List of Christian denominations

List of Christian denominations (or Denominations self-identified as Christian) ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. (See also: Christianity; Christian denominations; List of Christian denominations by number of members). Also, some groups included do not consider themselves a denomination (e.g., the Catholic Church considers itself the one true Church, and as pre-denominational). Regarding the use of the word "church," the Catholic Church does not consider any groups or denominations to be true "churches" unless they have maintained apostolic succession and observe the seven sacraments (by this definition, the Eastern Orthodox churches are, for the most part, the only other Christian groupings considered by the Catholic Church to be true "churches").^[1]

Some groups are large (e.g. Catholics, 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. Also, modern movements such as Fundamentalist Christianity, Pietism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism and the Holiness movement 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. Additionally, some groups viewed by non-adherents as denominational actively resist being called a "denomination" and do not have any formal denominational structure, authority, or record-keeping beyond the local congregation; several groups within Restoration Movement fall into this category.

Note: This is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity. As there are reported to be approximately 38,000 Christian denominations,^[2] many of which cannot be verified to be significant, only those denominations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

Note: Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian, disagreements arising primarily from doctrinal differences between groups. 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.

Note: 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, 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.

Major divisions within Christianity.

Catholicism

Main article: Catholicism

These are the churches which claim continuity (based upon Apostolic Succession) with the early Church.

Catholic Church

Main article: Catholic Church

Catholic Church is composed of two rites; one is the western or latin rite, another is the eastern rite (i.e., Eastern Catholic Churches).

The Latin Rite

The Latin Rite or Church^[3] is the largest and most widely known of the 22 Rites that together make up the Catholic Church.

Eastern Catholic Churches

Main article: Eastern Catholic Churches

All of the following are particular churches of the Catholic Church. They are all in communion with the 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).^[4] 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.

Armenian Catholic Church Belarusian Greek Catholic Church Bulgarian Catholic Church Chaldean Catholic Church Coptic Catholic Church Croatian Greek Catholic Church Ethiopian Catholic Church Georgian Catholic Church Greek Catholic Church Hungarian Greek Catholic Church Italo-Albanian Catholic Church Macedonian Catholic Church Maronite Catholic Church Melkite Catholic Church Romanian Catholic Church Russian Catholic Church Ruthenian Catholic Church (usually called the "Byzantine Catholic Church" in the United States) Slovak Greek Catholic Church Syrian Catholic Church Syro-Malabar Church Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Catholic Church considers itself the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded.^[5] As such, the Catholic Church does not consider itself a denomination, but as pre-denominational, the original Church of Christ.

Other churches

Independent (self-identified as Catholic)

See also: Sedevacantism

Apostolic Catholic Church American Catholic Church in the United States Bosnian Church (no longer in existence) Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada Celtic Catholic Church Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Communion of Christ the Redeemer Free Catholic Church Liberal Catholic Church Mariavite Church Old Catholic Church Old Catholic Church of America Old Catholic Church in Europe Palmarian Catholic Church Philippine Independent Church Polish National Catholic Church Spiritus Christi True Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodoxy

Main article: Eastern Orthodox Church

See also: Eastern Orthodox Church organization and Eastern Orthodox Christian theology

List provided in order of precedence. Indentation indicates autonomy rather than autocephaly.

Eastern Orthodox Church

Main article: Eastern Orthodox Church

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Finnish Orthodox Church Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (autonomy not universally recognized) Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe (autonomy not universally recognized) Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem Saint Catherine's Monastery (considered autocephalous by some) Russian Orthodox Church Latvian Orthodox Church (semi-autonomous) Moldovan Orthodox Church (autonomy not universally recognized) Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Japanese Orthodox Church(autonomy not universally recognized) Chinese Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (semi-autonomous; not universally recognized) Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (semi-autonomous; not universally recognized) Serbian Orthodox Church Macedonian Orthodox Church Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric Romanian Orthodox Church Metropolis of Bessarabia Bulgarian Orthodox Church Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church Cypriot Orthodox Church Church of Greece Polish Orthodox Church Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania (Albanian Orthodox Church) Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church Orthodox Church in America (autocephaly not universally recognized)

The Eastern Orthodox Church considers itself to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded.

