List of Christian denominations

List of Christian denominations
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine. Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship. Divisions between one denomination and another are primarily defined by authority and doctrine. Issues regarding the nature of Jesus, Trinitarianism, salvation, the authority of apostolic succession, eschatology, conciliarity, papal supremacy and papal primacy among others may separate one denomination from another. Groups of denominations, often sharing broadly similar beliefs, practices, and historical ties—can be known as "branches of Christianity" or "denominational families" (e.g. Eastern or Western Christianity and their sub-branches). These "denominational families" are often imprecisely also called denominations.
Christian denominations since the 20th century have often involved themselves in ecumenism. Ecumenism refers to efforts among Christian bodies to develop better understandings and closer relationships. It also refers to efforts toward visible unity in the Christian Church, though the terms of visible unity vary for each denomination of Christianity; the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church each teach visible unity may only be achieved by converting to their denominational beliefs and structure, citing claims of being the one true church. The largest ecumenical organization in Christianity is the World Council of Churches.
The following is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity, ecumenical organizations, and Christian ideologies not necessarily represented by specific denominations. Only those Christian denominations, ideologies and organizations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable. The denominations and ecumenical organizations listed are generally ordered from ancient to contemporary Christianity.
Terminology and qualification
Some bodies included on this list do not consider themselves denominations. For example, the Catholic Church considers itself the one true church and the Holy See as pre-denominational. The Eastern Orthodox Church also considers itself the original Christian church and pre-denominational. To express further the complexity involved, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches were historically one and the same, as evidenced by the fact that they are the only two modern churches in existence to accept all of the first seven ecumenical councils, until differences arose, such as papal authority and dominance, the rise of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the 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. This also illustrates that denominations can arise not only from religious or theological issues, but political and generational divisions as well.
Other churches that are viewed by non-adherents as denominational are highly decentralized and do not have any formal denominational structure, authority, or record-keeping beyond the local congregation; several groups within the Restoration movement and congregational churches fall into this category.
Some Christian bodies are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, Pentecostals and non/inter-denominationals, Anglicans or Baptists), while others are just a few small churches, and in most cases the relative size is not evident in this list except for the denominational group or movement as a whole (e.g. Church of the East, Oriental Orthodox Churches, or Lutheranism). The largest denomination is the Catholic Church with more than 1.3 billion members. The smallest of these groups may have only a few dozen adherents or an unspecified number of participants in independent churches as described below. As such, specific numbers and a certain size may not define a group as a denomination. However, as a general rule, the larger a group becomes, the more acceptance and legitimacy it gains.
Modern movements such as Christian fundamentalism, Pietism, 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; e.g. the United Church of Christ). Such subtleties and complexities are not clearly depicted here.
Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian or a Christian denomination as disagreements arise primarily from doctrinal differences between each other. As an example, this list contains groups also known as "rites" which many, such as the Roman Catholic Church, would say are not denominations as they are in full papal communion, and thus part of the Catholic Church. For the purpose of simplicity, this list is intended to reflect the self-understanding of each denomination. Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles.
There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies. Often there is considerable disagreement between various groups about whether others should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "cult", or about whether this or that group enjoys some measure of respectability. Such considerations often vary from place to place, or culture to culture, where one denomination may enjoy majority status in one region, but be widely regarded as a "dangerous cult" in another part of the world. Inclusion on this list does not indicate any judgment about the size, importance, or character of a group or its members.
Early Christian
Early Christianity is often divided into three different branches that differ in theology and traditions, which all appeared in the 1st century AD/CE. They include Jewish Christianity, Pauline Christianity and Gnostic Christianity. All modern Christian denominations are said to have descended from the Jewish and Pauline Christianities, with Gnostic Christianity dying, or being hunted out of existence after the early Christian era and being largely forgotten until discoveries made in the late 19th and early twentieth centuries. There are also other theories on the origin of Christianity.
The following Christian groups appeared between the beginning of the Christian religion and the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
Adamites
Arianism
Ebionites
Collyridianism
Elcesaites
Marcionism
Montanism
Nazarenes
Novatianism
Unlike the previously mentioned groups, the following are all considered to be related to Christian Gnosticism.
Late ancient and Medieval Christian
The following are groups of Christians appearing between the First Council of Nicaea, the East-West Schism and proto-Protestantism.
Agonoclita
Apostolic Brethren
Beguines and Beghards
Bogomilism
Patarines
Bosnian Church
Brethren of the Free Spirit
Catharism
Celtic Christianity
Donatism
Dulcinians
Euchites
Friends of God
Henricans
Lollardy
Neo-Adamites
Paulicianism
Petrobrusians
Skhariya the Jew's sect
Strigolniki
Tondrakians
Church of the East
The Church of the East split from the Roman-recognized state church of Rome during the Sasanian Period. It is also called the Nestorian Church or the Church of Persia. Declaring itself separate from the state church in 424–427, liturgically, it adhered to the East Syriac Rite. Theologically, it adopted the dyophysite doctrine of Nestorianism, which emphasizes the separateness of the divine and human natures of Jesus, and addresses Mary as Christotokos instead of Theotokos; the Church of the East also largely practiced aniconism. Adhered to by groups such as the Keraites and Naimans (see Christianity among the Mongols), the Church of the East had a prominent presence in Inner Asia between the 11th and 14th centuries, but by the 15th century was largely confined to the Eastern Aramaic-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.
