USA ** Mennonite World Conference ** Missionary Church ** Noah Hoover Mennonite ** Ohio Wisler Mennonite ** Old Order Mennonites ** Reformed Mennonite ** Swiss Mennonite Conference ** US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches * River Brethren ** Brethren in Christ Church ** Old Order River Brethren ** United Zion Church ** Wengerites * Schwenkfelders

Schwarzenau Brethren Movement

* The Brethren Church (Ashland Brethren) * Church of the Brethren * Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International * Dunkard Brethren * Ephrata Cloister * Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches * Old Brethren * Old Brethren German Baptist * Old German Baptist Brethren * Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference * Old Order German Baptist Brethren

Baptist

Baptists emerged as the English Puritans were influenced by the Anabaptists, and along with Methodism, grew in size and influence after they sailed to the New World (the remaining Puritans who traveled to the New World were Congregationalists). Some Baptists fit strongly with the Reformed tradition theologically but not denominationally. Some Baptists also adopt Presbyterian polity, presbyterian and Episcopal polity, episcopal forms of governance. In 2018, there were about 75-105 million Baptists. * All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists * Alliance of Baptists * American Baptist Association * American Baptist Churches USA * Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland * Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America * Association of Regular Baptist Churches * Baptist Bible Fellowship International * Baptist Church of Christ * Baptist Conference of the Philippines * Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec * Baptist Convention of Western Cuba * Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy * Baptist General Conference of Canada * Baptist General Convention of Texas * Baptist General Conference, Baptist General Conference (Sweden) * Baptist Missionary Association of America * Baptist Union of Australia * Baptist Union of Great Britain * Baptist Union of New Zealand * Baptist Union of Scotland * Baptist Union of Western Canada * Canadian Baptist Ministries * Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists * Central Baptist Association * Central Canada Baptist Conference * Christian Unity Baptist Association * Conservative Baptist Association * Conservative Baptist Association of America * Continental Baptist Churches * Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico * Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches * Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars * Cooperative Baptist Fellowship * Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India * Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India * European Baptist Federation * Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti * Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada * Free Will Baptist Church * Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America * General Association of Baptists * General Association of General Baptists * General Association of Regular Baptist Churches * General Baptists * General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc. * General Six-Principle Baptists * Independent Baptist ** Independent Baptist Church of America ** Independent Baptist Fellowship International ** Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America ** Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association * International Baptist Convention * Landmark Baptist Church * Liberty Baptist Fellowship * Manipur Baptist Convention * Myanmar Baptist Convention * Nagaland Baptist Church Council * National Association of Free Will Baptists * National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. * National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. * National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A. * National Missionary Baptist Convention of America * National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. * New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship * New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist ** Faithful Word Baptist Church * Nigerian Baptist Convention * North American Baptist Conference * North Bank Baptist Christian Association * Norwegian Baptist Union * Old Baptist Union * Old Regular Baptist * Old Time Missionary Baptist * Primitive Baptist ** Primitive Baptist Universalism * Progressive Baptist ** Progressive National Baptist Convention * Reformed Baptist * Regular Baptist ** Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of * Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists * Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches * Separate Baptist ** Separate Baptists in Christ * Social Brethren * Southeast Conservative Baptist * Southern Baptist Convention * Southern Baptists of Texas * Sovereign Grace Baptists * Strict Baptists or Particular Baptists * Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists * Union D'Eglises Baptistes Francaises Au Canada, Union d'Églises baptistes françaises au Canada * Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Serbia and Montenegro * United American Free Will Baptist Church * United American Free Will Baptist Conference * United Baptist ** United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces ** United Free Will Baptist * World Baptist Fellowship

