Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct Religion, religious body within Christianity that comprises all Church (congregation), church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadersh ...

is a distinct religious body within

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global popula ...

, identified by traits such as a name,

organization An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived f ...

and doctrine. 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,

salvation Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its ...

, the authority of

apostolic succession Apostolic succession is the method whereby the ministry of the Christian Church is held to be derived from the apostles by a continuous succession, which has usually been associated with a claim that the succession is through a series of bisho ...

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 nega ...

conciliarity Conciliarity is the adherence of various Christian communities to the authority of ecumenical councils and to synodal church governance. It is not to be confused with conciliarism, which is a particular historical movement within the Catholic ...

, 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

Western Christianity Western Christianity is one of two sub-divisions of Christianity ( Eastern Christianity being the other). Western Christianity is composed of the Latin Church and Western Protestantism, together with their offshoots such as the Old Catholi ...

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 (), also spelled oecumenism, is the concept and principle that Christians who belong to different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity. The adjec ...

. 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 In ecclesiology, the Christian Church is what different Christian denominations conceive of as being the true body of Christians or the original institution established by Jesus. "Christian Church" has also been used in academia as a synonym fo ...

, 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 via ...

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, ecumenical 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

fall of the Western Roman Empire The fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome) was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its va ...

, 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 Constantino ...

, 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 church Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...

es 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 Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul com ...

), 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 represen ...

, 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 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 expe ...

, 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, 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 approximatel ...

). 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 "

cult In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. Thi ...

", 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 ...

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 The Adamites, or Adamians, were adherents of an Early Christian group in North Africa in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th centuries. They wore no clothing during their religious services. There were later reports of similar sects in Central Europe during ...

Arianism Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doctrine first attributed to Arius (), a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by God ...

* Ebionites * Elcesaites *

Marcionism Marcionism was an early Christian dualistic belief system that originated with the teachings of Marcion of Sinope in Rome around the year 144. Marcion was an early Christian theologian, evangelist, and an important figure in early Christiani ...

* 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 Proto-Protestantism, also called pre-Protestantism, refers to individuals and movements that propagated ideas similar to Protestantism before 1517, which historians usually regard as the starting year for the Reformation era. The relationship be ...

. * Agonoclita * Apostolic Brethren * Arnoldists * Beguines and Beghards *

Bogomilism Bogomilism ( Bulgarian and Macedonian: ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", bogumilstvo, богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar P ...

** Patarines *

Bosnian Church The Bosnian Church ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=/, Crkva bosanska, Црква Босанска) was a Christian church in medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina that was independent of and considered heretical by both the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodo ...

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 Nort ...

Catharism Catharism (; from the grc, καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ones") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France. F ...

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 Tondrakians ( hy, Թոնդրակեաններ) were members of an anti-feudal, heretical Christian sect that flourished in medieval Armenia between the early 9th century and 11th century and centered on the district of Tondrak, north of Lake Va ...

Church of the East

The Church of the East split from the Roman-recognized state church of Rome 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 The East Syriac Rite or East Syrian Rite, also called the Edessan Rite, Assyrian Rite, Persian Rite, Chaldean Rite, Nestorian Rite, Babylonian Rite or Syro-Oriental Rite, is an Eastern Christian liturgical rite that employs the Divine Liturg ...

. 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 relig ...

, and addresses Mary as Christotokos instead of Theotokos; the Church of the East also largely practiced

aniconism Aniconism is the absence of artistic representations (''icons'') of the natural and supernatural worlds, or it is the absence of representations of certain figures in religions. It is a feature of various cultures, particularly of cultures whic ...

. Adhered to by groups such as the

Keraites The Keraites (also ''Kerait, Kereit, Khereid''; ; ) were one of the five dominant Mongol or Turkic tribal confederations ( khanates) in the Altai-Sayan region during the 12th century. They had converted to the Church of the East ( Nestorianism) ...

and Naimans (see

Christianity among the Mongols In modern times the Mongols are primarily Tibetan Buddhists, but in previous eras, especially during the time of the Mongol empire (13th–14th centuries), they were primarily shamanist, and had a substantial minority of Christians, many of wh ...

), 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 Assyrian may refer to: * Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia. * Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire. ** Early Assyrian Period ** Old Assyrian Period ** Middle Assyrian Empire ** Neo-Assyrian Empire * Assyri ...

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 larg ...

and Lakes Van and Urmia—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 Chaldean Church (in full communion with the

Pope of Rome 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 ...

), 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 In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

. The Chaldean Syrian Church is headquartered in

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

. 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 In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of the Church, the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its polity, its discipline, its eschatology, and its leadership. In its early history, one of t ...

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 **

Chaldean Syrian Church The Chaldean Syrian Church of India ( Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ; Malayalam: / ''Kaldaya Suriyani Sabha'') is an Eastern Christian denomination, based in Thrissur, in India. It is organized as a metropolitan pro ...

* Ancient Church of the East

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

Council of Chalcedon The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, B ...

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 Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

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 The Four Marks of the Church, also known as the Attributes of the Church, describes four distinctive adjectives of traditional Christian ecclesiology as expressed in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed completed at the First Council of Constanti ...

that Jesus

founded Founding may refer to: * The formation of a corporation, government, or other organization * The laying of a building's Foundation * The casting of materials in a mold See also * Foundation (disambiguation) * Incorporation (disambiguation) In ...

. 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 ecumenical dialogues between groups such as

Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonic ...