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. Other minor, modern related splinter groups include the Ancient Church of the East (split 1968 due of rejecting some changes made by Patriarch Shimun XXI Eshai) and the Chaldean Syrian Church. In 1995 the Chaldean Syrian Church reunified with the Assyrian Church of the East as an archbishopric. The Chaldean Syrian Church is headquartered in Thrissur, India. Together, the Assyrian, Ancient, Chaldean Syrian and Chaldean Catholic Church comprised over 1.6 million in 2018.
Assyrian Christianity
Assyrian Christianity comprises those Eastern churches who kept the traditional Nestorian christology and ecclesiology of the historical Church of the East after the original church reunited with the Catholic Church in Rome, forming the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1552. Assyrian Christianity forms part of the Syriac Christian tradition. The Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East together had over 0.6 million members .
Assyrian Church of the East
Chaldean Syrian Church
Ancient Church of the East
Oriental Orthodox Churches
The Oriental Orthodox Churches are the Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite christology and theology, with a combined global membership of 62 million . These churches reject the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and those after it. They departed from the state church of the Roman Empire after the Chalcedonian Council. Other denominations, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church and bodies in Old and True Orthodoxy, often label the Oriental Orthodox Churches as "Monophysite"; as the Oriental Orthodox do not adhere to the teachings of Eutyches, they themselves reject this label, preferring the term "Miaphysite". Historically, the Oriental Orthodox Churches considered themselves collectively to be the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Jesus founded. Some Christian denominations have recently considered the body of Oriental Orthodoxy to be a part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church, a view which is gaining increasing acceptance in the wake of ecumenical dialogues between groups such as Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman and Eastern Catholicism, and Protestant Christianity. Most member churches of the Oriental Orthodox Churches are part of the World Council of Churches.
Armenian Apostolic Church
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Holy See of Cilicia
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Coptic Orthodox Church
French Coptic Orthodox Church
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church
Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church
Eastern Orthodox
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, claims continuity (based upon apostolic succession) with the early Church as part of the state church of Rome. Though it considers itself pre-denominational, being the original Church of Christ before 1054, some scholars suggest the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches began after the East–West Schism. The Eastern Orthodox Church had about 230 million members , making it the second largest single denomination behind the Catholic Church. Some of them have a disputed administrative status (i.e. their autonomy or autocephaly is not recognized universally). Eastern Orthodox churches by and large remain in communion with one another, although this has broken at times throughout its history. Two examples of impaired communion between the Orthodox churches include the Moscow–Constantinople schisms of 1996 and 2018.
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 Canada
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Vicariate for Palestine and Jordan in the USA
Finnish Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church of Crete
Monastic Community of Mount Athos
Korean Orthodox Church
Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong
Exarchate of the Philippines
Orthodox Metropolitanate of Singapore
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico
Antiochian Orthodox Mission in the Philippines
Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Chile
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Greek Orthodox Church of Sinai
Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
Russian Orthodox Church in Finland
Japanese Orthodox Church
Chinese Orthodox Church
Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Moldovan Orthodox Church
Belarusian Orthodox Church
Philippine Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia
Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe
Patriarchal Parishes in the USA
Patriarchal Parishes in Canada
Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
Serbian Orthodox Church
Serbian Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci
Serbian Metropolitanate of Skopje
Serbian Metropolitanate of Dabar
Serbian Metropolitanate of Montenegro
Serbian Metropolitanate of Zagreb
Serbian Metropolitanate of Australia
Romanian Orthodox Church
Romanian Metropolis of Bessarabia
Romanian Metropolia of the Americas
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Diocese of North America and Australia
Cypriot Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Greece
Albanian Orthodox Church
Polish Orthodox Church
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church in America
Archdiocese of Canada
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America
Exarchate of Mexico
Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Macedonian Orthodox Church
Catholic
The Catholic Church, or Roman Catholic Church, is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. It considers itself the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church that Christ founded, and which Saint Peter initiated 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. The Catholic population exceeds 1.3 billion .
Latin Church (Western Church)
The Latin Church is the largest and most widely known of the 24 sui iuris churches that together make up the Catholic Church. It is headed by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope—with headquarters in Vatican City, enclaved within Rome, Italy. , the Latin Church comprised 1.255 billion members.
Eastern Catholic Churches
All of the following are particular churches of the Catholic Church. They are all in communion with the Pope as Bishop of Rome and acknowledge his claim of universal jurisdiction and authority. They have some minor distinct theological emphases and expressions (for instance, in the case of those that are of Greek/Byzantine tradition, concerning some non-doctrinal aspects of the Latin view of Purgatory and clerical celibacy). The Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Church (which are united in the worldwide Catholic Church) share the same doctrine and sacraments, and thus the same faith. The total membership of the churches accounted for approximately 18 million members .