Bapticostals

* Bapticostal movement * Nazareth Baptist Church

Holiness Baptists

* Christian Baptist Church of God * Holiness Baptist Association

Sabbath-keeping Baptists

* Seventh Day Baptists

Spiritual Baptists

* Spiritual Baptist

Methodist

The Methodist movement emerged out the influence of

within Anglicanism. Unlike Baptists (also emerging from the Church of England), Methodists have retained Liturgy, liturgical worship and other historic Anglican practices including vestments and (in some Methodist denominations such as the United Methodist Church) the bishop (Methodism), episcopacy. Methodists were some of the first Christians to accept Ordination of women, women's ordination since the Montanism, Montanists. Some 60-80 million Christians are Methodists and members of the World Methodist Council. * African Methodist Episcopal Church * African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church * British Methodist Episcopal Church * Christian Methodist Episcopal Church * Congregational Methodist Church * Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic * Evangelical Methodist Church * First Congregational Methodist Church * Free Methodist Church * Global Methodist Church * Liberation Methodist Connexion * Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma * Methodist Church of Great Britain * Methodist Church of Malaysia * Methodist Church in India * Methodist Church of New Zealand * Methodist Church of Southern Africa * Primitive Methodist Church * Southern Methodist Church * United Methodist Church * Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia

Holiness movement

The Holiness movement emerged from 19th-century Methodism. , churches of the movement had an estimated 12 million adherents. * Free Methodist Church * Christ's Sanctified Holy Church * Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. * Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) * Church of God (Holiness) * Church of God (Restoration) * Church of the Nazarene * The Salvation Army * Wesleyan Church, Wesleyan Methodist Church

Campbellite and Millerite

Adventism was a result from the Restoration movement, which sought to restore Christianity along the lines of what was known about the Christianity in the 1st century, apostolic early Church which Restorationists saw as the search for a more pure and ancient form of the religion. This idea is also called Christian Primitivism. Following the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, William Miller (preacher), William Miller preached the end of the world and Second Coming, the second coming of Christ in 1843/44. Some followers after the failed prediction became the Adventists or Campbellites, while other splinter groups eventually became Apocalyptic Restorationists. Many of the splinter groups did not subscribe to trinitarian theologies. Well known Restorationist groups related in some way to Millerism include the Jehovah's Witnesses, World Mission Society Church of God, the Restored Church of God, and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. There are a little over 7 million Restorationist Christians.

Stone-Campbell Restoration movement

* Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) * Churches of Christ ** Churches of Christ (non-institutional) * Churches of Christ in Australia * Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples) * Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ * International Christian Church * International Churches of Christ

Millerism and comparable groups

* Millerites

Adventist movement (Sunday observing)

* Advent Christian Church * Church of the Blessed Hope * Church of God General Conference

Adventist movement (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)

Original denominations * Church of God (Seventh-Day) * Seventh-day Adventist Church Splinter denominations * Adventist Church of Promise * Charismatic Adventism * Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church * Sabbath Rest Advent Church * Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement ** International Missionary Society, International Missionary Society of Seventh-Day Adventist Church Reform Movement ** True and Free Seventh-day Adventists * Shepherd's Rod ** Branch Davidians * United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church * United Seventh-Day Brethren

Quaker

Quakers, or Friends, are members of various movements united by their belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access Inward light, the light within, or "that of God in every person". * Conservative Friends * Friends United Meeting * Evangelical Friends Church International * Friends General Conference * New Foundation Fellowship

Shakers

* Shakers

Plymouth Brethren

Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, low church, Nonconformist (Protestantism), non-conformist, evangelical Christian movement whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s, originating from Anglicanism. * Exclusive Brethren * Indian Brethren * Kerala Brethren Assembly * Open Brethren * Church Assembly Hall, one of the Chinese Independent Churches * Gospel Hall Brethren or Gospel Hall Assemblies * Needed Truth Brethren or The Churches of God

Irvingist

The Catholic Apostolic churches were born out of the 1830s revival started in London by the teachings of Edward Irving, and out of the resultant Catholic Apostolic Church movement. * Catholic Apostolic Church ** New Apostolic Church *** United Apostolic Church ** Old Apostolic Church ** Restored Apostolic Mission Church

