How many branches of Islam? How many branches of Christianity? What is the one true branch of something? Or is whole thing ridiculous bullshit?

Wikipedia - Islamic schools and_branches

Main traditional branches
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Major sub-denominations
Ghulāt movements in history
Kharijite Islam
Sufi orders
Schools of jurisprudence
Sunni
Shia
Ibadi
Schools of Islamic theology
Kalām
Ash'ari
Maturidi
Traditionalist theology
Murji'ah
Qadariyyah
Mu'tazili
Jahmiyyah
Bāṭeniyyah
Later branches
African-American movements
Ahmadiyya movement
Gülen / Hizmet movement
Islamism
Muslim Brotherhood
Jamaat-e-Islami
Liberal Muslims
Zahirism
Mahdavia
Non-denominational Islam
Tolu-e-Islam
Quranism
Salafism and Wahhabism
Ahl-i Hadith
Salafi movement
Islamic Modernism
Wahhabism

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Wikipedia - List of Christian denominations

1Terminology and qualification
2Christian denominational families
3Historical groups
3.1Early Christian
3.2Late ancient and Medieval Christian
3.2.1Church of the East
3.2.1.1Assyrian Christianity
3.2.2Oriental Orthodoxy
3.3Other
4Roman Catholic
4.1Latin (Western) Church
4.2Eastern Catholic Churches
4.2.1Alexandrian Rite
4.2.2Armenian Rite
4.2.3Byzantine Rite
4.2.4East Syriac Rite
4.2.5West Syriac Rite
5Eastern Orthodox
6Proto-Protestant
7Protestant
7.1Lutheranism
7.2Anabaptism
7.2.1Schwarzenau Brethren Movement
7.3Anglicanism
7.3.1Anglican Communion
7.3.1.1United and uniting churches of the Anglican Communion
7.3.2Other Anglican churches and Continuing Anglican movement
7.4Reformed Protestantism (Calvinism)
7.4.1Continental Reformed churches
7.4.2Presbyterianism
7.4.3Congregationalism
7.5Baptists
7.5.1Holiness Baptists
7.5.2Spiritual Baptist Movement
7.6Quakers (Society of Friends)
7.6.1Shakers
7.7Pietism
7.8Methodism
7.8.1Holiness movement
7.9Catholic Apostolic churches and Irvingism
7.10Restorationism
7.10.1Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
7.10.2Latter Day Saint movement
7.10.2.1Original denomination
7.10.2.2"Prairie Saint" denominations
7.10.2.3"Rocky Mountain" denominations
7.10.2.3.1Fundamentalist Rocky Mountain
7.10.2.4Other denominations
7.10.3Early Sabbath-Keeping Movements, predating Millerism
7.10.4Millerism and comparable groups
7.10.5Adventist Movement (Sunday observing)
7.10.6Adventist Movement (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)
7.10.6.1Original denomination
7.10.6.2Splinter denominations
7.10.7Church of God Movements (Sunday observing)
7.10.8Church of God Movements (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)
7.10.9Sacred Name Groups
7.10.10Spanish-speaking Restorationism
7.11Evangelicalism
7.11.1Plymouth Brethren and Free Evangelical Churches
7.11.2Pentecostalism
7.11.2.1Pentecostal Holiness Movement
7.11.3Oneness Pentecostalism
7.12Other Charismatic movements
7.12.1Neo-Charismatic Movement
7.12.2Ecumenical churches and denominations
7.12.2.1Uniting and United churches movement
7.12.2.2Nondenominational Evangelical church movement
7.12.2.2.1Nondenominational Evangelical multisite churches
7.12.2.2.2Internet churches
7.13Unitarian and Universalist
7.14Bible Student groups
7.15Swedenborgianism
7.16Christian Science
7.17Other Protestant churches and movements
7.17.1Nontrinitarian Protestantism
8Other Christian groups
8.1Independent Catholicism
8.2Independent Eastern Orthodoxy
8.2.1True Orthodoxy
8.2.1.1Old Believers
8.2.2Syncretic Eastern Orthodoxy
8.3Independent Oriental Orthodoxy
8.3.1Syncretic Oriental Orthodoxy
8.3.2Reformed Oriental Orthodoxy
8.4Southcottism
8.5Racial Christianity
8.5.1European
8.5.2Afrocentric
8.6Messianic Judaism
8.7Hebrew Roots
8.8Christian Identity
8.9Positive Christianity
8.10Esoteric Christianity (Gnosticism)
8.11Asian Independent Churches
8.11.1Chinese Independent Churches
8.11.2Japanese Independent Churches
8.12Miscellaneous
9Denominationally unaffiliated parachurch organizations
10Christian-related movements
10.1New Thought
10.2Syncretistic religions incorporating elements of Christianity
11See also
12References

Terminology and qualification[edit]

Some groups included on this list do not consider themselves denominations. For example, the Catholic Church considers itself the one true church and the Holy See as pre-denominational.[1] The Eastern Orthodox Church also considers itself the original Church and pre-denominational.[2] To express further the complexity involved, the 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 fall of the Western Roman Empire, the continuance of emperors in the Eastern Roman Empire, and the final and permanent split that occurred during the Crusades with the siege of Constantinople.[3] This also illustrates that denominations can arise not only from religious or theological issues, but political and generational divisions as well.