Other churches

Some Orthodox Churches with not universally recognized autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople:

Greek Old Calendarists Montenegrin Orthodox Church Macedonian Orthodox Church Russian Old Believers Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA) Ukrainian Orthodox Church: Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchy)

Oriental Orthodoxy

Main article: Oriental Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy comprises those Christians who did not accept the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451). Other denominations often erroneously label these churches "Monophysite", however, as the Oriental Orthodox do not adhere to the teachings of Eutyches, they themselves reject this label, preferring the term Miaphysite.

Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria British Orthodox Church French Coptic Orthodox Church Syriac Orthodox Church Jacobite Syrian Christian Church Armenian Apostolic Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Holy See of Cilicia Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople Church of Caucasian Albania (extinct) Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church

• The Antiochian Catholic Church in America is theologically aligned with the Oriental Orthodox, but is not in full communion with them, primarily because it ordains women and does not impose celibacy on its bishops.
• Celtic Orthodox Church
• Sassanid Church (no longer in existence)
• Malabar Independent Syrian Church

The Oriental Orthodox Church considers itself to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded.

Church of the East

The Church of the East is said to have been formed by St Thomas. The Church did not attend the Council of Ephesus (AD 431). It is incorrectly referred to as the Nestorian Church; Assyrian Christians do not consider themselves Nestorians, and recent Christological agreements with the Catholic and some of the Orthodox churches have resolved this debate permanently, clearing the way for ecumenical relations.

• Church of the East (historical church)
  • Assyrian Church of the East (successor church)
  • Ancient Church of the East (successor church)

The Church of the East considers itself to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded.

Protestantism

Main articles: Protestantism and Protestant Reformation

See also: Protestantism by country

These are the churches "which repudiated the papal authority, and separated or were severed from the Roman communion in the Reformation of the 16th cent., and of any of the bodies of Christians descended from them."^[6]

Diagram showing major branches and movements within Protestantism

Pre-Lutheran Protestants

Hussites Moravian Church Unity of the Brethren Utraquists Waldensians

Lutheranism

Main articles: Lutheranism and Martin Luther

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" (Russia) Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany) Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States) Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference Ukrainian Lutheran Church Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States) Evangelical Catholic Church Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America International Lutheran Council American Association of Lutheran Churches Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil Evangelical Lutheran Church of England 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 (United States) Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member) German Evangelical Church in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia (no longer in existence)

Laestadian Lutheran Church Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Church of China (no longer in existence) Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (United States) Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (United States) Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA Lutheran World Federation Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Arcot Lutheran Church Batak Christian Protestant Church Church of Denmark Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Church of Iceland Church of Norway Church of Sweden Church of the Faroe Islands 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 of Papua New Guinea Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (associate member) Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member) Malagasy Lutheran Church Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church Simalungun Protestant Christian Church South Andhra Lutheran Church Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church

Anglicanism

Anglican Communion

Main article: Anglican Communion

See also: Anglicanism

Anglicanism has referred to itself as the via media between Roman 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.

Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Anglican Church in Central America Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Church of Burundi Anglican Church of Canada Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican Church of Korea Anglican Church of Mexico Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea Anglican Church of Southern Africa Anglican Church of Tanzania Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil Church in the Province of the West Indies Church in Wales Church of England Church of Ireland Church of Nigeria Church of Uganda

Church of the Province of Central Africa Church of the Province of Melanesia Church of the Province of Myanmar Church of the Province of Rwanda Church of the Province of South East Asia Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean Church of the Province of West Africa Episcopal Church (in the United States and elsewhere) Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East Episcopal Church in the Philippines Episcopal Church of Cuba Episcopal Church of the Sudan Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (in Portugal) Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan) Province de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo Scottish Episcopal Church Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

The Anglican Communion also includes the following united churches:

• Church of Bangladesh
• Church of North India
• Church of South India
• Church of Pakistan

The Anglican Communion considers itself to be part of the One Holy catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded, without the implication that various other churches are not also branches of it.

