Origin of Christian Denominations
Origin of Christian Denominations



Name Place of Origin Founder Year
Catholic Church Jerusalem Jesus Christ 33
Adventists Dresden NJ William Miller 1831
Assemblies of God Hot Springs Ark.Evangelizing Missions Banded Together 1914
Baptists England John Smyth & Thomas Helwys 1611
Brethren, Plymouth England John Nelson Darby 1830
Christian Scientists Boston, Mass Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy 1879
Church of God and Saints of Christ Lawrence Kan. M.S. Crowdy 1896
Church of the Nazarene Pilot Point TX Methodist Dissenters 1908
Congregational & Christian London England Robert Brown 1530-1633
Disciples of Christ (Church of Christ) Lexington, KY Alexander Campbell & Barton Stone 1832
Evangelical Church Leicestershire, England Jacob Albright 1803
Christian Friends Pennsylvania George Fox 1648
Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) Palmyra, NY Joseph Smith 1829
Lutheran Germany Martin Luther 1517
Mennonite Holland Meno Simons 1525
Methodists Oxford, England John & Charles Wesley & George Whitefield 1729
Moravians Kunwald, Bohemia Peter Chelzicky 1467
Pentecostal Holiness Anderson, SC Orignated from Methodists 1898
Presbyterian Church Scotland John Knox 1560
Protestant Episcopal Church American Colonies Samuel Seabury 18th Century
Salvation Army London, England William Booth 1865
Unitarians Boston Liberal Christians 1785
United Brethren Susquehanna Valley Philip Otterbein 1765

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