Other groups 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 fall into this category.

Some groups are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Anglicans or Baptists), while others are just a few small churches, and in most cases the relative size is not evident in this list except for the denominational group or movement as a whole (e.g. Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism or the Latter Day Saints). The largest group is the Catholic Church with more than 1.29 billion members.[4] 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, Evangelicalism, the Holiness movement and Pentecostalism sometimes cross denominational lines, or in some cases create new denominations out of two or more continuing groups (as is the case for many United and uniting churches, for example). 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 groups. As an example, this list contains groups also known as "rites" which many, such as the Catholic Church, would say are not denominations as they are in full papal communion, and thus part of the Catholic Church.[5]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 churches about whether other churches should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "cult", 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 religious group 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.
Christian denominational families[edit]


Major denominational families in Christianity:

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Western Christianity
Eastern Christianity
Protestantism
Evangelical
Anabaptist
Anglican
Reformed
Lutheran
(Latin Church)
Catholic
(Eastern Catholic)
Eastern Orthodox
Oriental Orthodox
Church of the East
Schism (1552)
Assyrian Church of the East
Ancient Church of the East
Protestant Reformation
(16th century)
Great Schism
(11th century)
Council of Ephesus (431)
Council of Chalcedon (451)
Early Christianity
"Great Church"
(Full communion)

Historical groups[edit]
Early Christian[edit]
Main articles: Early Christianity, Christianity in the 1st century, History of early Christianity, and List of Gnostic sects

Early Christianity is often divided into three different branches that differ in theology and traditions, which all appeared in the 1st century AD. They include Jewish Christianity, Pauline Christianity and Gnostic Christianity.[6] 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.[7]

The following Christian groups appeared between the beginning of the Christian religion and the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

Adamites
Arianism
Ebionites
Elcesaites
Marcionism
Nazarenes

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

Bardaisanites
Basilideans
Carpocratianism
Nicolaitans
Sethianism
Simonians (sometimes considered proto-Gnostic)
Valentinianism
Late ancient and Medieval Christian[edit]
Main articles: History of late ancient Christianity and History of Christianity during the Middle Ages

The following are groups of Christians appearing between the First Council of Nicaea, the Great Schism and Proto-Protestantism.
Church of the East[edit]
Further information: Church of the East, Nestorianism, and Schism of 1552

The Church of the East split from the Parthian Church during the Sassanid Period. It is also called the Nestorian Church or the Church of Persia.[8] Declaring itself separate from the State church of the Roman Empire in 424–427, liturgically, it adhered to the East Syriac Rite.[9] Theologically, it adopted the dyophysite doctrine of Nestorianism, which emphasizes the separateness of the divine and human natures of Jesus.[10] The Church of the East by the 15th century was largely confined to the Eastern Aramaic-speaking Assyrian communities of northern Mesopotamia, in and around the rough triangle formed by Mosul and Lakes Van and Urmia—the same general region where the Church of the East had first emerged between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD.[11]

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), and the Assyrian Church of the East.[12][13] 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. Together, the Assyrian, Ancient, Chaldean Syrian and Chaldean Catholic Church comprise over 1.6 million.[14][15][16][17][18]
Assyrian Christianity[edit]

Assyrian Christianity comprises churches who keep the traditional Nestorian Christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East after the original church reunited with the Catholic Church, forming the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1552. The Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East together have over 0.6 million members as of 2018.
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Syrian Church
Ancient Church of the East
Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]
Further information: Oriental Orthodoxy

Oriental Orthodoxy is the fourth largest communion of Christian churches, with over 76 million members. The Oriental Orthodox communion rejects the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and those after it.[19] Other denominations such as the Orthodox Church, often erroneously label the communion as "Monophysite"; however, as the Oriental Orthodox do not adhere to the teachings of Eutyches, they themselves reject this label, preferring the term Miaphysite. Some of the Oriental Orthodox churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, claim origination by Saint Mark and his 1st-century missionary journeys.[20]

Historically, many of the Oriental Orthodox churches consider themselves collectively to be the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Jesus founded. Some have considered the Oriental Orthodox communion 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 churches such as the Orthodox and Catholic churches.

Armenian Apostolic Church
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Holy See of Cilicia
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
French Coptic Orthodox Church
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church
Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Honavar Mission Church
Knanaya Jacobites
Other[edit]

Agonoclita
Beguines and Beghards
Catharism
Donatism
Friends of God
Patarines

Roman Catholic[edit]
Main articles: Catholic Church and Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catholic Church considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded,[21] and which Saint Peterinitiated along with the missionary work of Saint Paul and others. As such, the Catholic Church does not consider itself a denomination, but rather considers itself pre-denominational, the original Church of Christ. Continuity is claimed based upon apostolic succession with the early Church.[22] The Catholic population exceeds 1.29 billion as of 2016.[4]
Latin (Western) Church[edit]
Further information: Latin Church