Other Anglican Churches

Main article: Continuing Anglican movement

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 Holy Catholic Church--Western Rite Independent Anglican Church Canada Synod Orthodox Anglican Church Reformed Episcopal Church Southern Episcopal Church United Episcopal Church of North America

Reformed Churches

Main article: Reformed Churches

See also: Calvinism and First Great Awakening

Canadian and American Reformed Churches Christian Reformed Church in North America Christian Reformed Churches of Australia Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches Congregational Federation of Australia Dutch Reformed Church Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches Free Reformed Churches of North America Heritage Reformed Congregations

Netherlands Reformed Congregations Orthodox Christian Reformed Church Protestant Reformed Churches in America Reformed Church in America Reformed Church in Hungary Reformed Church in the United States United Reformed Church United Reformed Churches in North America Armenian Reformed Bible Church

Presbyterianism

Main article: Presbyterianism

See also: Presbyterian polity

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Bible Presbyterian Church Christ Community Church Church of Scotland Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches Cumberland Presbyterian Church Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States) Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia) Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) Free Presbyterian Church (Australia) Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland Free Presbyterian Church of North America Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster Greek Evangelical Church Orthodox Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Church in America Presbyterian Church in Canada Presbyterian Church of India Presbyterian Church in Ireland Presbyterian Church in Taiwan Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand

Presbyterian Church of Australia Presbyterian Church of Brazil Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia Presbyterian Church of Korea Presbyterian Church of Pakistan Presbyterian Church of Wales (also a Methodist church) Presbyterian Church (USA) Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia) Presbyterian Reformed Church (North America) Reformed Church of France 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 North America Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia) United Free Church of Scotland United Presbyterian Church of North America Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States

