List of Christian denominations
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List of Christian denominations (or Denominations self-identified as Christian) ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. (See also: Christianity; Christian denominations).
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.
This is not a complete list, but it tries to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity that exists among denominations of Christianity. Many links point to not yet existent articles. There are approximately 300 branches listed here.
[change] Eastern Churches
Note: nearly all the Churches of this group name themselves as Orthodox Catholic, though this can be confusing with the Catholic (non Orthodox) Churches (which see).
[change] The Orthodox Church (aka, Eastern Orthodox Church)
(In order of precedence. Indentation indicates autonomy rather than autocephaly.)
- Orthodox Church of Constantinople: the Ecumenical Patriarchate
- Orthodox Church of Finland
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
- Orthodox Church of Estonia
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Antiochian Orthodox Church
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Western Rite Vicariate of the North American Archdiocese
- Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
- Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai
- Russian Orthodox Church
- Chinese Orthodox Church
- Japanese Orthodox Church
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Metropolia of Western Europe
- Belorussian Orthodox Church
- Moldovan Orthodox Church
- Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church
- Serbian Orthodox Church
- Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric
- Romanian Orthodox Church
- Metropolis of Bessarabia
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Cypriot Orthodox Church
- Church of Greece
- Polish Orthodox Church
- Albanian Orthodox Church
- Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
- Orthodox Church in America
[change] Western-Rite Orthodox Churches
- Western Orthodox Church of America
- Orthodox-Catholic Church of America (OCCA)
[change] Other Eastern Orthodox Churches
- Greek Old Calendarists
- Montenegrin Orthodox Church
- Macedonian Orthodox Church
- Russian Old Believers
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
from Ukrainian Orthodox Church:
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchy)
[change] Assyrian Church of the East
The Assyrian Church of the East is said to have been formed by St Thomas. The Church did not accept the Council of Ephesus (AD 431). It is incorrectly referred to as Nestorianism; Assyrian Orthodox do not consider themselves Nestorians, and recent Christological agreements with the Catholic and Orthodox churches have resolved this debate permanently, clearing the way for union.
- Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East (Assyrian Orthodox Church)
- Chaldean Syrian Church of the East (in India)
[change] Oriental Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy was formed in the fifth century by Christians who did not accept the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451). It is historically related to Eutychian Monophysitism, and other denominations typically call these churches Monophysite, but Oriental Orthodox reject this description, calling themselves Miaphysite.
[change] Oriental Orthodox Communion
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Ethiopian Orthodox Church
- Eritrean Orthodox Church
- Indian Orthodox Church
- Syrian Orthodox Church ("Jacobite Syrian")
- The Antiochian Catholic Church in America is theologically aligned with these Churches, but is not in full communion with them, primarily because it ordains women and does not impose celibacy on its bishops.
[change] Catholicism
[change] The Roman Catholic Church: Churches in communion with the Bishop of Rome
Latin Rite
The Latin Rite, is the largest and most familiar of the 23 Rites that make up The Roman Catholic Church.
- Latin Rite
- Febronianism
- Gallicanism - (In the past, Catholics in France and Germany have claimed a measure of ecclesial independence from Rome.)
Eastern Catholic Church
All of the following are to be particular churches of the Roman Catholic Church. They are part of the Catholic Church in communion with the Pope and have no doctrinal differences and are therefore different rites within the Catholic Church
- Armenian Catholic Church
- Belarusian Catholic Church
- Bulgarian Catholic Church
- Byzantine 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
- Slovak Greek Catholic Church
- Syrian Catholic Church
- Syro-Malabar Church
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- The Catholic Church does not consider itself a denomination.
[change] Other Churches that are Catholic, But Who Are Not In Communion With Rome
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[change] Anglicanism
The Anglican Church always existed in a union with Rome but left the Roman Church during the English Reformation. Along with the Roman, Orthodox, Coptic, Mar Thoma, and Syrian Churches, Anglicanism constitutes another branch of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.