The Latin, or Western Catholic 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, not a particular church).[5] It is headed by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope, traditionally called the Patriarch of the West—with headquarters in Vatican City, enclaved within Rome, Italy. In 2015, the Latin Church composed 1.255 billion members.[23]
Eastern Catholic Churches[edit]
Further information: 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).[24] The Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church (which together compose the worldwide Catholic Church) share the same doctrine and sacraments, and thus the same faith. The total membership of the churches accounts for approximately 18 million members.
Alexandrian Rite[edit]
Main article: Alexandrian Rite

Coptic Catholic Church
Eritrean Catholic Church
Ethiopian Catholic Church
Armenian Rite[edit]
Main article: Armenian Rite
Armenian Catholic Church
Byzantine Rite[edit]
Main article: Byzantine Rite

Albanian Greek Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Italo-Greek Catholic Church)
Macedonian Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Catholic Church
Russian Greek Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church (usually called the "Byzantine Catholic Church" in the United States)
Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
East Syriac Rite[edit]
Main article: East Syriac Rite
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
West Syriac Rite[edit]
Main article: West Syriac Rite

Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox[edit]
Main articles: Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Church organization, Eastern Orthodox theology, and Western Rite Orthodoxy

The Eastern Orthodox Church consists of jurisdictions in communion with each other. The church has over 250 million members, making it the second largest church.[25] Some of them have a disputed administrative status (i.e. their autonomy or autocephaly is only partially recognized), but all remain in communion with each other as one church. The Orthodox claim continuity (based upon apostolic succession) with the early Church, and consider themselves pre-denominational, being the original Church of Christ before 1054.[26][2]

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Malta
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Vicariate for Palestine and Jordan in the USA
Finnish Orthodox Church
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
Metropolitanate of Hong Kong
Exarchate of the Philippines
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of Mexico
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Church of Sinai
Russian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Japanese Orthodox Church
Chinese Orthodox Church
Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
Latvian Orthodox Church
Moldovan Orthodox Church
Belarusian Orthodox Church
Philippine Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes in the USA
Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America
Romanian Orthodox Church
Metropolis of Bessarabia
Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Bulgarian Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
Cypriot Orthodox Church
Church of Greece
Albanian Orthodox Church
Polish Orthodox Church
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Archdiocese of Canada
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America
Exarchate of Mexico
Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Proto-Protestant[edit]
Main article: Proto-Protestantism

Proto-Protestantism, or the Reformation prior to Luther refers to movements similar to the Protestant Reformation, but before 1517, when Martin Luther (1483–1546) 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 Speyerwhich coined the term Protestant. In particular, the Utraquists were eventually accommodated as a separate Catholic rite by the papacy 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.

Arnoldists
Apostolic Brethren
Neo-Adamites
Bogomilism
Bosnian Church
Brethren of the Free Spirit
Dulcinians
Tondrakians
Paulicians
Petrobrusians
Hussites
Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Moravian Church
Taborites
Unity of the Brethren
Utraquists
Henricans
Lollards
Waldensians
Waldensian Evangelical Church
Protestant[edit]
Main articles: Protestantism, Reformation, and List of the largest Protestant denominations

Protestant Christianity (Protestantism) is a movement within Christianity which owes its name to the 1529 Protestation at Speyer. Protestant Christians separated from the Catholic Church during the Reformation. Some, such as in the English Reformation, initiated the schism themselves. Others, such Luther, were excommunicated after attempting to reform Western Christianity.[27] 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.[28]

The majority of Protestants are members of Adventism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Calvinism (Reformed Protestantism), Lutheranism, Methodism and Pentecostalism. Nondenominational, Evangelical, charismatic, neo-charismatic, independent and other churches are on the rise, and constitute a significant part of Protestant Christianity.[29]

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 Protestant Christians.[30][31]
Lutheranism[edit]
Main articles: Lutheranism and List of Lutheran denominations
See also: Lutheran church bodies in North America

Lutherans are a major branch of Protestantism, identifying with the theology of Martin Luther, a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer, and theologian. The whole of Lutheranism has about 70-90 million members.[32][33]

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
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
Ukrainian Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Evangelical Catholic Church (Lutheran)
Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
General Lutheran Church
International Lutheran Council
American Association of Lutheran Churches
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium
Gutnius Lutheran Church
Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church
Japan Lutheran Church
Lanka Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church—Canada
Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church of Australia
Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church
Laestadian Lutheran Church
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church - International
Lutheran Church of China
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church
Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
Lutheran World Federation
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Arcot Lutheran Church
Batak Christian Protestant Church
Church of Denmark
Church of the Faroe Islands
Church of Iceland
Church of Norway
Church of Sweden
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway
Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church of Australia
Malagasy Lutheran Church
Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Simalungun Protestant Christian Church
South Andhra Lutheran Church
Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church
North American Lutheran Church
Anabaptism[edit]
Main article: Anabaptists

The Anabaptists trace their origins to the Radical Reformation. The movement is seen as an offshoot of Protestantism, although the view has been challenged by some Anabaptists.[34] There are approximately 2.1 million Anabaptists as of 2015.[35]