, 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 Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ( hy, Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին, translit=Mayr At’oř Surb Ēĵmiatsin), known in Armenian as simply the Mother See (Մայր Աթոռ, ''Mayr At’oř''), is the governing body of the Armen ...

** Holy See of Cilicia **

Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople ( tr, İstanbul Ermeni Patrikhanesi; Western hy, Պատրիարքութիւն Հայոց Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ, ''Badriark'ut'iun Hayots' Gosdantnubolsoy'') is an autonomous See. The seat o ...

** Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem * Coptic Orthodox Church **

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 th ...

* Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church *

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ኦርቶዶክስ ተዋሕዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን, ''Yäityop'ya ortodoks täwahedo bétäkrestyan'') is the largest of the Oriental Orthodox Churches. One of the few Chris ...

* 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 ...

* Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch ** Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Eastern Orthodox

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, claims continuity (based upon

) with the early Church as part of the state church of Rome. 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 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 Autocephaly (; from el, αὐτοκεφαλία, meaning "property of being self-headed") is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. The term is primarily used in Eastern Or ...

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

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. *

** 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 H ...

** 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 C ...

** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain ** Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia ** Vicariate for Palestine and Jordan in the USA **

Finnish Orthodox Church The Orthodox Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen ortodoksinen kirkko, lit=Finnish Orthodox Church; sv, Ortodoxa kyrkan i Finland, lit=Orthodox Church in Finland; ) is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Con ...

** 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 The Exarchate of the Philippines (Greek: ''Εξάρχεια των Φιλιππίνων''; Tagalog: ''Eksarkado ng Filipinas''; Spanish: ''Exarcado de Filipinas''; Pampangan: ''Eksarkadu ning Filipinas''; Zambal: ''Iksarkado nin Filipinas''; B ...

** Orthodox Metropolitanate of Singapore ** American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese * Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria *

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 The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, el, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἱεροσολύμων, ''Patriarcheîon Hierosolýmōn;'' he, הפטריארכיה היוונית-אורתודוקסית של ירושלים; ar, كنيسة الرو� ...

** Greek Orthodox Church of Sinai *

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** Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia **

Russian Orthodox Church in Finland The Russian Orthodox Church in Finland ( fi, Venäjän ortodoksinen kirkko Suomessa, russian: Русская православная церковь в Финляндии) is a semi-autonomous part of the Russian Orthodox Church formed in 1926. A ...

** Japanese Orthodox Church **

Chinese Orthodox Church The Chinese Orthodox Church () is an autonomous Eastern Orthodox church in China. It was granted autonomy by its mother church, the Russian Orthodox Church, in 1957. Earlier forms of Eastern Christianity Christianity is said to have entered ...

** Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) ** Moldovan Orthodox Church ** Belarusian Orthodox Church ** Philippine Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) **

Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia The Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia (PESEA, russian: Патриарший экзархат в Юго-Восточной Азии) is an exarchate created by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) on 28 December 2018. The primate of the PESEA ...

** Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe ** Patriarchal Parishes in the USA ** Patriarchal Parishes in Canada *

Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია, tr), commonly ...

Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches. The majori ...

** Serbian Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric ** Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci *** Serbian Metropolitanate of Skopje ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Dabar ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Montenegro ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Zagreb ** Serbian Metropolitanate of Australia * Romanian Orthodox Church ** 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 The Church of Cyprus ( el, Ἐκκλησία τῆς Κύπρου, translit=Ekklisia tis Kyprou; tr, Kıbrıs Kilisesi) is one of the autocephalous Greek Orthodox churches that together with other Eastern Orthodox churches form the communion ...

* Orthodox Church of Greece *

Albanian Orthodox Church The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania ( sq, Kisha Ortodokse Autoqefale e Shqipërisë), commonly known as the Albanian Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Albania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church. It declared its autoce ...

Polish Orthodox Church The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( pl, Polski Autokefaliczny Kościół Prawosławny), commonly known as the Polish Orthodox Church, or Orthodox Church of Poland, is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches in full communion. T ...

* Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church *

Orthodox Church in America The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America. The OCA is partly recognized as autocephalous and consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, communities, monasteries and institutions ...

** Archdiocese of Canada ** Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America **

Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America The Albanian Archdiocese, also known as the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America ( sq, Kryedioqeza Orthodokse Shqiptare në Amerikë), is one of three ethnic dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishe ...

** Exarchate of Mexico *

Orthodox Church of Ukraine The Orthodox Church of Ukraine ( uk, Православна церква України, Pravoslavna tserkva Ukrainy; OCU) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church whose canonical territory is Ukraine. The church was united at the uni ...

* Macedonian Orthodox Church

Catholic

The Catholic Church, or

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: * Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

Church, is composed of 24 autonomous '' sui iuris'' particular churches: the

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and the 23

Eastern Catholic Churches 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 ...

. It considers itself the one, holy,

catholic 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 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 relig ...

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) , occupat ...

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

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, which is one of the

Latin liturgical rites Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, are Catholic rites of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church '' sui iuris'' of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language onc ...

, 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

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. , 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 purgatory ...

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 The Coptic Catholic Church ( ar, الكنيسة القبطية الكاثوليكية; la, Ecclesia Catholica Coptorum) is an Eastern Catholic particular church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Along with the Ethiopian Catholic ...

Eritrean Catholic Church The Eritrean Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesia Catholica Erythraea; ti, ኤርትራዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያን, translit=Chiesa Eritrea) is a metropolitan ''sui iuris'' Eastern particular church headquartered in Asmara, Eritrea. It was esta ...