Pentecostal and Charismatic

Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity began in the 1900s. The two movements emphasize direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Classical Pentecostalism, baptism with the Holy Spirit. They represent some of the largest growing movements in Protestant Christianity. As a result of the two movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal was established. According to the Pew Research Center, Pentecostals and Charismatics numbered some 280 million people in 2011. * Alamo Christian Foundation * Apostolic Church (disambiguation), Apostolic Church (denomination) * Apostolic Faith Church * Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa * Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God * Apostolic Pastoral Congress * Assemblies of God * Associated Brotherhood of Christians * C3 Church Global * Celestial Church of Christ * Charisma Christian Church * Christ Gospel Churches International * Christian Assemblies International * Christian Church of North America * Christian Congregation in the United States * Christian Open Door Church * Church of God by Faith * Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee) * Church of God (Chattanooga) * Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) * The Church of God for All Nations * Church of God (Full Gospel) in India * Church of God, House of Prayer * Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) * Church of God in Christ * The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres), Church of God (Jerusalem Acres) * Church of God Mountain Assembly * Church of God of Prophecy * Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly * Church of God of the Union Assembly * Church of God with Signs Following * Congregational Holiness Church * CRC Churches International * Deeper Life Bible Church * Destiny Church (New Zealand), Destiny Church * Elim Pentecostal Church * Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Besançon * The Foursquare Church * Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost * Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas * God is Love Pentecostal Church * Hillsong Church * Independent Assemblies of God, International * Indian Pentecostal Church of God * International Assemblies of God Fellowship * International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies * International Pentecostal Holiness Church * International Pentecostal Church of Christ * Mount Sinai Holy Church of America * New Life Churches * Open Bible Standard Churches * Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada * Pentecostal Assemblies of God of America * Pentecostal Church of God * Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church * The Pentecostal Mission * Potter's House Christian Fellowship * Redeemed Christian Church of God * Revival Centres International * The Revival Fellowship * Soldiers of the Cross Church * United Gospel Tabernacles * United Holy Church of America * United House of Prayer For All People * The Wesleyan Church

Other Charismatic movements

* Calvary Chapel * Charismatic Episcopal Church * City Harvest Church * Every Nation * International Christian Fellowship * Jesus Army * Ministries Without Borders * Sovereign Grace Church

Neo-charismatic movement

* Association of Vineyard Churches * Bible Christian Mission * Born Again Movement * Christ Embassy * Church on the Rock- International * Destiny Church Groningen * New Life Fellowship Association * Newfrontiers * El Lugar de Su Presencia

Uniting and united

These united or uniting churches are the result of a merger between distinct denominational churches (e.g., Lutherans and Calvinists). As ecumenism progresses, unions between various Protestants are becoming more and more common, resulting in a growing number of united and uniting churches. Major examples of uniting churches are the United Protestant Church of France (2013) and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (2004). Churches are listed here when their disparate heritage marks them as inappropriately listed in the particular categories above. * China Christian Council * Christian and Missionary Alliance * Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches * Church of Bangladesh (Anglican) * Church of North India (Anglican) * Church of Pakistan (Anglican) * Church of South India (Anglican) * Evangelical Church in Germany * Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren * Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy * Kiribati Uniting Church (former Congressionalists) * Protestant Church in the Netherlands * St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India * Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches * United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands * United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands * United Church of Canada *

* United Church of Christ in Japan * United Church of Christ in the Philippines * Uniting Church in Australia * United Protestant Church of France

Free Evangelical Churches

* Free Evangelical Churches

Evangelical

The term Evangelical appears with the reformation and reblossoms in the 18th century and in the 19th century. Evangelical Protestantism modernly understood is an inter-denominational Protestant movement which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of Salvation (Christianity), salvation by Grace (Christianity), grace through Faith in Christianity, faith in Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ's Atonement in Christianity, atonement.

African Evangelicalism

* Evangelical Church of West Africa

= P'ent'ay

= P'ent'ay, simply known as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism are a group of indigenous Protestant Eastern Christianity, Protestant Eastern Baptists, Baptist, Lutheranism, Lutheran, Pentecostalism, Pentecostal, and Mennonites, Mennonite denominations in full communion with each other and believe that Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelicalism are the reformation of the current Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Orthodox Tewahedo churches as well as the restoration of it to original Ethiopian Christianity. They uphold that in order for a person to be saved one has to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior for the forgiveness of sins; and to receive Christ one must be "Born again Christianity, born again" (). Its members make up a significant portion of the 2 million Protestant Eastern Christianity, Eastern Protestant tradition. * Kale Heywet Word of Life Church, Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church * Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus) * Full Gospel Believers Church, Mulu Wongel (Full Gospel Believers) Church * Meserete Kristos Church, Meserete Kristos (Christ Foundation) Church * Assembly of God

Asian-initiated churches

Asian-initiated churches are those arising from Chinese and Japanese regions that were formed during repression in authoritarian eras as responses from government crackdowns of their old Christian denominations which were deemed illegal or unrecognized in their countries' state atheism or religion.

