Church |
Year Established |
Founder |
Where Established |
|
Catholic |
33 |
Jesus Christ |
Jerusalem |
|
Orthodox |
1054 |
Schismatic Catholic Bishops |
Constantinople |
|
Lutheran |
1517 |
Martin Luther |
Germany |
|
Anabaptist |
1521 |
Nicholas Storch & Thomas Munzer |
Germany |
|
Anglican |
1534 |
Henry VIII |
England |
|
Mennonites |
1536 |
Menno Simons |
Switzerland |
|
Calvinist |
1555 |
John Calvin |
Switzerland |
|
Presbyterian |
1560 |
John Knox |
Scotland |
|
Congregational |
1582 |
Robert Brown |
Holland |
|
Baptist |
1609 |
John Smyth |
Amsterdam |
|
Dutch Reformed |
1628 |
Michaelis Jones |
New York |
|
Congregationalist |
1648 |
Pilgrims and Puritans |
Massachusetts |
|
Quakers |
1649 |
George Fox |
England |
|
Amish |
1693 |
Jacob Amman |
France |
|
Freemasons |
1717 |
Masons from four lodges |
London |
|
Methodist |
1739 |
John & Charles Wesley |
England |
|
Unitarian |
1774 |
Theophilus Lindey |
London |
|
Methodist Episcopal |
1784 |
60 Preachers |
Baltimore, MD |
|
Episcopalian |
1789 |
Samuel Seabury |
American Colonies |
|
United Brethren |
1800 |
Philip Otterbein & Martin Boehn |
Maryland |
|
Disciples of Christ |
1827 |
Thomas & Alexander Campbell |
Kentucky |
|
Mormon |
1830 |
Joseph Smith |
New York |
|
Methodist Protestant |
1830 |
Methodist |
United States |
|
Church of Christ |
1836 |
Warren Stone & Alexander Campbell |
Kentucky |
|
Seventh Day Adventist |
1844 |
Ellen White |
Washington, NH |
|
Christadelphian (Brethren of Christ |
1844 |
John Thomas |
Richmond, VA |
|
Salvation Army |
1865 |
William Booth |
London |
|
Holiness |
1867 |
Methodist |
United States |
|
Jehovah's Witnesses |
1874 |
Charles Taze Russell |
Pennsylvania |
|
Christian Science |
1879 |
Mary Baker Eddy |
Boston |
|
Church of God in Christ |
1895 |
Various churches of God |
Arkansas |
|
Church of Nazarene |
c. 1850-1900 |
Various religious bodies |
Pilot Point, TX |
|
Pentecstal |
1901 |
Charles F. Parkham |
Topeka, KS |
|
Aglipayan |
1902 |
Gregorio Aglipay |
Philippines |
|
Assemblies of God |
1914 |
Pentecostalism |
Hot Springs, AZ |
|
Iglesia ni Christo |
1914 |
Felix Manalo |
Philippines |
|
Four-square Gospel |
1917 |
Aimee Semple McPherson |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
United Church of Christ |
1961 |
Reformed and Congregationalist |
Philadelphia, PA |
|
Calvary Chapel |
1965 |
Chuck Smith |
Costa Mesa, CA |
|
United Methodist |
1968 |
Methodist and United Brethren |
Dallas, TX |
|
Born-again |
c. 1970s |
Various religious bodies |
United States |
|
Harvest Christian |
1972 |
Greg Laurie |
Riverside, CA |
|
Saddleback |
1982 |
Rick Warren |
California |
|
Non-denominational |
c. 1990s |
various |
United States |
|