* Ethiopian Catholic Church

Armenian Rite

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Byzantine Rite

Albanian Greek Catholic Church The Albanian Greek Catholic Church ( la, Ecclesiae Graecae Catholico Albanica; sq, Kisha Katolike Bizantine Shqiptare), also known as the Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, is an autonomous ('' sui iuris'' in Latin) Byzantine Rite particular ...

* 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 * Macedonian Greek Catholic Church * Melkite Greek Catholic Church * Romanian Greek Catholic Church *

Russian Greek Catholic Church The Russian Greek Catholic Church (russian: Российская греко-католическая церковь, ''Rossiyskaya greko-katolicheskaya tserkov; la, Ecclesia Graeca Catholica Russica''), Russian Byzantine Catholic Church or simply ...

* Ruthenian Greek/Byzantine Catholic Church * Slovak Greek Catholic Church * Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

East Syriac Rite

Chaldean Catholic Church , native_name_lang = syc , image = Assyrian Church.png , imagewidth = 200px , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows Baghdad, Iraq , abbreviation = , type ...

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

West Syriac Rite

* Maronite Church * Syriac Catholic Church *

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church possessing self-governance under the Code of ...

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 Lutherani ...

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 in ...

, 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 Proto-Protestantism, also called pre-Protestantism, refers to individuals and movements that propagated ideas similar to Protestantism before 1517, which historians usually regard as the starting year for the Reformation era. The relationship be ...

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 Utraquism (from the Latin ''sub utraque specie'', meaning "under both kinds") or Calixtinism (from chalice; Latin: ''calix'', mug, borrowed from Greek ''kalyx'', shell, husk; Czech: kališníci) was a belief amongst Hussites, a reformist Chri ...

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 The Moravian Church ( cs, Moravská církev), or the Moravian Brethren, formally the (Latin: "Unity of the Brethren"), is one of the oldest Protestantism, Protestant Christian denomination, denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohem ...

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 the ...

. 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 expe ...

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 amon ...

(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 * Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference **

Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania The Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania is a small Albanian national Lutheran church body that originated in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod's (WELS) missionary work. It is an associate member of the Confessional Evangelica ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" ** Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany) ** Evangelical Lutheran Synod ** Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference ** 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 The General Lutheran Church, Inc. (GLC) is a small Lutheran denomination organized on March 9, 2014, and incorporated in the state of Indiana on October 26, 2017. The address of incorporation passed to Puerto Rico when the church changed leadershi ...

* 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 ...

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (, IELB) is a Lutheran church, which was founded in 1904 in Rio Grande do Sul, a southern state in Brazil. The IELB is a conservative, confessional Lutheran synod that holds to the Book of Concord. It sta ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church of England ** Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium ** 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 International ...

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 Dur ...

** Lanka Lutheran Church ** Lutheran Church—Canada ** Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod **

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 *

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 The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( lv, Latviešu evangeliski luteriska Baznica Amerika; LELBA) is a Lutheran denomination, formed in 1957 as a federation, and reorganized in 1975 as a formal denomination. In 1978 Lauma Lagzdins ...

* Lutheran Church - International * Lutheran Church of China *

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC) is an association of Lutheran congregations located primarily in the United States. It describes itself as an affiliation of autonomous Lutheran churches and not a denomination. It began in 2001 ...

* Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church * Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA *

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 Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

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. The ...

** Batak Christian Protestant Church ** Church of Denmark **

Church of the Faroe Islands The Church of the Faroe Islands ( fo, Fólkakirkjan , lit= people's church; da, Færøernes folkekirke) is one of the smallest state churches in the world. Prior to becoming independent on 29 July 2007, it was a diocese of the Church of Denm ...

** Church of Iceland ** Church of 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 Sw ...

** 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 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is a mainline Protestant Lutheran church headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The ELCA was officially formed on January 1, 1988, by the merging of three Lutheran church bodies. , it has approxim ...

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC; french: Église évangélique luthérienne au Canada) is Canada's largest Lutheran denomination, with 95,000 baptized members in 519 congregations, with the second largest, the Lutheran Church– ...

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy The Lutheran Evangelical Church in Italy ( it, Chiesa Evangelica Luterana in Italia, german: Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Italien, abbreviated CELI or ELKI) is a Protestantism, Protestant denomination in the Lutheranism, Lutheran tradition in ...

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 Chu ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa ** Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania **

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 The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positi ...

** Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia **

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea is a Protestant church denomination located in Papua New Guinea that professes the Lutheran branch of the Christian faith. The Church is incorporated by a 1991 Act of the Parliament of Papua New ...

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 India Evangelical Lutheran Church (IELC) is a Christian denomination in India. Its headquarters is in Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the International Lutheran Council and the Lutheran World Federation. It has four synods named Ambur Synod, Nagercoil ...

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 Pasto ...

** Lutheran Church of Australia ** 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 the ...

Simalungun Protestant Christian Church Gereja Kristen Protestan Simalungun (GKPS - Simalungun Protestant Christian Church) is a Lutheran and Reformed Protestant church formally founded to spread Christianity among the Simalungun people, a tribe living in Simalungun, North Sumatra, Indo ...

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. Sever ...

** 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 by t ...

* Old Apostolic Lutheran Church

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 Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's br ...

. * 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 So ...

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 The denomination known as the United Christian Church is a small evangelical body of Christians with roots in the Radical Pietistic movement of Martin Boehm and Philip William Otterbein. This group may often be confused with local congregations and ...

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 Knox and other Reformation-era

theologians 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 the s ...

. 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 denomina ...

, 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 The Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (APK; ''Afrikaans Protestant Church''), also known as AP Kerk, is a South African conservative Reformed Church federation with about 35,000 adherents. The federation consists of 210-240 congregations, mostly in S ...