Congregationalist Churches

Main article: Congregational Church

Conservative Congregational Christian Conference English Independents (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group) Huguenots (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group) National Association of Congregational Christian Churches United Congregational Church of Southern Africa Anabaptists Main article: Anabaptists See also: Radical Reformation, Theology of Anabaptism, and Schwarzenau Brethren Abecedarians (extinct) Amish Beachy Amish Nebraska Amish Old Order Amish Swartzentruber Amish Apostolic Christian Church Brethren Main article: Brethren Church of the United Brethren in Christ Free Evangelical Churches Hutterites Bruderhof Communities Mennonites Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations 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 (formerly Evangelical Mennonite Brethren) Mennonite Brethren Churches Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches Mennonite Church Canada Mennonite Church in the Netherlands Mennonite Church USA Missionary Church Old Order Mennonites Swiss Mennonite Conference Plymouth Brethren Exclusive Brethren Indian Brethren Kerala Brethren Open Brethren River Brethren Brethren in Christ Church Old Order River Brethren United Zion Church Schwarzenau Brethren Brethren Reformed Church Church of the Brethren Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International Dunkard Brethren Ephrata Cloister Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Old German Baptist Brethren Old Order German Baptist Brethren The Brethren Church (Ashland Brethren) Social Brethren Methodists Main article: Methodism African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church British Methodist Episcopal Church Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Congregational Methodist Church Evangelical Church of America Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic Evangelical Methodist Church First Congregational Methodist Church Free Methodist Church Southern Methodist Church Methodist Church of India Methodist Church of Ireland Methodist Church of Singapore Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma Methodist Church of Great Britain Methodist Church of Malaysia Methodist Church of New Zealand Methodist Church of Southern Africa Primitive Methodist Church United Methodist Church Pietists and Holiness Churches Main articles: Pietism and Holiness movement See also: Higher Life movement, Holiness Tabernacles, and Third Great Awakening The Wesleyan Church The Salvation Army The Church of the Nazarene Church of God (Anderson) Christian and Missionary Alliance Bible Fellowship Church Christian Baptist Church of God Christ's Sanctified Holy Church Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A. Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma) Church of God (Holiness) Church of God (Restoration) Deeper Life Bible Church Missionary Church United Christian Church Baptists Main article: Baptists See also: Baptist beliefs and List of Baptist Confessions Note: All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent. The most prominent Baptist organizations in the United States are the American Baptist Association, tending to be more liberal, the National Baptist Convention, tending to be more moderate and the Southern Baptist Convention, tending to be more conservative. Further information: List of Baptist sub-denominations African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia Alliance of Baptists American Baptist Association American Baptist Churches USA Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland Association of Grace Baptist Churches 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 (Sweden) Baptist General Conference of Canada Baptist General Convention of Texas 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 Bible Baptist Black Primitive Baptists 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 Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India Cooperative Baptist Fellowship European Baptist Convention European Baptist Federation Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti Evangelical Free Baptist Church Evangelical Baptist Church of Kent 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 Grace Baptist Assembly 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 Progressive Baptist Progressive National Baptist Convention Reformed Baptist Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of Regular Baptist 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 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 Spiritual Baptists Note: The Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of New York, Inc has congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent. The Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of New York, Inc. Apostolic Churches – Irvingites Catholic Apostolic Church New Apostolic Church United Apostolic Church Old Apostolic Church Restored Apostolic Mission Church Pentecostalism Main article: Pentecostalism See also: List_of_Christian_denominations#Oneness_Pentecostalism Apostolic Church (denomination) Apostolic Faith Church Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa Assemblies of God Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Church of God of Prophecy Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Believers Church Charisma Christian Church Christ Gospel Churches International Christian City Churches Christian Church of North America Christian Congregation of Brazil Christian Outreach Centre Christian Revival Crusade Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee) Church of God (Chattanooga) Church of God (Full Gospel) in India Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama) The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres) Church of God by Faith The Church of God for All Nations Church of God, House of Prayer Church of God in Christ Church of God Mountain Assembly Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly Church of God of the Union Assembly Church of God with Signs Following Church of the Foursquare Gospel Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ Congregational Holiness Church CRC Churches International Deeper Life Bible Church Destiny Church Elim Pentecostal Church Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Besançon Every Nation Churches Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost Full Gospel Pentecostal church God is Love Pentecostal Church Holiness Baptist Association Indian Pentecostal Church of God International Circle of Faith 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 Church of Indonesia