=Chinese Independent Churches

= * Evangelical Free Church of China * Local Churches (affiliation), Local Church movement

=Japanese Independent Churches

= * Non-church movement * Zion Christian Church (Japan)

Malaysian Evangelicalism

* Borneo Evangelical Church, Borneo Evangelical Church (SIb Malaysia)

North American Evangelicalism

* Evangelical Free Church of Canada

South American Evangelicalism

* Evangelical Lutheran Church of São Paulo * Evangelical Church of the River Plate * Evangelical Presbyterian and Reformed Church in Peru

Internet churches

* LifeChurch.tv

Eastern Protestant

These churches resulted from a post–1800s reformation of Eastern Christianity, in line with Protestantism, Protestant beliefs and practices. * Evangelical Orthodox Church * Mar Thoma Syrian Church * St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India

Other Protestant churches and movements

These are denominations, movements, and organizations deriving from mainstream Protestantism but are not classifiable under historic or current Protestant movements nor as parachurch organizations. * Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC) * Believers' Church in India * Believers Eastern Church * Brunstad Christian Church * The Christian Community * Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites) * Cooneyites (not to be confused with ''List of Christian denominations#Other Nontrinitarians, Christian Conventions'', above) * Evangelical Covenant Church of America (Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant) * Evangelical Free Church of America * Family International * Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches * Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches * Gloriavale Christian Community * Grace Movement Churches * Great Commission Association * Indian Shakers * Inspirationalists (Amana Church Society) * Jesus Movement * Local Churches (affiliation), Local Churches * Methernitha * Metropolitan Community Churches * Shiloh Youth Revival Centers * Universal Life * Universal Alliance * The Way International * The African Church * Apostles of Johane Maranke * Christ Apostolic Church * Church of the Lord (Aladura) * Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim * Kimbanguist Church * Zion Christian Church

Early modern England

* Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist / English Dissenters

Independent sacramental

Independent sacramental churches refer to a loose collection of individuals and Christian denominations who are not part of the historic ''sacramental'' Christian denominations (such as the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, Anglicanism, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches) and yet continue to practice the historic sacramental rites independently while utilizing "Old Catholic", "Catholic", or "Autocephalous Orthodox" labels. Many such groups originated from schisms of these larger denominations, and they claim to have preserved the historical episcopate or apostolic succession, though such claims are frequently disputed or rejected outright by the historic churches of Holy See, Rome, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, Constantinople, the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic), Old Catholic Union of Utrecht, and the

Independent Catholic

Independent Catholic churches arguably began in 1724. The Independent Catholic churches self-identify as either Western or Eastern Catholic although they are not affiliated with or recognized by the Catholic Church. * American Catholic Church in the United States * American National Catholic Church * Antiochian Catholic Church in America *

* Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church * Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) * Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church * Catholic Christian Church * Catholic Mariavite Church * Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association * Christ Catholic Church * Community of the Lady of All Nations * Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen * Ecumenical Catholic Church * Ecumenical Catholic Communion * Evangelical Catholic Church (Independent Catholic) * Fraternité Notre-Dame * Free Catholic Church, in Germany * Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation * Istituto Mater Boni Consilii * Liberal Catholic Church * Mariavite Church (not to be confused with the Catholic Mariavite Church) * Most Holy Family Monastery * Old Catholic Church * Old Catholic Apostolic Church * Old Catholic Mariavite Church * Old Roman Catholic Church in North America * Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain * Palmarian Catholic Church * Philippine Independent Church, Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church) * Polish National Catholic Church * Rabelados * Reformed Catholic Church (Venezuela), Reformed Catholic Church, in Venezuela * St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (St. Louis, Missouri) * Society of St. Pius V * Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church * True Catholic Church * Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church * Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church