* 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 The Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria (CRC-N) is a Christian church that was established in 1951 under the name "Ekklisiyar Kristi a Sudan (EKAS) Lardin "Benue" meaning, "The church of Christ in Sudan, Benue region", and known under its curre ...

Christian Reformed Churches The Christian Reformed Churches in the Netherlands ( nl, Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) is a Protestant church in the Netherlands. History The original name of the church was Christian Reformed Church in the Netherlands ('' ...

Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands The Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands or VGKN ( nl, Voortgezette Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland) is a federation of churches founded on 8 May 2004, in the Netherlands. When the Reformed Church in the Netherlands merged with the Pro ...

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 The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed ( Calvinistic) theology. Member churches include those from Presbyt ...

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 and ...

Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana The Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana was founded by Switzerland, Swiss missionaries led by the Rev. Henri Gronin begun working in 1863 among the tribe Bakgatla, Kgafela in Saulsport and Rustenburg in South Africa. In 1870 part of the tribe moved ...

Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa - NG Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NGK) is a Reformed Christian denomination in South Africa. It also has a presence in neighbouring countries, such as Namibia, Eswatini, and parts of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

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 Ev ...

* 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 ...

Heritage Reformed Congregations Heritage may refer to: History and society * A heritage asset is a preexisting thing of value today ** Cultural heritage is created by humans ** Natural heritage is not * Heritage language Biology * Heredity, biological inheritance of physica ...

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 Be ...

(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 The Nigeria Reformed Church was a mission project of the Reformed Congregations in the Netherlands. The work was started in 1970. In 2000 the denomination had 1,911 members. The church operates in the Izi tribe, comprising about a half million memb ...

Orthodox Christian Reformed Church The Orthodox Christian Reformed Churches (OCRC) were a theologically conservative federation of churches in the Dutch Calvinist tradition. Although the federation has disbanded, most of its churches still exist. They are in the United States and C ...

* Polish Reformed Church *

Protestant Church in the Netherlands The Protestant Church in the Netherlands ( nl, de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Calvinist and Lutheran. It was founded on 1 May 2004 as the merger of the ...

* Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia * Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg *

Protestant Reformed Churches in America The Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRC or PRCA) is a Protestant denomination of 33 churches and over 8,000 members. History Beginning and formation The PRC was founded in 1924 as a result of a controversy regarding common grace in th ...

* Reformed Christian Church in Croatia *

Reformed Christian Church in Serbia Before World War I, the Reformed Christian Church in Serbia (Szerbiai Református Keresztén Egyház in Hungarian) was part of the Reformed Church in Hungary. In the period of the Reformation, Rev Sztáray planted 120 Calvinist congregations in th ...

* Reformed Church in America * Reformed Church in Austria *

Reformed Church in Hungary The Reformed Church in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Református Egyház, MRE) is the largest Protestant church in Hungary, with parishes among the Hungarian diaspora abroad. Today, it is made up of 1,249 congregations in 27 presbyteries and fou ...

Reformed Church in Latvia The Reformed Church in Latvia ( lv, Evanģēliskā Reformātu-Brāļu draudze) is a confessional Calvinist denomination in Latvia with two congregations and the Baltic Reformed Seminary in Riga. Origin This denomination currently has two congreg ...

* Reformed Church in Romania * Reformed Church in Transcarpathia *

Reformed Church in the United States The Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) is a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The present RCUS is a conservative, Calvinist denomination. It affirms the principles of the Reformation: '' Sola scriptura'' (Scrip ...

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) *

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 do ...

* 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 family of churches. History The Church was formed thanks to a broadcasting program by Rev. Aron R. Kayayan in t ...

* 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 Reformation of 1560, when it split from the Catholic Church ...

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 ...

* Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil *

Costa Rican Evangelical Presbyterian Church The Costa Rican Evangelical Presbyterian Church ( es, Iglesia Evangélica Presbiteriana Costarricense) was formed in 1985 as the Fraternity of Evangelical Costa Rican Churches. Its original constituent members were five churches in metropolitan Sa ...

Covenant Presbyterian Church The Covenant Presbyterian Church (CPC) is a Protestant, Reformed denomination, founded in United States in 2006 by a group of churches that split from the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly for supporting paedocommunion. History ...

* Cumberland Presbyterian Church * Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America * 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 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi is a Reformed Christian church in Malawi. In 2009 the church had 20 congregations and an average of six house fellowships. Average membership per congregation is 250 persons. Member of the World Reforme ...

Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine is a conservative Evangelical Protestant denomination in the Reformed tradition. It holds to the presbyterian form of church governance and to the Reformed theology of the Westminster Standards. Or ...

* Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) * Free Church of Scotland * 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. Hi ...

Free Presbyterian Church of North America The Free Presbyterian Church of North America (FPCNA) is a Presbyterian denomination in the United States and Canada with mission works in Liberia, Jamaica, Haiti, and Kenya. Originally consisting of North American congregations under the auspic ...

Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland The Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland ( gd, An Eaglais Shaor Chlèireach, ) was formed in 1893. The Church identifies itself as the spiritual descendant of the Scottish Reformation. The Church web-site states that it is 'the constitutional he ...

* Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster * Fundamentalist Presbyterian Church in Brazil *

Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (GPCNZ) is a Presbyterian denomination in New Zealand which was formed in 2002. It currently consists of 21 churches and missions, which are in the process of becoming fully established churches. Backg ...