Pentecostal Church of God Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church The Pentecostal Mission Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) Potter's House Christian Fellowship Redeemed Christian Church of God Revival Centres International Sharon Fellowship Church The Revival Fellowship United Gospel Tabernacles United Holy Church of America Charismatics Main article: Charismatic movement See also: Catholic Charismatic Renewal Association of Vineyard Churches Calvary Chapel Blessed Church http://blessed.org.my/ Charismatic Episcopal Church} City Harvest Church Faith Christian Fellowship International Every Nation Full Gospel Jesus Army Ministries of His Glory Ministries Without Borders New Frontiers Sovereign Grace Ministries Neo-Charismatic Churches Bible Christian Mission Church on the Rock- International Local churches Destiny Church Groningen Born Again Movement New Life Fellowship Association True Jesus Church Jimmy's Followers African Initiated Churches Main article: African Initiated Church Apostles of Johane Marauke Christ Apostolic Miracle Ministry Celestial Church of Christ Christ Apostolic Church Church of the Lord (Aladura) Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Kimbanguist Church The African Church Zion Christian Church United and uniting churches Churches which 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. Main article: United and uniting churches China Christian Council Church of Bangladesh Church of Pakistan Church of North India Church of South India Evangelical Church in Germany Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren Mar Thoma Church Protestant Church in the Netherlands St. Thomas Evangelical Church United Church of Canada United Church of Christ United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands United Church of Christ in the Philippines Uniting Church in Australia Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Main article: Religious Society of Friends Conservative Friends Central Yearly Meeting of Friends Friends United Meeting Evangelical Friends International Friends General Conference Note: The Religious Society of Friends is historically considered a Protestant denomination. While Evangelical Friends International, Friends United Meeting, Central Yearly Meeting of Friends, and Conservative Friends, would all consider themselves Protestant Christians, many Liberal Quakers today would consider their faith to be a distinct, non-Protestant form of Christianity. Many Friends General Conference Quakers are "Universalists" and some are also Christian Universalists. Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Main article: Restoration Movement See also: Christian primitivism and Second Great Awakening Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Churches of Christ Churches of Christ (non-institutional) Churches of Christ in Australia Christian churches and churches of Christ International Churches of Christ (Boston Movement) Evangelical Christian Church in Canada[7] Southcottites Christian Israelite Church Millerites and comparable groups See also: List of Christian denominations#Bible Student groups Sabbath-Keeping Churches, Adventist Adventist Church of Promise Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day) Seventh-day Adventist Church Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Sabbath-Keeping Churches, Non-Adventist Branch Davidians Church of God International (USA) Church of the Great God Intercontinental Church of God Living Church of God Philadelphia Church of God Seventh-Day Baptists Seventh-Day Evangelist Church Seventh Day Christians - Norway (Syvende dags Kristne) True Jesus Church United Church of God United Seventh-Day Brethren Sunday Adventists Advent Christian Church Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith) Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith) Sacred Name Groups Assemblies of Yahweh House of Yahweh New Life Fellowship Jehovah's Witnesses Dawn Bible Students Association Assembly of Yahweh Friends of Man Christian Millennial Fellowship Pastoral Bible Institute British-Israelism Main article: British Israelism British-Israel-World Federation Christian Identity and other white separatist/supremacist groups Church of Jesus Christ-Christian (Aryan Nations) Kingdom Identity Ministries LaPorte Church of Christ The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord Revival Centres International The Revival Fellowship Armstrongism Miscellaneous/Other Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC) Believers' Church in India Family International a.k.a. "The Family International", "Family of Love", "The Family" Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites) Christian Conventions (a.k.a. Two by Twos, The Truth, The Way, etc.) Christian & Missionary Alliance Cooneyites (not to be confused with Christian Conventions, above) Eternal Grace Evangelical Church of West Africa Evangelical Covenant Church of America ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant") Evangelical Free Church of Canada Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches Grace Movement Churches Great Commission Association Shakers Indian Shakers Jesus Movement Methernitha Metropolitan Community Churches Native American Church New Frontiers (formerly New Frontiers International) Schwenkfelder Church Strigolniki Universal Life Yehowists (aka Yehowists-Ilyinites, Russian Jehovists The Children of God Reformed Church Christian Revival Church *Christian Revival Church India Christian Revival Church Nagaland Christian Revival Church Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Meghalaya Christian Revival Church Assam Christian Revival Church Manipur Christian Revival Church Sikkim Christian Revival Church West Bengal Christian Revival Church Tamil Nadu Christian Revival Church Maharastra Christian Revival Church Uttra Pradesh Christian Revival Church Bihar Christian Revival Church Myanmar Christian Revival Church Nepal Latter Day Saints Main articles: Latter Day Saint movement and Mormonism See also: List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement Most Latter Day Saint denominations are derived from the Church of Christ, established by Joseph Smith in 1830. The majority of "Prairie Saint" denominations were established after the death of Smith by the remnants of the Saints who did not go west with Brigham Young. The Rocky Mountain denominations are various sects who broke from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after its abandonment of polygamy in 1890. Other denominations are defined by either a belief in Joseph Smith as a prophet, or acceptance of the Book of Mormon as scripture. Mormonism