[change] Anglican Communion (in commmunion with the Church of England)
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[change] Independent Anglican and Continuing Anglican Movement Churches
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[change] Protestant
[change] Pre-Lutheran Protestants
- Hussites
- Moravians
- Taborites
- Unity of the Brethren
- Utraquists
- Wycliffites / Lollards (extinct)
- Waldensians
- Waldensian-Methodist Union of Italy
- Waldensian Church of the Rio de la Plata
[change] Lutheranism
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[change] Reformed Churches
- World Alliance of Reformed Churches
[change] Presbyterianism
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[change] Congregationalist Churches
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[change] Anabaptists
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[change] Methodists
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[change] Pietists and Holiness Churches
- Apostolic Christian Church
- Bible Fellowship Church
- Christian Baptist Church of God
- Christian's Missionary Church
- Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
- Church of God (Anderson)
- Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
- Church of God (Holiness)
- Church of God (Restoration)
- Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)
- Church of the Nazarene
- Missionary Church
- United Christian Church
- Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection
[change] Baptists
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Note: All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent. See also: List of Baptist sub-denominations
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[change] 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.
[change] Brethren
- Bethesda Ang Mo Kio Brethren church former Bethesda 77 Bras Basah Singapore
- Church of the United Brethren in Christ
- Plymouth Brethren
- Open Brethren
- Exclusive Brethren
- Indian Brethren
- Kerala Brethren
- River Brethren
- Brethren in Christ Church
- Old Order River Brethren
- United Zion Church
- Schwarzenau Brethren
- 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
[change] Apostolic Churches - Irvingites
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Restored Apostolic Mission Church
- Old Apostolic Church
- New Apostolic Church
- United Apostolic Church
[change] Pentecostalism
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[change] Oneness Pentecostalism
Note: Genealogically, Oneness Pentecostalism can be grouped with other Pentecostals, but doctrinally, it is a non-trinitarian denomination.
- Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
- Apostolic Brethren
- Apostolic Church of the Faith in Jesus Christ
- Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
- Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
- Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- Church of Jesus Christ
- Church of Jesus Christ of Prophecy
- Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
- House of Prayer Christian Church
- International Church of Jesus Christ
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
- United Pentecostal Church International
- World Christian Ministries Association
- Kehilat Torat Chaiim Torah keeping Oneness Pentecostals
[change] Charismatics
- Calvary Chapel
- Charismatic Episcopal Church
- Christian Organization of Peace (greek orthodox charismatic church)
- Faith Christian Fellowship International
- Full Gospel
- Good News (greek orthodox charismatic church)
- Ministries Without Borders
- Multiply Christian Network (Jesus Army)
- New Frontiers
- Sovereign Grace Ministries
- The Vineyard
- City Harvest Church
- Catholic Charismatic Renewal(not a separate denomination)
[change] Neo-Charismatic Churches
- Believers' Churches in India
- Bible Christian Mission
- Church Assembly Hall
- Filadelfia Fellowship
- Montagnard Evangelical Church
- New Birth Movement
- New Life Fellowship
- New Life Outreach
- Rajasthan Bible Institute
- Reaching Indians Ministries
- True Jesus Church
[change] African Initiated Churches
- Apostles of Johane Marauke
- Celestial Church of Christ
- Church of the Lord (Aladura)
- Christ Apostolic Church
- Kimbanguist Church
- Zion Christian Church
[change] 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
- International Council of Community Churches
- Protestant Church in the Netherlands from 1 May 2004
- Syrian Marthoma Church in India
- 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
- Uniting Church in Australia
[change] Other Protestant Denominations
- Associated Gospel Churches of Canada
- Canadian Evangelical Christian Churches
- Children of God a.k.a. "The Family International", "Family of Love", "The Family"
- Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites)
- Christian City Church ("CCC" or "C3i")
- Christian Conventions (non-denominational) (aka Two by Twos, The Truth, The Way) and its offshoot Cooneyites
- Christian & Missionary Alliance
- Eternal Grace
- Evangelical Covenant Church of America ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant")
- Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA)
- Free Faith Fellowship (Non-denominational Evangelical Liberal Ministry)
- Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches
- Grace Movement Churches
- Great Commission Association
- Greater Grace World Outreach
- Hope Church Singapore
- Indian Shakers
- Jesus Movement
- Metropolitan Community Churches
- New Life Evangelic Church
- New Frontiers (formerly New Frontiers International)
- Schwenkfelder Church
- Society of the Excitatus
[change] Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Note: Although, historically speaking, the Religious Society of Friends can be listed as a Protestant denomination, this is sometimes contested and many Quakers today consider their faith to be a distinct, non-Protestant form of Christianity, with no compulsory beliefs or creeds. Some Quakers are "post-Christian" and some non-theists.
- Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Evangelical Friends International
- Friends General Conference
- Friends United Meeting
[change] Messianic Judaism
- Chosen People Ministries Chosen People Ministries's website
- Jews for Jesus Jews for Jesus website
- Messianic Bureau International (MBI) MBI's website
- Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA), founded in 1915, is the largest association of Messianic Jews in the world MJAA's website
- Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) UMJC's website
- Kehilat Torat Chaiim Messianic Believers in Yeshua who are Torah observant and Shabbat Keeping congregation since 2003
[change] Restorationism
Note: What these denominations have in common is the claim that they restore the practice and/or faith of primitive Christianity in the modern era. Otherwise their beliefs are quite distinct. Some sects consider themselves Protestant, while some of the demoninations listed under Nontrinitarianism can also be listed as Restorationist. In the study of the history of Christianity, Restorationist churches traditionally are classed as Protestant; however, their claims of restoring primitive Christianity often mean that they date their establishment to the time of Jesus and thus resist being classified in this manner. Additionally, some of the groups — particularly within the Stone-Campbell movement — reject the idea of a denominational authority or structure and do not consider themselves to be denominations.
[change] Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement
- Disciples of Christ
- Christian Church
- Churches of Christ
- Churches of Christ (non-institutional)
- Churches of Christ in Australia
- International Churches of Christ (Boston Movement)
[change] Southcottites
- Christian Israelite Church
- Israelite House of David
- Israelite House of David as Reorganized by Mary Purnell
- Yahweh's New Covenant Assembly
- Church of the East and Abroad
[change] Millerites and Comparable groups
[change] Sabbath Keeping Churches, Adventist
- Branch Davidians
- Branch Seventh Day Adventists
- Adventist Church
- Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist Association
- General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists
- International Missionary Society Seventh-day Adventist Church Reform Movement (external link)
- People's Christian Church
- Adventist Church of Promise (Brazilian Pentecostal Adventists)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
- Sabbath Rest Advent Church (external link)
- Mission Catalyst Network(external link)
- Hevener Adventist Church (external link)
[change] Sabbath-Keeping Churches, Non-Adventist in north Pennsylvania
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[change] Sunday Adventists
- Advent Christian Church of christ
- Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
- Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
- Primitive Advent Christian Church
[change] Sacred Name Groups
- Assemblies of YHWHHOSHUA
- Assemblies of Yah
- Assemblies of Yahvah
- Assembly of Yahweh (Easton Rapids, MI)
- Assemblies of Yahweh (Bethel, PA)
- Assemblies of the Called Out Ones of Yah
- Bible Study Association
- Church of God (Jerusalem)
- House of Yahweh (Abilene, Texas)
- House of Yahweh (Odessa, Texas)
- Missionary Dispensary Bible Research
- New Life Fellowship
- Scripture Research Association
- Workers Together with Elohim
- Yahweh's Assembly of Messiah
[change] Other Adventists
- Christian Nations - Eagle Warriors
- Church of God (Reinersten)
- Kingdom of God on Earth Within Man
- Remnant Church
- Restored Israel of Yahweh
- Shiloh True Light Church of Christ
- Star of Truth Foundation
- True Church
- Church of God World Mission Society
[change] Bible Student Groups
- Back to the Bible Way
- Christian Believers Conference
- Christian Bible Students Association
- Christian Millennial Fellowship
- Christian Prophets of Jehovah
- Dawn Bible Students Association
- Epiphany Bible Students Association
- Independent Bible Students
- Laodicean Home Missionary Movement
- Layman's Home Missionary Movement
- Lord Our Righteousness (Life Support)
- Pastoral Bible Institute
- Philanthropic Assembly
[change] Anglo-Israelism
- Anglo-Saxon Federation of America
- British-Israel-World Federation (Canada), Inc.
- Calvary Fellowship, Inc.