Greek Evangelical Church The Greek Evangelical Church (Greek: Ελληνική Ευαγγελική Εκκλησία, ''Elliniki Evangeliki Ekklisia'') is a Presbyterian denomination in Greece. It was the first Protestant church established in the country. History Greek ...

* National Presbyterian Church in Chile *

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 particularl ...

National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala The National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala ( es, Iglesia Evangélica Nacional Presbiteriana de Guatemala) was founded in 1882 by missionaries of the Presbyterian Church United States in Guatemala. The church took root in the urban mid ...

Orthodox Presbyterian Church The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) is a confessional Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States, with additional congregations in Canada, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyter ...

* Presbyterian Church in America * Presbyterian Church in Canada * Presbyterian Church in Chile * Presbyterian Church in Honduras *

Presbyterian Church in Ireland The Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI; ga, Eaglais Phreispitéireach in Éirinn; Ulster-Scots: ''Prisbytairin Kirk in Airlann'') is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the Republic of Ireland, and the largest Protestant denomination in ...

* Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) *

Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) The Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea, also called Korea-pa, is an Evangelical Reformed and Presbyterian denomination in the Republic of South Korea. Although, congregations have spread all over North America and in many other countries. ...

Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap) The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) is a mainline Protestant denomination based in South Korea; it currently has the second largest membership of any Presbyterian denomination in the world. It is affiliated with its daughter denomination, ...

Presbyterian Church in Liberia The Presbyterian Church in Liberia is a historic church in Liberia in the Presbyterian Reformed church, Reformed tradition. It was formerly a Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, now it is an independent, self-governing denomination. ...

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.Coun ...

Presbyterian Church in Singapore The Presbyterian Church in Singapore (Abbreviation: PCS; ) is a Presbyterian Reformed church. The current moderator is the Rt Rev Keith Lai. The denomination motto is ''"Nec tamen consumebatur"'' which means ''"Yet it was not consumed"''. Hist ...

* Presbyterian Church in Sudan *

Presbyterian Church in Taiwan The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT; ; ) is the largest Protestant Christian denomination based in Taiwan. The PCT is a member of the World Council of Churches, and its flag features a "Burning Bush," which signifies the concept of burning y ...

Presbyterian Church in Uganda Presbyterian Church in Uganda is a conservative Reformed Calvinistic denomination in Uganda with almost 100 churches in 5 presbyteries in the late 2000s. Origin The Presbyterian Church in Uganda was founded in the 1970s by the Ugandan pasto ...

Presbyterian Church of Africa The Presbyterian Church of Africa was founded in 1898 by Rev. James Mzimba, who broke from the Church of Scotland. He was born in Ngquakai, and his father was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. Mzimba become a pastor, and was ordained in 1875. He ...

* 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 The Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia (PCEA) is a small Presbyterian denomination which was formed in Sydney on 10 October 1846 by three ministers and a ruling elder. As of December 2012 it consists of 13 pastoral charges with a total o ...

* 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, Seram ...

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 na ...

Presbyterian Church of Nigeria The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria is a Presbyterian church in the Nigeria and subscribes to the Westminster Confession of Faith. The denomination has ten synods, more than 50 presbyteries and over 4,000 congregations, and almost 8,000 ministers a ...

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 ...

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) The Presbyterian Reformed Church (PRC) is a Presbyterian denomination in Australia. The denomination was formed in 1967, as a result of growing theological liberalism within the Presbyterian Church of Australia, prior to the formation of the Un ...

* 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 Stat ...

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 The Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States was a small Presbyterian denomination based in the United States that merged into the Vanguard Presbytery. The RPCUS was established in 1983, subscribes to the unrevised Westminster Confession ...

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 Geelo ...

Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland is a Presbyterian church in Ireland. The church currently has forty-three congregations, of which thirty-five are located in Northern Ireland; the remaining eight are located in the Republic of Ireland. A ...

* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi * Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America * Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland * Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil * 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 a ...

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 The United Presbyterian Church of North America (UPCNA) was an American Presbyterian denomination that existed for one hundred years. It was formed on May 26, 1858 by the union of the Northern branch of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church ...

* United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan * Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa * Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church * Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States *

Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia The Westminster Presbyterian Church is a small but growing Presbyterian denomination in Australia. It is based in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, and has one congregation in the Australian Capital Territory. History The Westmin ...

Congregationalism

* Church of Niue *

Church of Tuvalu The Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu ( Tuvaluan: ''Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu'', EKT), commonly the Church of Tuvalu, is a Christian Church which is the state church of Tuvalu, although this status merely entitles it to "the privilege ...

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 Galea' ...

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 of ...

* Congregational Christian Churches in Canada *

Congregational Federation The Congregational Federation is a small Christian denomination in Great Britain comprising 235 congregations, down from 294 in April 2014. The Federation brings together Congregational churches, and provides support and guidance to member church ...

* Congregational Federation of Australia * Congregational Union of Ireland *

Congregational Union of New Zealand The first Congregational Church in New Zealand was formed in 1840 by Rev. Barzillai Quaife, who was a missionary to the Maori. This cause did not give rise to any lasting church, neither did one formed in New Plymouth in February 1842. Mr. Jonas Woo ...

* Conservative Congregational Christian Conference * Cook Islands Christian Church * English Independents *

Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola The Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola ( pt, Igreja Evangélica Congregacional em Angola) is a Reformed Christian denomination in Angola. History On November 11, 1880, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (now the U ...

* Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches *

Fellowship of Congregational Churches The Fellowship of Congregational Churches is a conservative Congregational denomination in Australia. It was formed by the forty congregations of the Congregational Union of Australia who chose not to join the Uniting Church in Australia in 197 ...