Independent Eastern Orthodox

These churches consider themselves Eastern Orthodox but are not in communion with the main bodies of Eastern Orthodoxy. Some of these denominations consider themselves as part of True Orthodoxy or the Old Believers. * Abkhazian Orthodox Church * American Orthodox Catholic Church * Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate * Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church * Latvian Orthodox Church * Lusitanian Catholic Orthodox Church * Montenegrin Orthodox Church (1993) * Orthodox Church in Italy * Independent Ukrainian Orthodox churches: ** Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical ** Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) ** Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate

True Orthodoxy

True Orthodoxy, or Genuine Orthodoxy, is a movement of Eastern Orthodox churches that separated from the mainstream

over issues of ecumenism and Revised Julian calendar, calendar reform since the 1920s. * Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church * Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church * Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church * Serbian True Orthodox Church

Old Believers

Old Believers, Russian Old Believers refused to accept the liturgical and ritual changes made by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666. Several Old Believer denominations have reunified with the

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and subsequent wider Eastern Orthodox communion. * Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy, Belokrinitskaya) * Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya) * Russian Old-Orthodox Church (Novozybkovskaya) * Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church (Pomortsy)

Independent Oriental Orthodox

Those are churches which claim to be Oriental Orthodox, but are not in communion with the main Oriental Orthodox churches. * British Orthodox Church * Malabar Independent Syrian Church

Syncretic Orthodoxy

Syncretic Orthodox churches blend with other denominations outside of Eastern Orthodoxy and are not in communion with the main body of Eastern nor Oriental Orthodoxies. These bodies may also be considered part of Protestant Eastern Christianity, Eastern Protestant Christianity or the Convergence Movement. * Evangelical Orthodox Church * Communion of Western Orthodox Churches ** Celtic Orthodox Church ** French Orthodox Church ** Orthodox Church of the Gauls * Antiochian Catholic Church in America * Orthodox-Catholic Church of America

Miscellaneous

The following are independent and non-mainstream movements, denominations and organizations formed during various times in the history of Christianity by splitting from mainline Catholicism, Eastern or Oriental Orthodoxy, or Protestantism not classified in the previous lists.

Independent Russian

* Doukhobors * Imiaslavie (Onomatodoxy) * Inochentism

Southcottist

* Christian Israelite Church * House of David (commune) * Panacea Society

Christian Identitist

* Christian Identity ** Assembly of Christian Soldiers ** Church of Israel, Schell City, Missouri ** Church of Jesus Christ–Christian (Aryan Nations) ** The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord ** Kingdom Identity Ministries, Harrison, Arkansas ** LaPorte Church of Christ, Fort Collins, Colorado

Independent/Isolated

* House of Aaron * Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC/Unification Church/Unification Movement) * The Process Church of The Final Judgment * Trinitarian Universalism * Brotherhood Church * United House of Prayer for All People * Lord’s Resistance Army * Mita Congregation (USA / Puerto Rico) * Olive Tree (religious movement), Olive Tree and related South Korean New Religious Movements such as Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Shincheonji and Victory Altar * Taiping Heavenly Kingdom * Twelve Tribes communities * Westboro Baptist Church

Nontrinitarian

These groups or organizations diverge from historic trinitarian theology (usually based on the First Council of Nicaea, Council of Nicaea) with different interpretations of Nontrinitarianism.

Oneness Pentecostalism

* Apostolic Assemblies of Christ * Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus * Apostolic Church of Pentecost * Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ * Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God * Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ * Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ * Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith * Pentecostal Assemblies of the World * Pentecostal Churches of Christ * True Jesus Church * United Pentecostal Church International

Unitarian and Universalism

* American Unitarian Association (consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalism) ** Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship * American Unitarian Conference * International Council of Unitarians and Universalists ** General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches *** Unitarian Christian Association ** Unitarian Church of Transylvania ** Unitarisk Kirkesamfund * Polish Brethren * Socinianism * Unitarianism#UCC USA, Unitarian Christian Conference USA * Unitarianism#UCMI .2F UCEC, Unitarian Christian Emerging Church * Universalist Church of America (consolidated with the American Unitarian Association to form the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalism)