Abecedarians
Amish
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
Hutterites
Bruderhof Communities
Dariusleut
Lehrerleut
Schmiedeleut
Mennonites
Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Chortitzer Mennonite Conference
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites)
Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India
Conservative Mennonite Conference
Evangelical Mennonite Church
Evangelical Mennonite Conference
Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
Evangelical Missionary Church
Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference
Kleine Gemeinde
Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
Mennonite Brethren Churches
Mennonite Church Canada
Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
Mennonite Church USA
Missionary Church
Noah Hoover Mennonite
Ohio Wisler Mennonite
Old Order Mennonites
Reformed Mennonite
Swiss Mennonite Conference
US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
River Brethren
Brethren in Christ Church
Old Order River Brethren
United Zion Church
Wengerites
Schwarzenau Brethren Movement[edit]
Main article: Schwarzenau Brethren

The Brethren Church (Ashland Brethren)
Church of the Brethren
Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International
Dunkard Brethren
Ephrata Cloister
Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
Old Brethren
Old Brethren German Baptist
Old German Baptist Brethren
Old German Baptist Brethren, New Conference
Old Order German Baptist Brethren
Social Brethren
Anglicanism[edit]
Main article: Anglicanism

Anglicanism has referred to itself as the via media between Catholicism and Protestantism. It considers itself to be both Catholic 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 number over 85 million.[36]
Anglican Communion[edit]
Main article: Anglican Communion

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Church in Central America
Anglican Church in Japan
Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Bermuda
Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church of Kenya
Anglican Church of Korea
Anglican Church of Melanesia
Anglican Church of Mexico
Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
Anglican Church of South America
Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Anglican Church of Tanzania
Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
Church in the Province of the West Indies
Church in Wales
Church of Ceylon
Church of England
Church of Ireland
Church of Nigeria
Church of the Province of Central Africa
Church of the Province of Myanmar
Church of the Province of South East Asia
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
Church of the Province of West Africa
Church of Uganda
Episcopal Church (United States)
Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
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
Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda
Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo
Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
Scottish Episcopal Church
Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
United and uniting churches of the Anglican Communion[edit]
Church of Bangladesh
Church of North India
Church of Pakistan
Church of South India
Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Reformed Orthodox denomination in full communion with the Anglican Communion)
Other Anglican churches and Continuing Anglican movement[edit]
Main article: 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 and the ordination of women, forming Anglo-Catholic communities. A select few of these churches are recognized by certain individual provinces of the Anglican Communion.

African Orthodox Church
Anglican Catholic Church
Anglican Church in America
Anglican Church in North America
Anglican Church of India
Anglican Episcopal Church (USA)
Anglican Mission in the Americas
Anglican Orthodox Church
Anglican Province of America
Anglican Province of Christ the King
Christian Episcopal Church
Church of England (Continuing)
Church of England in South Africa
Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
Diocese of the Great Lakes
Diocese of the Holy Cross
Episcopal Missionary Church
Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England
Free Church of England
Free Protestant Episcopal Church
Independent Anglican Church Canada Synod
Orthodox Anglican Church
Reformed Episcopal Church
Southern Episcopal Church
United Episcopal Church of North America
Reformed Protestantism (Calvinism)[edit]
Main articles: Calvinism and List of Reformed denominations

Reformed Protestantism, also known as the Reformed tradition, or more commonly Calvinism, is a movement which broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. There are from 55-100 million Christians identifying as Reformers.[37][38]
Continental Reformed churches[edit]
Main article: Continental Reformed church

Afrikaans Protestant Church
Canadian and American Reformed Churches
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone
Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
Christian Reformed Churches
Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Dutch Reformed Church (extinct)
Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa - NG Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church in Honduras
Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany
Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ
Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
Free Reformed Churches of Australia
Free Reformed Churches of North America
Free Reformed Churches of South Africa
Heritage Reformed Congregations
Huguenot
Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France
Netherlands Reformed Churches
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
Nigeria Reformed Church
Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
Polish Reformed Church
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
Reformed Christian Church in Serbia
Reformed Church in America
Reformed Church in Austria
Reformed Church in Hungary
Reformed Church in Latvia
Reformed Church in Romania
Reformed Church in Transcarpathia
Reformed Church in the United States
Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
Reformed Church of East Africa
Reformed Church of France
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (extinct)
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)
Reformed Churches of New Zealand
Reformed Evangelical Church in Myanmar
Reformed Synod of Denmark
Restored Reformed Church
United Church of Christ (See also: Congregationalism)
United Reformed Church
United Reformed Church in Congo
United Reformed Churches in North America
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Presbyterianism[edit]
Main article: Presbyterianism
See also: List of Presbyterian denominations in North America

Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico
Bible Presbyterian Church
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
Church of Scotland
Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Conservative Presbyterian Church in Brazil
Costa Rican Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church
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 of Malawi
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)
Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church
Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Free Presbyterian Church of North America
Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
Fundamentalist Presbyterian Church in Brazil
Grace Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
Greek Evangelical Church
National Presbyterian Church in Chile
National Presbyterian Church in Mexico
National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Presbyterian Church in Chile
Presbyterian Church in Honduras
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong)
Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin)
Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap)
Presbyterian Church in Liberia
Presbyterian Church in Malaysia
Presbyterian Church in Singapore
Presbyterian Church in Sudan
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Presbyterian Church in Uganda
Presbyterian Church of Africa
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Belize
Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Presbyterian Church of East Africa
Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Presbyterian Church of India
Presbyterian Church of Mozambique
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
Presbyterian Church of Wales (also a Methodist church)
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)
Presbyterian Reformed Church (North America)
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Reformed Presbyterian Church – Hanover Presbytery
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil
Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church
United Free Church of Scotland
United Presbyterian Church of North America
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
Congregationalism[edit]
Main article: Congregational church