(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 B ...

Kiribati Protestant Church The Kiribati Protestant Church (KPC) and earlier, the Gilbert Islands Protestant Church, is a Protestant Christian denomination in Kiribati. With approximately 10,000 members,National Association of Congregational Christian Churches *

Nauru Congregational Church The Nauru Congregational Church (NCC) is the largest religious denomination in Nauru, claiming as members approximately 60% of Nauru's population of about 10,000.Reformed Congregational Churches * Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil * Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria *

United Church in the Solomon Islands The United Church in Solomon Islands is a Reformed congregational Christian denomination in Solomon Islands. History The first Australian missionaries were sent to the Solomon Islands archipelago in 1902 by the Methodist Missionary Society. The ...

* 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 ...

Anglican

Anglicanism or Episcopalianism has referred to itself as the ''

via media ''Via media'' is a Latin phrase meaning "the middle road" and is a philosophical maxim for life which advocates moderation in all thoughts and actions. Originating from the Delphic Maxim ''nothing to excess'' and subsequent Ancient Greek philosop ...

'' between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The majority of Anglicans consider themselves part of the

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 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 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 The Anglican Church in Central America ( es, Iglesia Anglicana de la Región Central de América, link=no) is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering five sees in Central America. History Four of the five dioceses of the Iglesia Anglican ...

* Anglican Church in Japan * Anglican Church of Australia * Anglican Church of Bermuda *

Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church counted 359,030 members on parish rolls in 2,2 ...

* Anglican Church of Kenya *

Anglican Church of Korea The Anglican Church of Korea (or Episcopal Church of Korea) is the province of the Anglican Communion in North and South Korea. Founded in 1889, it has over 120 parish and mission churches with a total membership of roughly 65,000 people. Hi ...

* 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 in 1 ...

Anglican Church of Southern Africa The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. The church has twenty-five dioceses, of which twenty-one are l ...

* 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 The Church of Ceylon ( si, ලංකා සභාව) is the Anglican Church in Sri Lanka. It is an extra-provincial jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who serves as its Metropolitan. It was established in 1845 with the appointment ...

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 Brit ...

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 sec ...

* 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 The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean is a province of the Anglican Communion. It covers the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The current Archbishop and Primate is James Wong, Bishop of Seychelles. Anglican realign ...

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 the ...

Church of Uganda The Church of Uganda is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are 37 dioceses which make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop. Each diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each headed by a senior priest known ...

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 ...

Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East The Episcopal Church of Jerusalem and the Middle East is a province of the Anglican Communion. The primate of the church is called President Bishop and represents the Church at the international Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings. The Centr ...

* Episcopal Church in the Philippines * Episcopal Church of Cuba * Hong Kong Anglican Church * Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church * Parish of the Falkland Islands *

Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi The Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi (French: Province de l'Église anglicane du Burundi) is a province of the Anglican Communion, located in East Africa between Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, and the Congo. The Archbishop and Primate of Buru ...

Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda The Anglican Church of Rwanda (French: ''Église anglicane du Rwanda'') is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 11 dioceses in Rwanda. The primate of the province is Laurent Mbanda, consecrated on 10 June 2018. Official names The Provinc ...

* Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo * Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan *

Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan The Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan is a province of the Anglican Communion, comprising the Sudan. It is the 39th Anglican province, created in a ceremony that took place in All Saints Cathedral, Khartoum, on 30 July 2017. The first archb ...

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 ...

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

= * Church of Bangladesh *

Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the Protestant churches working in northern India. It is a province of the worldwide Anglica ...

* Church of Pakistan *

Church of South India The Church of South India (CSI) is a united Protestant Church in India. It is the result of union of a number of mainline Protestant denominations in South India after independence. The Church of South India is the successor of a number of P ...

* 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 Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The original book, published in 1549 in the reign ...

and the ordination of women, forming

Anglo-Catholic Anglo-Catholicism comprises beliefs and practices that emphasise the Catholic heritage and identity of the various Anglican churches. The term was coined in the early 19th century, although movements emphasising the Catholic nature of Anglica ...

or Evangelical Anglican communities. A select few of these churches are recognized by certain individual provinces of the Anglican Communion. *

African Orthodox Church The African Orthodox Church (AOC), registered as the Holy African Orthodox Church, is an Episcopalian, primarily African-American denomination which was founded in the United States in 1918 by the joint collaboration of its first Patriarch George ...

Anglican Catholic Church The Anglican Catholic Church (ACC), also known as the Anglican Catholic Church (Original Province), is a body of Christians in the continuing Anglican movement, which is separate from the Anglican Communion led by the Archbishop of Canterbury ...

* 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 The Orthodox Anglican Communion (OAC) is a communion of churches established in 1964 or 1967, by James Parker Dees. The AOC was formed outside of the See of Canterbury; the OAC is not part of the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Orthodox Communio ...

Anglican Province of America The Anglican Province of America (APA) is a Continuing Anglican church in the United States. The church was founded by former members of the Episcopal Church in the United States in order to follow what they consider to be a more truly Christia ...

* Anglican Province of Christ the King *

Christian Episcopal Church The Christian Episcopal Church (XnEC) is a Continuing Anglican jurisdiction consisting of parishes in Canada and the United States and with oversight of several parishes in the Cayman Islands. Its bishops are in apostolic succession through the ...

Church of England (Continuing) The Church of England (Continuing) is part of the Continuing Anglican Movement. Although the church was widely discussed in Anglican circles at the time of its founding, it has not achieved significant growth since that time. In 2019 the church h ...