Nontrinitarian Restorationism

=American Israelism and Latter Day Saint movement

= Most Latter Day Saint denominations are derived from the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints), Church of Christ established by Joseph Smith in 1830. The largest worldwide denomination of this movement, and the one publicly recognized as Mormonism, is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some sects, known as the "Prairie Saints", broke away because they did not recognize Brigham Young as the head of the church, and did not follow him West in the mid-1800s. Other sects broke away over the abandonment of practicing Mormonism and polygamy, plural marriage after the 1890 Manifesto. Other denominations are defined by either a belief in Joseph Smith as a prophet or acceptance of the Book of Mormon as religious text, scripture. The Latter Day Saints comprise a little over 16 million members collectively. * Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)

"Prairie Saint" Latter Day Saints

* Church of Christ (Temple Lot) (Hedrickites) * Church of Christ with the Elijah Message * Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite) * Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite) * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) * Community of Christ * Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints * Restoration Branches, Independent RLDS / Restoration Branches * Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints * Restored Church of Jesus Christ (Eugene O. Walton)

"Rocky Mountain" Latter Day Saints

* The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Fundamentalist Rocky Mountain Latter Day Saints

* Apostolic United Brethren * Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) * Latter Day Church of Christ (Kingston Clan) * The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days

Other Latter Day Saint denominations

* Fellowships of the Remnant (Latter Day Saints), Fellowships of the Remnant * Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (extinct)

= British Israelism

= * Armstrongism (Worldwide Church of God) * British-Israel-World Federation

Worldwide Church of God splinter groups

* Church of God International (United States) * Intercontinental Church of God * Living Church of God * Philadelphia Church of God * Restored Church of God * United Church of God * United Seventh-Day Brethren

= Bible Students and splinter groups

= * Christian Millennial Fellowship * Dawn Bible Students Association * Friends of Man * Jehovah's Witnesses * Laymen's Home Missionary Movement * Pastoral Bible Institute

= Other Nontrinitarian restorationists

= * Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) * Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church), Kingdom of Jesus Christ * Jesus Miracle Crusade * La Luz del Mundo * Members Church of God International

Swedenborgianism

* General Church of the New Jerusalem * Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma * Swedenborgian Church of North America

Christian Science

* Church of Christ, Scientist * Eschatology (religious movement)

Esoteric Christianity (Gnosticism)

* Anthroposophical Society * Archeosophical Society * Behmenism * Ecclesia Gnostica * Lectorium Rosicrucianum * Martinism * The Rosicrucian Fellowship * Societas Rosicruciana * Spiritualist Church * Theosophy (Boehmian), Theosophy * Universal White Brotherhood

Other Nontrinitarians

* Antoinism * Christadelphians * Church of the Blessed Hope * Church of God (Seventh-Day) * Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God * Family Federation for World Peace and Unification ** Hyung Jin Moon, World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church * Some Quakers * Spiritual Christians from Russia * Tolstoyan movement * Two by Twos ("Christian Conventions") * United Church of God * Universal Alliance * World Mission Society Church of God

Judeo-Christian

Messianic Judaism

* Chosen People Ministries * Hebrew Christian movement * International Messianic Jewish Alliance * Jews for Jesus * Messianic Jewish Alliance of America * Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations

Black Hebrew Israelites

* African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem * Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Beth Shalom * Church of God and Saints of Christ ** Church of God and Saints of Christ (Orthodox Christianity) * Commandment Keepers * Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ * Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge * Nation of Yahweh

Other groups

* Assemblies of Yahweh * Hebrew Roots * Makuya * Sacred Name Movement * Subbotniks * Yehowists