Church of Niue
Church of Tuvalu
Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
Congregational Christian Churches in Canada
Congregational Federation
Congregational Federation of Australia
Congregational Union of Ireland
Congregational Union of New Zealand
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
Cook Islands Christian Church
English Independents
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola
Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches
Fellowship of Congregational Churches (Australia)
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Huguenots
Kiribati Protestant Church
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Nauru Congregational Church
Reformed Congregational Churches
Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil
Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria
United Church in the Solomon Islands
United Church of Christ (See also: Reformed continental churches)
United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
Baptists[edit]
Main article: Baptists
See also: List of Baptist confessions and List of Baptist denominations

Baptists emerged as the English Puritans were influenced by the Anabaptists, and along with Methodism, grew in size and influence after they sailed to the New World (the remaining Puritans who traveled to the New World were congregationalists). There are about 75-105 million Baptists.[39][40]

Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Association
American Baptist Churches USA
Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America
Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Baptist Bible Fellowship International
Baptist Conference of the Philippines
Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
Baptist Convention of Western Cuba
Baptist General Conference of Canada
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baptist General Conference (Sweden)
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Baptist Union of Australia
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist Union of New Zealand
Baptist Union of Scotland
Baptist Union of Western Canada
Baptist World Alliance
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Central Baptist Association
Central Canada Baptist Conference
Christian Unity Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association of America
Continental Baptist Churches
Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico
Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India
Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India
European Baptist Convention
European Baptist Federation
Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti
Evangelical Free Baptist Church
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Free Will Baptist Church
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America
General Association of Baptists
General Association of General Baptists
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc.
General Six-Principle Baptists
Independent Baptist
Independent Baptist Church of America
Independent Baptist Fellowship International
Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
Landmark Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Fellowship
Manipur Baptist Convention
Myanmar Baptist Convention
Nagaland Baptist Church Council
National Association of Free Will Baptists
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.
New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
Nigerian Baptist Convention
North American Baptist Conference
North Bank Baptist Christian Association
Norwegian Baptist Union
Old Baptist Union
Old Regular Baptist
Old Time Missionary Baptist
Primitive Baptist
Primitive Baptist Universalism
Progressive Baptist
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Reformed Baptist
Regular Baptist
Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
Separate Baptist
Separate Baptists in Christ
Seventh Day Baptist
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'Églises baptistes françaises au Canada
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
Holiness Baptists[edit]
Christian Baptist Church of God
Spiritual Baptist Movement[edit]
Spiritual Baptists
Quakers (Society of Friends)[edit]
Main article: Quakers

Beanite Quakerism
Britain Yearly Meeting
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends
Conservative Friends
Evangelical Friends International
Friends General Conference
Friends United Meeting
Ireland Yearly Meeting
New Foundation Fellowship
Nontheist Quakers
Quaker Universalist Fellowship
Shakers[edit]
Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing)
Pietism[edit]
Main article: Pietism
See also: Higher Life movement and Third Great Awakening

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 Methodism.

Amana Society
Bible Fellowship Church
Temple Society (Templers)
United Christian Church
Methodism[edit]
Main articles: Methodism and List of Methodist denominations

Methodism emerged out the influence of Pietism within Anglicanism. Some 60-80 million Christians are Methodists.[39][41][42]

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
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[edit]
Main article: Holiness movement

The Holiness movement involves a set of beliefs and practices which emerged from 19th-century Methodism. As of 2015, churches of the movement had an estimated 12 million adherents.[43]

Free Methodist Church
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Church of God (Restoration)
Church of the Nazarene
The Salvation Army
Catholic Apostolic churches and Irvingism[edit]
Main article: Catholic Apostolic Church

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.[44]

Catholic Apostolic Church
New Apostolic Church
United Apostolic Church
Old Apostolic Church
Restored Apostolic Mission Church
Restorationism[edit]
Main articles: Restorationism and Restoration Movement
See also: Christian primitivism and Second Great Awakening

Restorationism and the Restoration Movement seek to restore Christianity along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church which Restorationists see as the search for a more pure and more ancient form of the religion.[45] Restorationism and the Restoration Movement comprise Protestant Christians identifying either with trinitarian or nontrinitarian theologies.
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement[edit]

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
Latter Day Saint movement[edit]
Main articles: Latter Day Saint movement and Mormonism
See also: List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement and Mormonism and Christianity

Most Latter Day Saint denominations are derived from the 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 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 scripture. The Latter Day Saints comprise a little over 16 million members collectively.[46]
Original denomination[edit]
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) - name changed in 1838 by Joseph Smith to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
"Prairie Saint" denominations[edit]