Alexandrian Rite
Coptic Catholic Church
Eritrean Catholic Church
Ethiopian Catholic Church
Armenian Rite
Armenian Catholic Church
Byzantine Rite
Albanian Greek Catholic Church
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
Russian Greek Catholic Church
Ruthenian Greek/Byzantine Catholic Church
Slovak Greek Catholic Church
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
East Syriac Rite
Chaldean Catholic Church
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
West Syriac Rite
Maronite Church
Syriac Catholic Church
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
Protestant
Protestantism is a movement within Christianity which owes its name to the 1529 Protestation at Speyer, but originated in 1517 when Martin Luther began his dispute with the Roman Catholic Church. This period of time, known as the Reformation, began a series of events resulting over the next 500 years in several newly denominated churches (listed below). Some denominations were started by intentionally dividing themselves from the Roman Catholic Church, such as in the case of the English Reformation while others, such as with Luther's followers, were excommunicated after attempting reform. New denominations and organizations formed through further divisions within Protestant churches since the Reformation began. A denomination labeled "Protestant" subscribes to the fundamental Protestant principles—though not always—that is scripture alone, justification by faith alone, and the universal priesthood of believers.
The majority of contemporary Protestants are members of Adventism, Anglicanism, the Baptist churches, Calvinism (Reformed Protestantism), Lutheranism, Methodism and Pentecostalism. Nondenominational, Evangelical, charismatic, neo-charismatic, independent, Convergence, and other churches are on the rise, and constitute a significant part of Protestant Christianity.
This list gives only an overview, and certainly does not mention all of the Protestant denominations. The exact number of Protestant denominations, including the members of the denominations, is difficult to calculate and depends on definition. A group that fits the generally accepted definition of "Protestant" might not officially use the term. Therefore, it should be taken with caution. The most accepted figure among various authors and scholars includes around 900 million to a little over 1 billion Protestant Christians.
Proto-Protestant
Proto-Protestantism refers to movements similar to the Protestant Reformation, but before 1517, when Martin Luther (1483–1546) is reputed to have nailed the Ninety-Five-Theses to the church door. Major early Reformers were Peter Waldo (c. 1140–c. 1205), John Wycliffe (1320s–1384), and Jan Hus (c. 1369–1415). It is not completely correct to call these groups Protestant due to the fact that some of them had nothing to do with the 1529 protestation at Speyer which coined the term Protestant. In particular, the Utraquists were eventually accommodated as a separate Catholic rite by the papacy 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
Berengarians
Friends of God
Hussites
Czechoslovak Hussite Church
Moravian Church
Unity of the Brethren
Lollards
Pataria
Petrobrusians
Piagnoni
Strigolniki
Waldensians
Waldensian Evangelical Church
Lutheran
Lutherans are a major branch of Protestantism, identifying with the theology of Martin Luther, a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer, and theologian. Lutheranism initially began as an attempt to reform the Catholic Church before the excommunication of its members. Today with most Protestants, Lutherans are divided among mainline and evangelical theological lines. The whole of Lutheranism had about 70-90 million members in 2018. The largest non-United Lutheran denomination was the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, an Eastern Protestant Christian group.
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
Church of the Lutheran Confession
Concordia Lutheran Conference
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church of Albania
Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord"
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference
Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference
Lutheran Confessional Church
Ukrainian Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
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 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 Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
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
Old Apostolic Lutheran Church
Radical Pietism
Those who separated from established Lutheran churches to form their own denominations are known as Radical Pietists (as opposed to Pietistic Lutherans, who remain in the Lutheran churches (such as the Church of the Lutheran Brethren) and combine its emphasis on Biblical doctrine with the importance of individual piety and living a holy Christian life. Although a movement in Lutheranism, influence on Anglicanism, in particular John Wesley, led to the spawning of the Methodist movement.
Amana Society
Bible Fellowship Church
Evangelical Covenant Church
Evangelical Free Church
Temple Society (Templers)
United Christian Church
Reformed
Calvinism, also known as the Reformed tradition or Reformed Protestantism is a movement which broke from the Catholic Church in the 16th century. Calvinism follows the theological traditions set down by John Calvin, John Knox and other Reformation-era theologians. Calvinists differ from Lutherans on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, theories of worship, and the use of God's law for believers, among other things. There are from 60 to 80 million Christians identifying as Reformed or Calvinist according to statistics gathered in 2018.
Continental Reformed churches
Afrikaans Protestant Church
Canadian and American Reformed Churches
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone
Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
Christian Reformed Churches
Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Dutch Reformed Church (joined the Protestant Church in the Netherlands in 2004)
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 (Historical)
Indonesian Christian Church
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 Church in Western Indonesia
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
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
United Reformed Church
United Reformed Church in Congo
United Reformed Churches in North America
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Presbyterianism
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, Ghana
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)
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
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
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
United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
Anglican
Anglicanism or Episcopalianism has referred to itself as the via media between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The majority of Anglicans consider themselves part of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church within the Anglican Communion. Anglicans or Episcopalians also self-identify as both Catholic 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. Anglicans numbered over 85 million in 2018.