Parachurch

Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that work outside and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism. These organizations are not churches but work with churches or represent a coalition of churches. * Action of Churches Together in Scotland * Bose Monastic Community * Byzantine Discalced Carmelites * Campus Crusade for Christ * Canadian Council of Churches * Christian Churches Together in the USA * Churches Together in Britain and Ireland * Churches Together in England * Churches Uniting in Christ * Conference of European Churches * Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue * Edinburgh Churches Together * Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius * Intervarsity Christian Fellowship * Iona Community * National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. * New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist * New Monasticism related Communities * Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship * Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity * Reasons to Believe * Scripture Union * Society of Ordained Scientists * Greg Koukl, Stand to Reason * Taizé Community * The Gospel Coalition * World Alliance of Reformed Churches *

* World Evangelical Alliance * World Student Christian Federation * Young Life * Youth for Christ * Youth With A Mission

Ideologies

A Christian movement is a Christian theology, theological, political, or philosophical interpretation of

that is not necessarily represented by a specific Christian church, church, sect, or Christian denomination, denomination. * 24-7 Prayer Movement * Arianism ** Semi-Arianism * Arminianism * British Israelism * British New Church Movement * Calvinism * Campbellism * Charismatic movement * Christian anarchism * Christian atheism * Christian communism * Christian democracy ** Distributism ** Social Credit * Christian existentialism * Christian Family Movement * Christian feminism * Christian Identity (White supremacy, White Supremacist) * Christian left * Christian nationalism * Christian naturism * Christian pacifism * Christian right * Christian socialism * Christian Torah-observance * Christian vegetarianism * Christian Zionism * Confessing Church * Confessing Movement * Continual prayer, Continual Prayer Movement * Convergence Movement * Christian countercult movement, Countercult Movement * Creationism ** Old Earth Creationism ** Young Earth Creationism ** Evolutionary creationism ** Neo-Creationism ** Intelligent design movement * Emerging church, Emerging Church Movement * Evangelicalism * Gnosticism * Green Christianity * House church (or Simple church) ** House church (China), Chinese house churches * Jesus Movement * Judaizers * List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality, LGBT and Denominations * Liberation theology ** Black theology, Black ** Dalit theology, Dalit ** Latin American liberation theology, Latin American ** Palestinian liberation theology, Palestinian *

* Marcionism * Millerism * Neo-orthodoxy * Neo-charismatic movement, Neo-Charismatic * Paleo-orthodoxy * Pelagianism ** Semi-Pelagianism * Positive Christianity (Nazi) ** German Christians (movement) (Nazi) * Postmodern Christianity * Progressive Christianity (Liberal Christianity) * Prosperity Theology * Queer theology * Quiverfull * Restorationism * Shepherding Movement * Wesleyanism

Syncretic

The relation of these movements to other Christian ideas can be remote. They are listed here because they include some elements of Christian practice or beliefs, within religious contexts which may be only loosely characterized as Christian.

African diaspora religions

African diaspora religions are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam. Examples incorporating elements of Christianity include but are not limited to: * Candomblé * Haitian Vodou * Rastafari * Santería * Santo Daime * Umbanda * Voodoo (disambiguation), Voodoo

New Thought

The relation of New Thought to Christianity is not defined as exclusive; some of its adherents see themselves as solely practicing Christianity, while adherents of Religious Science say "yes and no" to the question of whether they consider themselves to be Christian in belief and practice, leaving it up to the individual to define oneself spiritually. * Church of Divine Science * Church of the Truth * Home of Truth * The Infinite Way * Psychiana * Religious Science * Seicho-no-Ie * Unity Church * Universal Foundation for Better Living

Other syncretists

Other Christian or Christian-influenced syncretic traditions and movements include: * Alleluia church * Bwiti (Some sects) * Burkhanism * Cao Đài * Chrislam (Yoruba), Chrislam * Christianity and neopaganism#Christopaganism, Christopaganism * Cults of many Folk saint, folk saints such as Santa Muerte and Maximón * Dōkai * Ghost Dance * Kakure Kirishitan, Kakure Kirishitans * Longhouse Religion * Mama Tata * Modekngei * Native American Church * Pai Mārire and other Māori religion#Syncretic religions, syncretic Māori religions * Pilgrims of Arès * Pomio Kivung * Some Rizalista religious movements Historical movements with strong syncretic influence from Christianity but no active modern membership include * Antonianism * God Worshipping Society * Pulahan

References

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