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 - formerly called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS)
Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Independent RLDS / Restoration Branches
Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Restored Church of Jesus Christ (Eugene O. Walton)
"Rocky Mountain" denominations[edit]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
Fundamentalist Rocky Mountain[edit]
Main article: Mormon fundamentalism

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 denominations[edit]

Fellowships of the Remnant
Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (extinct)
Early Sabbath-Keeping Movements, predating Millerism[edit]

Seventh Day Baptists
Millerism and comparable groups[edit]
Millerites
Adventist Movement (Sunday observing)[edit]

Advent Christian Church
Adventist Movement (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)[edit]
Original denomination[edit]

Seventh-day Adventist Church
Splinter denominations[edit]

Adventist Church of Promise
Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
Davidian Seventh-day Adventists
Branch Davidians
Sabbath Rest Advent Church
Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
Church of God Movements (Sunday observing)[edit]

Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
Church of God Movements (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)[edit]

Church of God International (USA)
Church of God (Seventh-Day) (or Church of God 7th day)
The Intercontinental Church of God
Seventh Day Christians - Norway (Syvende dags Kristne)
Living Church of God
Philadelphia Church of God
Restored Church of God
United Church of God
United Seventh-Day Brethren
World Mission Society Church of God
Sacred Name Groups[edit]
Main article: Sacred Name Movement

Assemblies of Yahweh
Assembly of Yahweh
House of Yahweh
Spanish-speaking Restorationism[edit]

These are Restoration denominations that have originated from Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico or Philippines.

La Luz del Mundo
Members Church of God International
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
Evangelicalism[edit]
Main articles: Evangelicalism, Charismatic Christianity, and Nondenominational Christianity

Evangelicalism is a transdenominational Protestant movement which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.[47]
Plymouth Brethren and Free Evangelical Churches[edit]

Free Evangelical Churches
Plymouth Brethren
Exclusive Brethren
Indian Brethren
Kerala Brethren Assembly
Open Brethren
Church Assembly Hall or Local Churches
Gospel Hall Brethren or Gospel Hall Assemblies
Needed Truth Brethren or The Churches of God
Pentecostalism[edit]
Main article: Pentecostalism
See also: List of Christian denominations § Oneness Pentecostalism

Affirming Pentecostal Church International
Global Alliance of Affirming Apostolic Pentecostals
Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
Apostolic Church (denomination)
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
Apostolic Pastoral Congress
Assemblies of God
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Associated Brotherhood of Christians
Believers Church
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
C3 Church Global
Celestial Church of Christ
Charisma Christian Church
Christ Gospel Churches International
Christian Assemblies International
Christian Church of North America
Christian City Churches
Christian Congregation in the United States
Christian Revival Crusade
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
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 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
Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
Congregational Holiness Church
CRC Churches International
Deeper Life Bible Church
Destiny Church
Elim Pentecostal Church
Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Besançon
Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
God is Love Pentecostal Church
Hillsong Church
Holiness Baptist Association
Independent Assemblies of God, International
Indian Pentecostal Church of God
International Assemblies of God Fellowship
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
International Pentecostal Church of Christ
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mission of Full Gospel - Christian Open Door
New Life Churches
Open Bible Standard Churches
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal Churches of Christ
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church
The Pentecostal Mission
Potter's House Christian Fellowship
Redeemed Christian Church of God
Revival Centres International
The Revival Fellowship
United Covenant Churches of Christ
United Gospel Tabernacles
United Holy Church of America
United Pentecostal Church International
United Pentecostal Churches of Christ
Pentecostal Holiness Movement[edit]
Deeper Life Bible Church
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
Church of God (Holiness)
The Wesleyan Church
Oneness Pentecostalism[edit]
Main articles: Oneness Pentecostalism and Nontrinitarianism

Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
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
Christ Gospel Churches International
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
True Jesus Church
United Pentecostal Church International
Other Charismatic movements[edit]
Main article: Charismatic movement

Calvary Chapel
Charismatic Episcopal Church
City Harvest Church
Every Nation
Faith Christian Fellowship International
International Christian Fellowship
Jesus Army
Ministries of His Glory
Ministries Without Borders
Sovereign Grace Churches
Neo-Charismatic Movement[edit]
Main article: Neo-charismatic movement

Association of Vineyard Churches
Bible Christian Mission
Born Again Movement
Church on the Rock- International
Destiny Church Groningen
New Life Fellowship Association
Newfrontiers
Ecumenical churches and denominations[edit]
Main article: Ecumenism
Uniting and United churches movement[edit]
Main article: United and uniting churches

These churches are the result of a merger between distinct denominational churches. 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
Church of Bangladesh (Anglican)
Church of North India (Anglican)
Church of Pakistan (Anglican)
Church of South India (Anglican)
Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
St. Thomas Evangelical Church
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
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Uniting Church in Australia
Nondenominational Evangelical church movement[edit]
Main article: Evangelical

Many churches are non-denominational. These churches have emerged into their own pseudo-denomination, with many similarities. Most of these churches have origins in a historic mainline Protestant denomination.
Nondenominational Evangelical multisite churches[edit]

These nondenominational Evangelical churches (due to the emergence of video streaming technologies) are multi-site churches, sharing a broadcast some Sundays or all Sundays with multiple church buildings and locations.
Internet churches[edit]
Main article: Internet church