Anglican Communion
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Church in Central America
Anglican Church in Japan
Anglican Church of Australia
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
Church of Bangladesh
Church of North India
Church of Pakistan
Church of South India
Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Protestant Eastern Christian)
Other Anglican churches and Continuing Anglican movement
There are numerous churches following the Anglican tradition that are not in full communion with the Anglican Communion. Some churches split due to changes in the Book of Common Prayer and the ordination of women, forming Anglo-Catholic or Evangelical Anglican communities. A select few of these churches are recognized by certain individual provinces of the Anglican Communion.
African Orthodox Church
Anglican Catholic Church
Anglican Church in America
Anglican Church in Brazil
Anglican Church in North America
Anglican Church of India
Anglican Episcopal Church (USA)
Anglican Mission in the Americas
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
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
Anabaptist
The Anabaptists trace their origins to the Radical Reformation. Alternative to other early Protestants, Anabaptists were seen as an early offshoot of Protestantism, although the view has been challenged by some Anabaptists. There were approximately 2.1 million Anabaptists as of 2015.
Amish
Amish Mennonite
Beachy Amish
Kauffman Amish Mennonite
Nebraska Amish
New Order Amish
Old Order Amish
Swartzentruber Amish
Hutterites
Dariusleut
Lehrerleut
Schmiedeleut
Mennonites
Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
Biblical Mennonite Alliance
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Chortitzer Mennonite Conference
Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites)
Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India
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
Mennonite World Conference
Missionary Church
Noah Hoover Mennonite
Ohio Wisler Mennonite
Old Order Mennonites
Reformed Mennonite
Rosedale Network of Churches
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
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
Other Anabaptists
Abecedarians
Apostolic Christian Church
Bruderhof
Charity Christian Fellowship
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Schwenkfelders
Baptist
Baptists emerged as the English Puritans were influenced by the Anabaptists, and along with Methodism, grew in size and influence after they sailed to the New World (the remaining Puritans who traveled to the New World were Congregationalists). Some Baptists fit strongly with the Reformed tradition theologically but not denominationally. Some Baptists also adopt presbyterian and episcopal forms of governance. In 2018, there were about 75-105 million Baptists.
All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists
Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Association
American Baptist Churches USA
Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America
Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Baptist Bible Fellowship International
Baptist Church of Christ
Baptist Conference of the Philippines
Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
Baptist Convention of Western Cuba
Baptist Evangelical Christian Union of Italy
Baptist General Conference of Canada
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Baptist General Conference (Sweden)
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Baptist Union of Australia
Baptist Union of Great Britain
Baptist Union of New Zealand
Baptist Union of Scotland
Baptist Union of Western Canada
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Central Baptist Association
Central Canada Baptist Conference
Christian Unity Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association of America
Continental Baptist Churches
Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico
Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India
European Baptist Federation
Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti
Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
Free Will Baptist Church
Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship
Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America
General Association of Baptists
General Association of General Baptists
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
General Baptists
General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc.
General Six-Principle Baptists
Independent Baptist
Independent Baptist Church of America
Independent Baptist Fellowship International
Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
International Baptist Convention
Landmark Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Fellowship
Manipur Baptist Convention
Myanmar Baptist Convention
Nagaland Baptist Church Council
National Association of Free Will Baptists
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A.
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.
New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist
Faithful Word Baptist Church
Nigerian Baptist Convention
North American Baptist Conference
North Bank Baptist Christian Association
Norwegian Baptist Union
Old Baptist Union
Old Regular Baptist
Old Time Missionary Baptist
Primitive Baptist
Primitive Baptist Universalism
Progressive Baptist
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Reformed Baptist
Regular Baptist
Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
Russian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
Separate Baptist
Separate Baptists in Christ
Social Brethren
Southeast Conservative Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists of Texas
Sovereign Grace Baptists
Strict Baptists or Particular Baptists
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists
Union d'Églises baptistes françaises au Canada
Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Serbia and Montenegro
United American Free Will Baptist Church
United American Free Will Baptist Conference
United Baptist
United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces
United Free Will Baptist
World Baptist Fellowship
Other Baptists
Bapticostals
Nazareth Baptist Church
Holiness Baptists
Christian Baptist Church of God
Holiness Baptist Association
Seventh Day Baptists
Spiritual Baptist
Methodist
The Methodist movement emerged out the influence of Pietism within Anglicanism. Unlike Baptists (also emerging from the Church of England), Methodists have retained liturgical worship and other historic Anglican practices including vestments and (in some Methodist denominations such as the United Methodist Church) the episcopacy. Methodists were some of the first Christians to accept women's ordination since the Montanists. Some 60-80 million Christians are Methodists and members of the World Methodist Council.
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
British Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational Methodist Church
Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic
Evangelical Methodist Church
First Congregational Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church
Global Methodist Church
Liberation Methodist Connexion
Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma
Methodist Church of Great Britain
Methodist Church of Malaysia
Methodist Church in India
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Methodist Church of Southern Africa
Primitive Methodist Church
Southern Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia
Holiness movement
The Holiness movement emerged from 19th-century Methodism. , churches of the movement had an estimated 12 million adherents.