- Christian Identity and other white separatist/supremacist groups
- Christian Conservative Churches of America
- Church of Jesus Christ-Christian (Aryan Nations)
- Kingdom Identity Ministries
- LaPorte Church of Christ
- Christian Research
- Church of Israel
- Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
- Evangelical Church of Christ / Commonwealth Covenant Church (New Zealand)
- House of Prayer for All People
- Ministry of Christ Church
- National Association of Kingdom Evangelicals
- New Christian Crusade Church
- Prophetic Herald Ministry
- Remnant of Israel
- Tabernacle of the Phineas Priesthood
[change] Nontrinitarian Groups
- American Unitarian Conference
- Branhamism (Believers Church)
- Christadelphians
- Christian Science
- Church of Christ, Scientist Christian Scientists
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons or LDS Church)
- Community of Christ (formerly Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)
- Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Other, much smaller denominations
- Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
- Church of the Blessed Hope (one of the groups otherwise known as Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
- Doukhobors ("Spirit-Wrestlers")
- Home Ecclesia Association
- Iglesia ni Cristo
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- The True Faith Jehovah's Witnesses (external link)
- Kabanalbanalang Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus - Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus - http://www.mostholychurch.com
- Makuya
- Molokans
- Subbotniks
- Geres
- Subbotniks
- Unification Church
- Unitarian Christian Association
- The Way The Church of Yahweh in Christ Jesus
- World Christian Ministries Association
[change] Unitarianism and Universalism
- Berlin Unitarian Church (Germany)
- Doojin Christian Church (Japan)
- Free Unitarian Fellowship, Frankfurt-am-Main (Germany)
- International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
- Australia and New Zealand Unitarian Association (ANZUA)
- Canadian Unitarian Council
- Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft, Germany
- European Unitarian Universalists
- First Unitarian Church of Nigeria
- General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, United Kingdom & Ireland
- Ijo Isokan Gbogbo Eda (Unitarian Brotherhood Church), Nigeria
- Indonesia Global Church of God (provisional member)
- Khasi Unitarian Union, India
- Kosciol Unitarianski (Unitarian Church in Poland)
- Nabozenska spolecnost ceskych unitaru (Religious Society of Czech Unitarians)
- The Unitarian Christian Church of Madras, India
- The Unitarian Church in Hungary
- The Unitarian Church of Romania (Transylvania)
- Unitarian Church of South Africa
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship (independent affiliate)
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Sri Lanka
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines
- Unitarian Universalists of Russia
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Finland
- Unitarian Universalist Society of Spain
- Unitarians and Universalists, Pakistan
- Unitarisk Kirkesamfund, Denmark
- L'Assemblée Fraternelle des Chrétiens Unitariens de France
- L'Association Unitarienne Francophone et Eglise Unitarienne de France
- Socinianism (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
- Polish Brethren
- Unitarforbundet Bét Dávid (Den norske unitarkirke) (The Unitarian Christian Church in Norway)
[change] Religious movements related to Christianity
[change] Manichaeism
(extinct as a distinct and modern group)
[change] The New Church also called Swedenborgianism
[change] Episcopal
- General Church of the New Jerusalem
- The Lord's New Church which is Nova Hierosolyma
[change] Congregational
- General Conference of the New Church (England)
- Swedenborgian Church of North America formerly General Convention of the New Jerusalem (USA)
- The New Church in Australia
- The New Church in South Africa
[change] New Thought
- Christian Anarchism
- Church of Divine Science
- Die Christengemeinschaft (The Christian Community)
- Religious Science (Science of Mind)
- Spiritism
- Unity Church (Unity School of Christianity)
- Universal Foundation for Better Living
- Wise Church of Truth
[change] Christian mystery movements
- Esoteric Christianity
- The Rosicrucian Fellowship
- Lords Resistance Army
[change] Ethnic or syncretic religions incorporating elements of Christianity
- Rasta / Rastafari Movement
- Religions associated with the Yoruba (countries of origin in parentheses)
- Anago (Nigeria)
- Batuque (Brazil)
- Candomblé (Brazil)
- Idigene (Nigeria)
- Lukumà / SanterÃa (Cuba and Puerto Rico)
- Oyotunji (USA)
- Umbanda (Brazil)
- Voodoo (Vodun, Vudu) (Haiti)
- Santo Daime
[change] Christianism
[change] See also
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- List of religions
- Sassanid Church
- Christian cults
[change] Other websites
- Adherents.com, a collection of adherent statistics and religious geography citations for various religious (Christian and other) denominations
- [3] Racial Awareness Educational Program, Asa Don Brown
ReligionFacts.com: Christian Denominations History, profiles and comparison charts of major Christian denominations.