LifeChurch.tv
Unitarian and Universalist[edit]
Main articles: Unitarianism and Christian 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
Christian Universalist Association
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
Unitarian Christian Association
Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Unitarisk Kirkesamfund
Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
Polish Brethren (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
Socinianism (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
Unitarian Christian Conference USA
Unitarian Christian Emerging Church
Universalist Church of America (consolidated with the American Unitarian Association to form the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalism)
Bible Student groups[edit]
Main article: Bible Student movement

Christian Millennial Fellowship
Dawn Bible Students Association
Friends of Man
Jehovah's Witnesses
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
Pastoral Bible Institute
Swedenborgianism[edit]
Main article: The New Church

General Church of the New Jerusalem
Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
Swedenborgian Church of North America
Christian Science[edit]
Main article: Christian Science

Church of Christ, Scientist
Eschatology (religious movement)
Other Protestant churches and movements[edit]

These are denominations, movements, and organizations deriving from mainline Protestantism.

Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC)
Believers' Church in India
Brunstad Christian Church
The Christian Community
Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites)
Cooneyites (not to be confused with Christian Conventions, above)
Evangelical Church of West Africa
Evangelical Covenant Church of America (Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant)
Evangelical Free Church of America
Evangelical Free Church of Canada
Evangelical Orthodox Church
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 (extinct)
Local Churches
Methernitha
Metropolitan Community Churches
Schwenkfelder Church
Shiloh Youth Revival Centers
Strigolniki
Universal Life
Yehowists
Universal Alliance
The Way International
The African Church
Apostles of Johane Maranke
Celestial Church of Christ
Christ Apostolic Church
Church of the Lord (Aladura)
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim
Kimbanguist Church
Zion Christian Church
Nontrinitarian Protestantism[edit]
Main article: Nontrinitarianism

These groups of Protestant churches and organizations follow nontrinitarian theology with different interpretations of it.

Christadelphians
Church of the Blessed Hope
Church of God (Seventh-Day)
Church of Almighty God
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church
Keraites
Makuya
Some Quakers
Spiritual Christians from Russia
Subbotniki[48]
Two by Twos ("Christian Conventions")
United Church of God
Universal Alliance
World Mission Society Church of God
Other Christian groups[edit]

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.
Independent Catholicism[edit]
Further information: List of Independent Catholic denominations and Independent Sacramental Movement

The Independent Catholic churches self-identify as either Western or Eastern Catholic although they are not affiliated with or recognized by the Catholic Church. Independent Catholic and Independent Orthodox churches among others are recognized as part of the Independent Sacramental Movement.

American Catholic Church in the United States
American National Catholic Church
Antiochian Catholic Church in America
Augustana Catholic Church
Archdiocese of the Old Catholic Church of America
Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church
Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada
Catholic Christian Church
Catholic Life Church
Catholic Mariavite Church
Celtic Catholic Church
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Christ Catholic Church
Communion of Christ the Redeemer
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
National Catholic Church of America
Mariavite Church (not to be confused with the Catholic Mariavite Church)
Most Holy Family Monastery
Old Catholic Church
Old Catholic Church in Europe
Old Catholic Church of America
Old Catholic Mariavite Church
Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
Old Roman Catholic Church in America
Palmarian Catholic Church
Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church)
Polish National Catholic Church
Rabelados
Reformed Catholic Church, in Venezuela
Reformed Old Catholic Church
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 Orthodoxy[edit]

These churches consider themselves Eastern Orthodox but are not in communion with the main body of Eastern Orthodoxy. Some of these denominations consider themselves as part of True Orthodoxy or the Old Believers as examples.

Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Lusitanian Orthodox Church
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Montenegrin Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in Italy
Russian Orthodox Church in America
Russian True Orthodox Church (also called as Catacomb Church)
True Russian Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical
True Orthodoxy[edit]
Main article: True Orthodoxy

True Orthodoxy, or Genuine Orthodoxy, is a movement of Eastern Orthodox churches that separated from the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church over issues of ecumenism and Calendar reform since the 1920s.[49]

Bulgarian Alternative Synod
Greek Old Calendarists
Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
Serbian True Orthodox Church
Old Believers[edit]
Main article: Old Believers

Russian Old Believers form a sub-type of [Proto-]True Orthodoxy that refused to accepted the liturgical and ritual changes made by Patriarch Nikon of Moscowbetween 1652 and 1666.
Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy)
Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy)
Russian Old-Orthodox Church (Novozybkovskaya Hierarchy)
Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church (Pomortsy)
Old-Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church of Fedoseevtsy [ru] (Fedoseevtsy)
Syncretic Eastern Orthodoxy[edit]

Syncretic Eastern Orthodox churches blend with other denominations outside of Eastern Orthodoxy and are not in communion with the main body of Eastern Orthodoxy.
Church of God and Saints of Christ (Orthodox Christianity)
Evangelical Orthodox Church (blends with Evangelicalism and some other Protestant elements)
Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (it recognizes both Christian Orthodoxies as same, thus it may accept Miaphysite doctrine)
Celtic Orthodox Church
French Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of the Gauls
Independent Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]