Free Methodist Church
Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Church of God (Holiness)
Church of God (Restoration)
Church of the Nazarene
The Salvation Army
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Keswickian
The Higher Life movement emerged in the United Kingdom and emphasized the importance of sanctification, "the deeper and higher life". It became popularized through the Keswick Conventions; W.E. Boardman's Keswickian theology had an influence on A.B. Simpson, who established the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Campbellite and Millerite
Adventism was a result from the Restoration movement, which sought to restore Christianity along the lines of what was known about the apostolic early Church which Restorationists saw as the search for a more pure and ancient form of the religion. This idea is also called Christian Primitivism. Following the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement, William Miller preached the end of the world and the second coming of Christ in 1843/44. Some followers after the failed prediction became the Adventists or Campbellites, while other splinter groups eventually became Apocalyptic Restorationists. Many of the splinter groups did not subscribe to trinitarian theologies. Well known Restorationist groups related in some way to Millerism include the Jehovah's Witnesses, World Mission Society Church of God, the Restored Church of God, and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. There are a little over 7 million Restorationist Christians.
Stone-Campbell Restoration movement
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ (non-institutional)
Churches of Christ in Australia
Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples)
Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
International Christian Church
International Churches of Christ
Adventist movement
Millerites
Sunday observing
Advent Christian Church
Church of the Blessed Hope
Church of God General Conference
Saturday observing
Church of God (Seventh-Day)
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Other Adventist
Adventist Church of Promise
Charismatic Adventism
Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sabbath Rest Advent Church
Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
International Missionary Society of Seventh-Day Adventist Church Reform Movement
True and Free Seventh-day Adventists
Shepherd's Rod
Branch Davidians
United Sabbath-Day Adventist Church
United Seventh-Day Brethren
Quaker
Quakers, or Friends, are members of various movements united by their belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access the light within, or "that of God in every person".
Conservative Friends
Friends United Meeting
Evangelical Friends Church International
Friends General Conference
New Foundation Fellowship
Shakers
Shakers
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, low church, non-conformist, evangelical Christian movement whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s, originating from Anglicanism.
Exclusive Brethren
Indian Brethren
Kerala Brethren Assembly
Open Brethren
Church Assembly Hall, one of the Chinese Independent Churches
Gospel Hall Brethren or Gospel Hall Assemblies
Needed Truth Brethren or The Churches of God
Irvingist
The Catholic Apostolic churches were born out of the 1830s revival started in London by the teachings of Edward Irving, and out of the resultant Catholic Apostolic Church movement.
Catholic Apostolic Church
New Apostolic Church
United Apostolic Church
Old Apostolic Church
Restored Apostolic Mission Church
Pentecostal and Charismatic
Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity began in the 1900s. The two movements emphasize direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. They represent some of the largest growing movements in Protestant Christianity. As a result of the two movements, the Catholic Charismatic Renewal was established. According to the Pew Research Center, Pentecostals and Charismatics numbered some 280 million people in 2011.
Alamo Christian Foundation
Apostolic Church (denomination)
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
Apostolic Pastoral Congress
Assemblies of God
Associated Brotherhood of Christians
C3 Church Global
Celestial Church of Christ
Charisma Christian Church
Christ Gospel Churches International
Christian Assemblies International
Christian Church of North America
Christian Congregation in the United States
Christian Open Door Church
Church of God by Faith
Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
Church of God (Chattanooga)
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
The Church of God for All Nations
Church of God (Full Gospel) in India
Church of God, House of Prayer
Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
Church of God in Christ
Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
Church of God Mountain Assembly
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly
Church of God of the Union Assembly
Church of God with Signs Following
Congregational Holiness Church
CRC Churches International
Deeper Life Bible Church
Destiny Church
Elim Pentecostal Church
Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Besançon
The Foursquare Church
Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
God is Love Pentecostal Church
Hillsong Church
Independent Assemblies of God, International
Indian Pentecostal Church of God
Indonesian Bethel Church
International Assemblies of God Fellowship
International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
International Pentecostal Church of Christ
Mount Sinai Holy Church of America
New Life Churches
Open Bible Standard Churches
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Pentecostal Assemblies of God of America
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church
The Pentecostal Mission
Potter's House Christian Fellowship
Redeemed Christian Church of God
Revival Centres International
The Revival Fellowship
Soldiers of the Cross Church
United Gospel Tabernacles
United Holy Church of America
United House of Prayer For All People
The Wesleyan Church
Other Charismatic movements
Calvary Chapel
Charismatic Episcopal Church
City Harvest Church
Every Nation
International Christian Fellowship
Jesus Army
Ministries Without Borders
Sovereign Grace Church
Neo-charismatic movement
Association of Vineyard Churches
Bible Christian Mission
Born Again Movement
Christ Embassy
Church on the Rock- International
Destiny Church Groningen
New Life Fellowship Association
Newfrontiers
El Lugar de Su Presencia
G12 Misión Carismática Internacional
Uniting and united
These united or uniting churches are the result of a merger between distinct denominational churches (e.g., Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians and the Continental Reformed churches). As ecumenism progresses, unions between various Protestants are becoming more and more common, resulting in a growing number of united and uniting churches. Major examples of uniting churches are the United Protestant Church of France (2013) and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (2004). Churches are listed here when their disparate heritage marks them as inappropriately listed in the particular categories above.