is generally considered restorationist, believing that Smith, by inspiration and revelation, restored the original Church of Christ to the earth. Some Latter Day Saint denominations are regarded by other Christians as being nontrinitarian, but generally do not accept that label themselves, in contrast to the groups labeled "nontrinitarian" below. The churches within the Latter Day Saint movement are not recognized as an orthodox Christian denomination, and are usually rejected as Christian altogether by most Protestants. Mormons, however, strongly oppose this rejection. Original denomination The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "Prairie Saint" denominations 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 Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) (largest "Prairie Saint" denomination) 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 Mountains denominations Apostolic United Brethren The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) – by far the largest Latter Day Saint denomination 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 Aaronic Order Restoration Church of Jesus Christ Nontrinitarian groups Main article: Nontrinitarianism Various denominations whose self-understanding denies trinitarian theology held by other Christians. Oneness Pentecostalism Main article: Oneness Pentecostalism Apostolic Assemblies of Christ Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus Apostolic Brethren 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 Churches of Jesus Christ International Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Pentecostal Assemblies of the World United Pentecostal Church International Gay Apostolic Pentecostals Unitarianism and Universalism Main articles: Unitarianism and Christian Universalism See also: Unitarian Universalism American Unitarian Conference, North America Christian Universalist Association, US International Council of Unitarians and Universalists Australian and New Zealand Unitarian Universalist Association Canadian Unitarian Council Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft, Germany European Unitarian Universalists General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, United Kingdom & Ireland Unitarian Universalist Association, US Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain Unitarisk Kirkesamfund, Denmark Socinianism (extinct as a modern and distinct group) Polish Brethren (extinct as a modern and distinct group) Bible Student groups 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 Main article: Swedenborgianism See also: The New Church General Church of the New Jerusalem Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma Swedenborgian Church of North America formerly General Convention of the New Jerusalem Other non-Trinitarians Arianism Christadelphians Church of the Blessed Hope Church of Christ, Scientist Doukhobors ("Spirit-Wrestlers") Arian Catholic Church Iglesia ni Cristo Makuya Molokans Members Church of God International Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus Subbotniks Two by Twos ("Christian Conventions") Unification Church Universal Alliance The Way International New Thought Main article: New Thought See also: History of New Thought The relation of New Thought to Christianity is sometimes murky; some of its adherents see themselves as practicing a true or correct form of Christianity, or as doing what Jesus did, while others, in particular, Religious Science says "yes and no" to the question of whether it considers itself Christian leaving it to the individual to define themselves.[8] Church of Divine Science[9] Religious Science[10] Unity Church[11] Messianic Judaism / Jewish Christians Main article: Messianic Judaism See also: Messianic Movement and Messianic Jewish theology Chosen People Ministries Coalition of Torah Observant Messianic Congregations British Messianic Jewish Alliance Fellowship of Messianic Congregations (FMC) International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues International Federations of Messianic Jews (IFMJ) International Messianic Jewish Alliance (IMJA) Jews for Jesus Messianic Bureau International (MBI) Messianic Israel Alliance (MIA) Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) Messianic Jewish Alliance of Australia Messianic Hebrews International The Association of Messianic Congregations (AMC) The British Messianic Jewish Alliance The International Alliance of Messianic Congregations and Synagogues (IAMCS) The Jerusalem Council The United Alliance of Congregations Pursuing a Messianic Torah Tikkun Ministries International Union of Conservative Messianic Synagogues (UCMJS) Union of Nazarene Jewish Synagogues Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations United Messianic Jewish Alliance (UMJA) Esoteric Christianity Main articles: Esoteric Christianity and Western Mystery Tradition Anthroposophical Society of Rudolf Steiner Archeosophical Society of Tommaso Palamidessi Lectorium Rosicrucianum of Jan van Rijckenborgh/Catharose de Petri Martinism of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin et al. Societas Rosicruciana by Masons The Rosicrucian Fellowship of Max Heindel Syncretistic religions incorporating elements of Christianity 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 Vodou Pilgrims of Arès Rastafari movement Santería Santo Daime Umbanda See also Christianity portal List of Christian denominations by number of members List of the largest Protestant churches of the world Parachurch organization Denominationalism List of religions and spiritual traditions Timeline of Christianity List of religious organizations References ^ http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000806_dominus-iesus_en.html ^ Christianity Today – General Statistics and Facts of Christianity Today ^ Not to be confused with the Roman Rite, which is one of the Latin liturgical rites, not a particular Church. ^ Anthony Dragani, From East to West ^ "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church". Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html.  ^ "Protestant, I.2.a" Oxford English Dictionary ^ Sydney E. Ahlstrom, A Religious History of the American People (2004) ^ http://www.unitedcentersforspiritualliving.org/Philosophy/phil_faqs.php ^ See http://divinesciencechurch.org/dsfed//ads.php for a description of basic beliefs, including its position as Christian. ^ http://www.unitedcentersforspiritualliving.org/Philosophy/phil_faqs.php ^ See the Unity Church FAQ at http://unity.org/aboutunity/whoWeAre/faq.html, in which Unity describes itself as "positive, practical Christianity", and thus is clearly self-identified as Christian.