The following churches affirm a Miaphysite Christological position but are not in communion with any of the ancient Oriental Orthodox churches for various reasons.
British Orthodox Church (founded in 1886 formerly as Catholic Apostolic Church of the West by Scottish-born British clergyman Jules Ferrette (1826-1904) to bring Oriental Orthodoxy into the British Isles without being Middle-eastern or Ethiopian and was Coptic Orthodox Church one of two Autonomous Churches before departure peacefully in 2015)
Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America (considers itself autocephalous but considered schismatic by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church)
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Syncretic Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]

These are churches which blend with other denominations outside of Oriental Orthodoxy but retain a mostly Miaphysite Christological position, and are not in communion with the main body of the ancient Oriental Orthodox churches.
Antiochian Catholic Church in America
Orthodox-Catholic Church of America
Communion of Western Orthodox Churches (it recognized both Christian Orthodoxies as same, thus it may accept Miaphysite doctrine)
Celtic Orthodox Church
French Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of the Gauls
Reformed Oriental Orthodoxy[edit]
Main article: Reformed Orthodoxy (Eastern Christianity)

These churches resulted from a reformation of Oriental Orthodoxy, in line with Protestant beliefs and practices.
Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Independent Reformed Oriental denomination based in Kerala, India, in full communion with the Anglican Communion)
St. Thomas Evangelical Church (Independent Eastern Church with Evangelical influences, based in Kerala, India)
Southcottism[edit]
Main article: Southcottism
Christian Israelite Church
House of David (commune)
Panacea Society
Racial Christianity[edit]
European[edit]
British Israelism
Armstrongism
British-Israel-World Federation
Afrocentric[edit]
Black Hebrew Israelites
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Church of God and Saints of Christ (Orthodox Christianity)
Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ
Messianic Judaism[edit]
Main article: Messianic Judaism
See also: Messianic Jewish theology

Chosen People Ministries
Hebrew Christian movement
International Messianic Jewish Alliance
Jews for Jesus
Messianic Israel Alliance
Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations
Hebrew Roots[edit]
Hebrew Roots
Christian Identity[edit]

Christian Identity
Assembly of Christian Soldiers
The Christ's Assembly
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
Positive Christianity[edit]
German Christians
Positive Christianity
Esoteric Christianity (Gnosticism)[edit]
Main articles: Esoteric Christianity and Western esotericism

Anthroposophical Society
Archeosophical Society
Behmenism
Ecclesia Gnostica
Lectorium Rosicrucianum
Martinism
The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Societas Rosicruciana
Spiritualist Church
Theosophy
Universal White Brotherhood
Asian Independent Churches[edit]

These are Asian-initiated churches from Chinese and Japanese regions that were formed during or still under repression in authoritarian eras in their countries as responses from government crackdowns of their old Christian denominations which were deemed illegal or unrecognized in their countries states atheism or religion.
Chinese Independent Churches[edit]
Main article: Chinese Independent Churches
Evangelical Free Church of China
Local Church movement
Lutheran Church of China
Japanese Independent Churches[edit]
Main article: Japanese Independent Churches
Non-church movement
Zion Christian Church (Japan)
United Church of Christ in Japan
Miscellaneous[edit]

House of Aaron
The Process Church of The Final Judgment (The Process)
Trinitarian Universalism
United House of Prayer for All People
Lord’s Resistance Army
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Twelve Tribes communities
Denominationally unaffiliated parachurch organizations[edit]
Main articles: Ecumenism and Parachurch organization

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
Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC/Unification Church/Unification Movement)
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Iona Community
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
New Monasticism related Communities
Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Society of Ordained Scientists
Taizé Community
The Gospel Coalition
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
World Council of Churches
World Evangelical Alliance
World Student Christian Federation
Christian-related movements[edit]
Main article: List of Christian movements

A Christian movement is a theological, political, or philosophical interpretation of Christianity that is not generally represented by a specific church, sect, or denomination.

British New Church Movement
Christian atheism
Christian communism
Christian democracy
Christian existentialism
Christian Family Movement
Christian feminism
Christian left
Christian naturism
Christian pacifism
Christian right
Christian socialism
Christian Torah-submission
Christian vegetarianism
Christian Zionism
Confessing Movement
Continual prayer
Convergence Movement
Creationism
Emerging church
Green Christianity
House church (or Simple church)
LGBT-affirming Christian denominations
Neo-orthodoxy
Postmodern Christianity
Progressive Christianity
Quiverfull
Restorationism
Shepherding Movement
New Thought[edit]
Main article: New Thought

The relation of New Thought to Christianity is not defined as exclusive; some of its adherents see themselves as solely practising 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
Syncretistic religions incorporating elements of Christianity[edit]
Main article: Syncretism
See also: Afro-American religion

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.

Candomblé
Cao Đài
Chrislam
Cult of Santa Muerte
Vodou
Malbars
Native American Church
Pilgrims of Arès
Rastafari movement
Santería
Santo Daime
Umbanda
Voodoo
See also[edit]

Christianity portal
Denominationalism
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Eastern Christianity
List of Christian denominations by number of members
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Timeline of Christianity
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