Church of England in South Africa The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appo ...

Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches (CEEC) is a Christian convergence communion established in 1995 within the United States of America. With a large international presence in six autocephalous provinces, and six dioceses within the U ...

* Diocese of the Great Lakes * Diocese of the Holy Cross *

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 Ep ...

Free Church of England The Free Church of England (FCE) is an episcopal church based in England. The church was founded when a number of congregations separated from the established Church of England in the middle of the 19th century. The doctrinal basis of the F ...

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 The Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) is an Anglican church of evangelical Episcopalian heritage. It was founded in 1873 in New York City by George David Cummins, a former bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The REC is a founding member of ...

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 o ...

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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 churc ...

** Amish Mennonite ** Beachy Amish ** Kauffman Amish Mennonite ** Nebraska Amish ** New Order Amish ** Old Order Amish ** Swartzentruber Amish * Apostolic Christian Church * Charity Christian Fellowship *

Church of the United Brethren in Christ The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical Christian denomination with churches in 17 countries. It is Protestant, with an episcopal structure and Arminian theology, with roots in the Mennonite and German Reformed communitie ...

Hutterite Hutterites (german: link=no, Hutterer), also called Hutterian Brethren (German: ), are a communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists, who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the early 16th centu ...

s ** Dariusleut ** Lehrerleut ** Schmiedeleut * Bruderhof * Mennonites ** Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations ** Biblical Mennonite Alliance ** Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches **

Chortitzer Mennonite Conference The Christian Mennonite Conference, formerly known as the ''Chortitzer Mennonite Conference'' (german: Die Mennonitische Gemeinde zu Chortitz), is a small body of Mennonites in western Canada. History The forerunners of this group came to Manitob ...

** Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites) **

Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India is a Mennonite denomination in India. Its membership exceeds 100,000 persons, in 840 congregations. The Presiding officer for the conference is Dr P B Arnold. The headquarters is in Jadcherl ...

** Conservative Mennonite Conference **

Evangelical Mennonite Church The Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FEC) is an evangelical body of Christians with an Amish Mennonite heritage that is headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. It contains 60 churches located in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, ...

Evangelical Mennonite Conference The Evangelical Mennonite Conference is a conference of Canadian evangelical Mennonite Christians headquartered in Steinbach, Manitoba, with 62 churches from British Columbia to southern Ontario. It includes people with a wide range of cultural ...

Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference The Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC) is an evangelical body of Mennonite Christians, organized on July 1, 1959. The EMMC was formed from the ''Rudnerweider Mennonite Church'', which was organized in 1937. The ''Rudnerweider Menno ...

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 The Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (FEBC) is a small evangelical Christian denomination with an Anabaptist Mennonite heritage. Most of the denomination's approximately 5000 members are in congregations located in the U.S. and Canada. ...

** Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference ** Kleine Gemeinde **

Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference The Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference (MWMC) is a Canadian, progressive Old Order Mennonite church established in 1939 in Ontario, Canada. It has its roots in the Old Order Mennonite Conference in Markham, Ontario, and in what is now called th ...

Mennonite Brethren Churches The Mennonite Brethren Church is an evangelical Mennonite Anabaptist movement with congregations. History The conference was established among Plautdietsch-speaking Russian Mennonites in 1860. During the 1850s, some Mennonites were influenced b ...

** Mennonite Church Canada ** Mennonite Church in the Netherlands **

Mennonite Church USA The Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States. Although the organization is a recent 2002 merger of the Mennonite Church and the General Conference Mennonite Church, the body has roots in the Radi ...

** Mennonite World Conference ** Missionary Church ** Noah Hoover Mennonite **

Ohio Wisler Mennonite The Ohio Wisler Mennonite Churches, also called Ohio Wisler Mennonite Conference, are a group of churches with a Mennonite tradition, that formed in 1973. They are not considered to be Old Order anymore, but are widely seen as Conservative Mennonit ...

** Old Order Mennonites **

Reformed Mennonite The Reformed Mennonite Church is an Anabaptist religious denomination that officially separated from the main North American Mennonite body in 1812. History The Reformed Mennonite Church was founded on May 30, 1812, in Lancaster County, Pennsyl ...

** Swiss Mennonite Conference ** US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches * River Brethren ** Brethren in Christ Church ** Old Order River Brethren **

United Zion Church The United Zion Church is a River Brethren Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite Church and the Radical Pietistic movement. A body that became known as ''River Brethren'' began about 1778 in Pennsylvania. They were a group of breth ...

Wengerites Wengerites were an offshoot of the River Brethren started in Montgomery County, Ohio, and peaking at 15 congregations. They broke from the River Brethren in 1836 over issues of closed communion and meetinghouses. They are named for John Wenger, th ...

* 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 Charis Fellowship, known before 2018 as the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, and before 1976 under the name of National Fellowship of Brethren Churches, is a theologically conservative fellowship of Brethren churches that was founded in 1939 ...

* 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 The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. ...

were influenced by the Anabaptists, and along with Methodism, grew in size and influence after they sailed to the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...

(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 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 n ...

and 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 The Alliance of Baptists is a Baptist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. The headquarters is in Raleigh, North Carolina. History The Alliance of Baptists was formed in 1987 as the Southern Baptist Alliance by liberal individ ...

* American Baptist Association *

American Baptist Churches USA The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a mainline/evangelical Baptist Christian denomination within the United States. The denomination maintains headquarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The organization is usually considered mainl ...

* Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland *

Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America The Confessional Baptist Association is an association of Reformed Baptist churches in the United States. The headquarters is in Mansfield, Texas. History On November 12–13, 1996, fifteen Reformed Baptist churches met at Heritage Church in Fa ...

* Association of Regular Baptist Churches * Baptist Bible Fellowship International *

Baptist Church of Christ Though the annual meeting of this group is denominated The General Association of The Baptists, they are most widely known as the Kindred Associations of Baptists. Other names associated with these churches are the Baptist Church of Christ, ''Th ...

Baptist Conference of the Philippines The Baptist Conference of the Philippines is an association of Baptist churches in the Philippines that is affiliated with the Baptist General Conference. Work began in 1949 with five missionaries in Cebu, and on 6 June 1954 the ''Cebu Baptist A ...

Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec (CBOQ) is the oldest union of Baptist churches in central Canada. The organization's headquarters is based in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. CBOQ is a partner of Canadian Baptist Ministries. History I ...

* Baptist Convention of Western Cuba *

Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy ( it, Unione Cristiana Evangelica Battista d'Italia) is a Baptist Christian denomination, in Italy. It is affiliated with the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy and the Baptist World Allianc ...

Baptist General Conference of Canada Baptist General Conference of Canada (BGCC) is a national body of evangelical Baptist churches in Canada. The districts cooperate through the General Conference and the national office is located in Edmonton, Alberta. History A church was formed ...

Baptist General Convention of Texas The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) is the oldest surviving Baptist convention in the state of Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance. In 2009, the BGCT began to also go by the name ...

* Baptist General Conference (Sweden) * Baptist Missionary Association of America *

Baptist Union of Australia Australian Baptist Ministries (formerly Baptist Union of Australia) is the oldest and largest national cooperative body of Baptists in Australia. The Baptist Union of Australia was inaugurated on 24 August 1926 at the Burton Street Church in Syd ...

* Baptist Union of Great Britain *

Baptist Union of New Zealand The Baptist Churches of New Zealand is a Baptist Christian denomination in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Auckland. History Several Baptists settled in New Zealand in the 1840s, but the firs ...

Baptist Union of Scotland The Baptist Union of Scotland is a Baptist Christian denomination in Scotland. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Glasgow. History From the 1650s to 1869 Baptists first arrived in Scotland with the armies of ...

Baptist Union of Western Canada The Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, formerly the Baptist Union of Western Canada, is a moderate Baptist denomination with churches in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Headquarters is i ...

* Canadian Baptist Ministries * Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists * Central Baptist Association * Central Canada Baptist Conference *

Christian Unity Baptist Association {{BaptistThe Christian Unity Baptist Association was organized September 27-September 28, 1935 at Zion Hill Church in Ashe County, North Carolina, by six Baptist congregations. Some of these churches were remnants of the Macedonia Baptist Associati ...

Conservative Baptist Association Venture Church Network (formerly known as the Conservative Baptist Association of America) is a Christian association of churches in the United States with each local congregation being autonomous and responsible for their own way of functioning ...

Conservative Baptist Association of America Venture Church Network (formerly known as the Conservative Baptist Association of America) is a Christian association of churches in the United States with each local congregation being autonomous and responsible for their own way of functioning. ...

Continental Baptist Churches Continental Baptist Churches was an association of "Calvinism, Calvinistic" Baptists, Baptist churches holding New Covenant theology, organized in June 1983. The roots of this movement are in the ''Baptist Reformation Review'', founded by Norbert W ...

* Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico * Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches *

Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars The Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars (CBCNC) is a Baptist Christian denomination in north coastal Andhra Pradesh. The churches are part of the Telugu Christian community of Southern India. Its language is Telugu. It is affilia ...

* 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 Though the annual meeting of this group is denominated The General Association of The Baptists, they are most widely known as the Kindred Associations of Baptists. Other names associated with these churches are the Baptist Church of Christ, ''Th ...

* 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 churches (some also called Independent Fundamental Baptist or IFB) are Christian congregations, generally holding to conservative (primarily fundamentalist) Baptist beliefs. Although some Independent Baptist churches refuse a ...

** Independent Baptist Church of America ** Independent Baptist Fellowship International ** Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America ** Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association *

International Baptist Convention The International Baptist Convention is an association of English-speaking Baptist churches and missions in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Frankfurt. History The Inte ...

* Landmark Baptist Church * Liberty Baptist Fellowship *

Manipur Baptist Convention Manipur Baptist Convention (MBC) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Manipur, India. As of 2022, it had 1,449 churches and 221,436 baptized members. It is under the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India (CBCNEI). The convention is al ...

Myanmar Baptist Convention The Myanmar Baptist Convention is a Baptist Christian denomination in Myanmar. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and the World Council of Churches. The headquarters is in Yangon. History The Convention has its origins in an Americ ...

* 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 American Baptists (NAB) is an association of Baptists in the United States and Canada, generally of German ethnic heritage with roots in Pietism. History The roots of the NAB go back to 1839, when Konrad Anton Fleischmann began work in New ...

* North Bank Baptist Christian Association * Norwegian Baptist Union * Old Baptist Union *

Old Regular Baptist The Old Regular Baptist denomination is one of the oldest in Appalachia with roots in both the Regular and Separate Baptists of the American Colonies and the Particular Baptist of Great Britain. This group has seen a marked decline in its member ...

* 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

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) *

(Anglican) * Church of Pakistan (Anglican) *

(Anglican) * Evangelical Church in Germany * Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren * Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy * Kiribati Uniting Church (former Congressionalists) *

* 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

s 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

, 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

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 *

** 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 *

* 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 *

* 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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