China Christian Council
Church of Bangladesh
Church of North India
Church of Pakistan
Church of South India
Evangelical Association of Reformed and Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy
Kiribati Uniting Church (former Congregationalists)
Protestant Church in Germany
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches
United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
United Church of Canada
United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ in Japan
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
United Protestant Church of France
Uniting Church in Australia
Free Evangelical Churches
Free Evangelical Churches
Evangelical
The term Evangelical appears with the reformation and reblossoms in the 18th century and in the 19th century. Evangelical Protestantism modernly understood is an inter-denominational Protestant movement which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.
African Evangelicalism
Evangelical Church of West Africa
P'ent'ay
P'ent'ay, simply known as Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelicalism are a group of indigenous Protestant Eastern Baptist, Lutheran, Pentecostal, and Mennonite denominations in full communion with each other and believe that Ethiopian and Eritrean Evangelicalism are the reformation of the current Orthodox Tewahedo churches as well as the restoration of it to original Ethiopian Christianity. They uphold that in order for a person to be saved one has to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior for the forgiveness of sins; and to receive Christ one must be "born again". Its members make up a significant portion of the 2 million Eastern Protestant tradition.
Kale Heywet (Word of Life) Church
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (Place of Jesus)
Mulu Wongel (Full Gospel Believers) Church
Meserete Kristos (Christ Foundation) Church
Assembly of God
Asian-initiated churches
Asian-initiated churches are those arising from Chinese and Japanese regions that were formed during repression in authoritarian eras as responses from government crackdowns of their old Christian denominations which were deemed illegal or unrecognized in their countries' state atheism or religion.
Chinese Independent Churches
Local Church movement
Japanese Independent Churches
Non-church movement
Zion Christian Church (Japan)
Malaysian Evangelicalism
Borneo Evangelical Church (SIb Malaysia)
South American Evangelicalism
Evangelical Lutheran Church of São Paulo
Evangelical Church of the River Plate
Evangelical Presbyterian and Reformed Church in Peru
Evangelical Free Church denomination (international)
Evangelical Free Church of America
Evangelical Free Church of Canada
Evangelical Free Church of China (Hong Kong based)
Evangelical Free Church of Japan
Evangelical Free Church of Malaysia
Evangelical Free Church of Singapore
Internet churches
LifeChurch.tv
Eastern Protestant
These churches resulted from a post–1800s reformation of Eastern Christianity, in line with Protestant beliefs and practices.
Evangelical Orthodox Church
Mar Thoma Syrian Church
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India
Other Protestant churches and movements
These are denominations, movements, and organizations deriving from mainstream Protestantism but are not classifiable under historic or current Protestant movements nor as parachurch organizations.
Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC)
Believers' Church in India
Believers Eastern Church
Brunstad Christian Church
The Christian Community
Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites)
Cooneyites (not to be confused with Christian Conventions, above)
Evangelical Covenant Church of America (Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant)
Evangelical Free Church of America
Family International
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Gloriavale Christian Community
Grace Movement Churches
Great Commission Association
Indian Shakers
Inspirationalists (Amana Church Society)
Jesus Movement
Local Churches
Methernitha
Metropolitan Community Churches
Shiloh Youth Revival Centers
Universal Life
Universal Alliance
The Way International
The African Church
Apostles of Johane Maranke
Christ Apostolic Church
Church of the Lord (Aladura)
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim
Kimbanguist Church
Zion Christian Church
Early modern England
Nonconformist / English Dissenters
Independent sacramental
Independent sacramental churches refer to a loose collection of individuals and Christian denominations who are not part of the historic sacramental Christian denominations (such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches) and yet continue to practice the historic sacramental rites independently while utilizing "Old Catholic", "Catholic", or "Autocephalous Orthodox" labels. Many such groups originated from schisms of these larger denominations, and they claim to have preserved the historical episcopate or apostolic succession, though such claims are frequently disputed or rejected outright by the historic churches of Rome, Constantinople, the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht, and the Church of England.
Independent Catholic
Independent Catholic churches arguably began in 1724. The Independent Catholic churches self-identify as either Western or Eastern Catholic although they are not affiliated with or recognized by the Catholic Church.
American Catholic Church in the United States
American National Catholic Church
Antiochian Catholic Church in America
Augustana Catholic Church
Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church
Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Catholic Christian Church
Catholic Mariavite Church
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Christ Catholic Church
Community of the Lady of All Nations
Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen
Ecumenical Catholic Church
Ecumenical Catholic Communion
Evangelical Catholic Church (Independent Catholic)
Fraternité Notre-Dame
Free Catholic Church, in Germany
Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation
Istituto Mater Boni Consilii
Liberal Catholic Church
Mariavite Church (not to be confused with the Catholic Mariavite Church)
Most Holy Family Monastery
Old Catholic Church
Old Catholic Apostolic Church
Old Catholic Mariavite Church
Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain
Palmarian Catholic Church
Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church)
Polish National Catholic Church
Rabelados
Reformed Catholic Church, in Venezuela
St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (St. Louis, Missouri)
Society of St. Pius V
Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church
True Catholic Church
Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church
Independent Eastern Orthodox
These churches consider themselves Eastern Orthodox but are not in communion with the main bodies of Eastern Orthodoxy. Some of these denominations consider themselves as part of True Orthodoxy or the Old Believers.
Abkhazian Orthodox Church
American Orthodox Catholic Church
Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
Latvian Orthodox Church
Lusitanian Catholic Orthodox Church
Montenegrin Orthodox Church (1993)
Independent Ukrainian Orthodox churches:
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Canonical
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
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.
Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church
Serbian True Orthodox Church
Old Believers
Russian Old Believers refused to accept the liturgical and ritual changes made by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow between 1652 and 1666. Several Old Believer denominations have reunified with the Russian Orthodox Church and subsequent wider Eastern Orthodox communion.
Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya)
Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church (Belokrinitskaya)
Russian Old-Orthodox Church (Novozybkovskaya)
Pomorian Old-Orthodox Church (Pomortsy)
Independent Oriental Orthodox
Those are churches which claim to be Oriental Orthodox, but are not in communion with the main Oriental Orthodox churches.
British Orthodox Church
Malabar Independent Syrian Church
Syncretic Orthodoxy
Syncretic Orthodox churches blend with other denominations outside of Eastern Orthodoxy and are not in communion with the main body of Eastern nor Oriental Orthodoxies. These bodies may also be considered part of Eastern Protestant Christianity or the Convergence Movement.
Evangelical Orthodox Church
Communion of Western Orthodox Churches
Celtic Orthodox Church
French Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of the Gauls
Antiochian Catholic Church in America
Orthodox-Catholic Church of America
Miscellaneous
The following are independent and non-mainstream movements, denominations and organizations formed during various times in the history of Christianity by splitting from mainline Catholicism, Eastern or Oriental Orthodoxy, or Protestantism not classified in the previous lists.
Independent Russian
Doukhobors
Imiaslavie (Onomatodoxy)
Inochentism
Southcottist
Christian Israelite Church
House of David (commune)
Panacea Society
Christian Identitist
Assembly of Christian Soldiers
Church of Israel, Schell City, Missouri
Church of Jesus Christ–Christian (Aryan Nations)
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
Kingdom Identity Ministries, Harrison, Arkansas
LaPorte Church of Christ, Fort Collins, Colorado
Independent/Isolated
House of Aaron
Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC/Unification Church/Unification Movement)
Sanban Puren Pai
The Process Church of The Final Judgment
Trinitarian Universalism
Brotherhood Church
United House of Prayer for All People
Lord's Resistance Army
Mita Congregation (USA / Puerto Rico)
Olive Tree and related South Korean New Religious Movements such as Shincheonji and Victory Altar
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Twelve Tribes communities
Westboro Baptist Church
Nontrinitarian
These groups or organizations diverge from historic trinitarian theology (usually based on the Council of Nicaea) with different interpretations of Nontrinitarianism.
Oneness Pentecostalism
Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
Apostolic Church of Pentecost
Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Pentecostal Churches of Christ
True Jesus Church
United Pentecostal Church International
Unitarian and Universalism
American Unitarian Association (consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalism)
Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
Unitarian Christian Association
Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Unitarisk Kirkesamfund
Polish Brethren
Socinianism
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)
Nontrinitarian Restorationism
Latter Day Saint movement
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.
Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)
"Prairie Saint" Latter Day Saints
Church of Christ (Temple Lot) (Hedrickites)
Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
Community of Christ
Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Independent RLDS / Restoration Branches
Restoration Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Restored Church of Jesus Christ (Eugene O. Walton)
"Rocky Mountain" Latter Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Fundamentalist Rocky Mountain Latter Day Saints
Apostolic United Brethren
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
Latter Day Church of Christ (Kingston Clan)
The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days
Other Latter Day Saint denominations
Fellowships of the Remnant
Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (extinct)
British Israelism
Armstrongism (Worldwide Church of God)
British-Israel-World Federation
Worldwide Church of God splinter groups
Church of God International (United States)
Intercontinental Church of God
Living Church of God
Philadelphia Church of God
Restored Church of God
United Church of God
United Seventh-Day Brethren
Bible Students and splinter groups
Christian Millennial Fellowship
Dawn Bible Students Association
Friends of Man
Jehovah's Witnesses
Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
Pastoral Bible Institute
Other Nontrinitarian restorationists
Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
Jesus Miracle Crusade
La Luz del Mundo
Members Church of God International
Swedenborgianism
General Church of the New Jerusalem
Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
Swedenborgian Church of North America
Christian Science
Church of Christ, Scientist
Eschatology (religious movement)
Esoteric Christianity (Gnosticism)
Anthroposophical Society
Archeosophical Society
Behmenism
The Christian Community
Ecclesia Gnostica
Lectorium Rosicrucianum
Martinism
The Rosicrucian Fellowship
Societas Rosicruciana
Spiritualist Church
Theosophy
Universal White Brotherhood
Other Nontrinitarians
Antoinism
Christadelphians
Church of the Blessed Hope
Church of God (Seventh-Day)
The Church of Almighty God
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church
Some Quakers
Spiritual Christians from Russia
Tolstoyan movement
Two by Twos ("Christian Conventions")
United Church of God
Universal Alliance
World Mission Society Church of God
Judeo-Christian
Messianic Judaism
Chosen People Ministries
Hebrew Christian movement
International Messianic Jewish Alliance
Jews for Jesus
Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations
Black Hebrew Israelites
African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem
Beth Shalom
Church of God and Saints of Christ
Church of God and Saints of Christ (Orthodox Christianity)
Commandment Keepers
Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ
Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge
Nation of Yahweh
Caucasian Albanian Orthodox
Albanian-Udi Church (registered as an official church in Azerbaijan)
Other groups
Assemblies of Yahweh
Hebrew Roots
Makuya
Sacred Name Movement
Subbotniks
Yehowists
Parachurch
Parachurch organizations are Christian faith-based organizations that work outside and across denominations to engage in social welfare and evangelism. These organizations are not churches but work with churches or represent a coalition of churches.
Action of Churches Together in Scotland
Bose Monastic Community
Byzantine Discalced Carmelites
Campus Crusade for Christ
Canadian Council of Churches
Christian Churches Together in the USA
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
Churches Together in England
Churches Uniting in Christ
Conference of European Churches
Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue
Edinburgh Churches Together
Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Iona Community
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist
New Monasticism related Communities
Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship
Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity
Reasons to Believe
Scripture Union
Society of Ordained Scientists
Stand to Reason
Taizé Community
The Gospel Coalition
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
World Council of Churches
World Evangelical Alliance
World Student Christian Federation
Young Life
Youth for Christ
Youth wth a Mission
Ideologies
A Christian movement is a theological, political, or philosophical interpretation of Christianity that is not necessarily represented by a specific church, sect, or denomination.
24-7 Prayer Movement
Arianism
Semi-Arianism
Arminianism
British Israelism
British New Church Movement
Calvinism
Campbellism
Charismatic movement
Christian anarchism
Christian atheism
Christian communism
Christian democracy
Distributism
Social Credit
Christian existentialism
Christian Family Movement
Christian feminism
Christian Identity (White Supremacist)
Christian left
Christian nationalism
Christian naturism
Christian pacifism
Christian right
Christian socialism
Christian Torah-observance
Christian vegetarianism
Christian Zionism
Confessing Church
Confessing Movement
Continual Prayer Movement
Convergence Movement
Countercult Movement
Creationism
Old Earth Creationism
Young Earth Creationism
Evolutionary creationism
Neo-Creationism
Intelligent design movement
Emerging Church Movement
Evangelicalism
Gnosticism
Green Christianity
House church (or Simple church)
Chinese house churches
Jesus movement
Judaizers
LGBT and denominations
Liberation theology
Black
Dalit
Latin American
Palestinian
Lutheranism
Marcionism
Millerism
Neo-orthodoxy
Neo-charismatic
Paleo-orthodoxy
Pelagianism
Semi-Pelagianism
Positive Christianity (Nazi)
German Christians (movement) (Nazi)
Postmodern Christianity
Progressive Christianity (Liberal Christianity)
Prosperity theology
Queer theology
Quiverfull
Restorationism
Shepherding movement
Wesleyanism
Syncretic
The relation of these movements to other Christian ideas can be remote. They are listed here because they include some elements of Christian practice or beliefs, within religious contexts which may be only loosely characterized as Christian.
African diaspora religions
African diaspora religions are a number of related religions that developed in the Americas in various nations of the Caribbean, Latin America and the Southern United States. They derive from traditional African religions with some influence from other religious traditions, notably Christianity and Islam. Examples incorporating elements of Christianity include but are not limited to:
Candomblé
Rastafari
Santería
Santo Daime
Umbanda
Voodoo
Brazilian Vodum
Tambor de Mina, a syncretic religion that developed in northern Brazil
Cuban Vodú
Dominican Vudú
Haitian Vodou
Hoodoo
Louisiana Voodoo
New Thought
The relation of New Thought to Christianity is not defined as exclusive; some of its adherents see themselves as solely practicing Christianity, while adherents of Religious Science say "yes and no" to the question of whether they consider themselves to be Christian in belief and practice, leaving it up to the individual to define oneself spiritually.
Church of Divine Science
Church of the Truth
Home of Truth
The Infinite Way
Psychiana
Religious Science
Seicho-no-Ie
Unity Church
Universal Foundation for Better Living
Other syncretists
Other Christian or Christian-influenced syncretic traditions and movements include:
Alleluia church
Bwiti (Some sects)
Burkhanism
Cao Đài
Chrislam
Christopaganism
Cults of many folk saints such as Santa Muerte and Maximón
Dōkai
Ghost Dance
Kakure Kirishitans
Longhouse Religion
Mama Tata
Modekngei
Native American Church
Pai Mārire and other syncretic Māori religions
Pilgrims of Arès
Pomio Kivung
Xueta Christianity
Some Rizalista religious movements
Historical movements with strong syncretic influence from Christianity but no active modern membership include
Antonianism
God Worshipping Society
Pulahan
See also
Denominationalism
East–West Schism
Eastern Christianity
List of Christian denominations by number of members
List of current Christian leaders
List of the largest Protestant denominations
List of religions and spiritual traditions
List of religious organizations
Timeline of Christianity
Western Christianity
References
List of Former Christian Denominations