List of Christian denominations

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organisation, leadership and doctrine. Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church or sometimes fellowship. Divisions between one group and another are defined by authority and doctrine; issues such as the nature of Jesus, the authority of apostolic succession, eschatology, and papal primacy may separate one denomination from another. Groups of denominations—often sharing broadly similar beliefs, practices, and historical ties—are sometimes known as "branches of Christianity" or "denominational families".

This is not a complete list, but aims to provide a comprehensible overview of the diversity among denominations of Christianity. Only those Christian denominations/organizations with Wikipedia articles will be listed in order to ensure that all entries on this list are notable and verifiable.

Description
Some groups included on this list do not consider themselves denominations. For example, the Catholic Church considers itself the one true church and the Apostolic see, and as pre-denominational. The Orthodox Church also considers itself the original Church, and pre-denominational.

Other groups 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 Restoration Movement fall into this category.

Some groups are large (e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, 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. Modern movements such as Fundamentalist Christianity, Pietism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism and the Holiness movement sometimes cross denominational lines, or in some cases create new denominations out of two or more continuing groups (as is the case for many United and uniting churches, for example). Such subtleties and complexities are not clearly depicted here.

Between denominations, theologians, and comparative religionists there are considerable disagreements about which groups can be properly called Christian, disagreements arising primarily from doctrinal differences between groups. For the purpose of simplicity, this list is intended to reflect the self-understanding of each denomination. Explanations of different opinions concerning their status as Christian denominations can be found at their respective articles.

There is no official recognition in most parts of the world for religious bodies, and there is no official clearinghouse which could determine the status or respectability of religious bodies. Often there is considerable disagreement between various churches about whether other churches should be labeled with pejorative terms such as "cult", or about whether this or that group enjoys some measure of respectability. Such considerations often vary from place to place, where one religious group may enjoy majority status in one region, but be widely regarded as a "dangerous cult" in another part of the world. Inclusion on this list does not indicate any judgment about the size, importance, or character of a group or its members.

Branches of first-century Christianity
Early Christianity is often divided into three different branches that differ in theology and traditions, which all appeared in the 1st century AD. They include Jewish Christianity, Pauline Christianity and Gnostic Christianity. All modern Christian denominations are said to have descended from these three branches. There are also other theories on the origin of Christianity.

Other early Christians
The following Christian groups appeared between the beginning of the Christian religion to the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.


 * Adamites
 * Ebionites
 * Elcesaites
 * Marcionism
 * Nazarenes

Unlike the previously mentioned groups, the following are all considered to be related to Christian Gnosticism. • 2

Medieval sects
The following are groups of Christians appearing between the First Council of Nicaea and the Protestant Reformation which are generally considered extinct as modern and distinct groups.


 * Agonoclita
 * Beguines and Beghards
 * Bogomilism
 * Bosnian Church
 * Brethren of the Free Spirit
 * Catharism
 * Donatism
 * Dulcinian
 * Friends of God
 * Patarines

Catholicism
The Catholic Church is composed of 24 autonomous sui iuris particular churches: the Latin Church and the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catholic Church considers itself the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded, and who St. Peter initiated along with the missionary work of St. 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.

Latin Church
The Latin Church is the largest and most widely known of the 24 sui iuris churches that together make up the Catholic Church (not to be confused with the Roman Rite, which is one of the Latin liturgical rites, not a particular church).

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). The Eastern Catholic churches and the Latin church (which together compose the worldwide Catholic Church) share the same doctrine and sacraments, and thus the same faith.


 * Albanian Greek Catholic Church
 * Armenian Catholic Church
 * Belarusian Catholic Church
 * Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
 * Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia
 * Chaldean Catholic Church
 * Coptic Catholic Church
 * Eritrean Catholic Church
 * Ethiopian Catholic Church
 * Greek Byzantine Catholic Church
 * Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church
 * Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, a.k.a. Italo-Greek Catholic Church
 * Macedonian Catholic Church
 * Maronite Catholic Church
 * Melkite Catholic Church
 * Romanian Catholic Church
 * Russian Catholic Church
 * Ruthenian Catholic Church, usually called the "Byzantine Catholic Church" in the United States
 * Slovak Greek Catholic Church
 * Syriac Catholic Church
 * Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
 * Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
 * Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Independent Catholicism
Self-identified as Catholic although not affiliated with or recognised by the Catholic Church.


 * American Catholic Church in the United States
 * American National Catholic Church
 * Antiochian Catholic Church in America
 * Augustana Catholic Church
 * Archdiocese of the Old Catholic Church of America
 * Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church
 * Apostolic Catholic Church
 * Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
 * Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada
 * Catholic Christian Church
 * Catholic Life Church
 * Catholic Mariavite Church
 * Celtic Catholic Church
 * Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, in the People's Republic of China
 * Christ Catholic Church
 * Communion of Christ the Redeemer
 * Community of the Lady of All Nations
 * Ecumenical Catholic Church
 * Ecumenical Catholic Communion
 * Evangelical Catholic Church
 * Fraternité Notre-Dame
 * Free Catholic Church, in Germany
 * Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation
 * Independent Sacramental Movement
 * Liberal Catholic Church
 * National Catholic Church of America
 * Mariavite Church (not to be confused with the Catholic Mariavite Church)
 * Palmarian Catholic Church
 * Old Catholic Church
 * Old Catholic Church in Europe
 * Old Catholic Church of America
 * Old Catholic Mariavite Church
 * Old Roman Catholic Church in North America
 * Old Roman Catholic Church in America
 * Orthodox-Catholic Church of America
 * Palmarian Catholic Church
 * Philippine Independent Church, also called the Aglipayan Church, in the Philippines
 * Polish National Catholic Church, in the United States and Canada
 * Rabelados, traditionalist Catholics in Cape Verde
 * Reformed Catholic Church, in Venezuela
 * Reformed Old Catholic Church
 * St. Stanislaus Kostka Church (St. Louis, Missouri)
 * Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church
 * True Catholic Church
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
 * True Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodoxy
The Eastern Orthodox Church is organized as a communion of autocephalous (self-headed) jurisdictions, some of which also contain within them several autonomous (self-ruling) units. They are in full communion with each other and claim continuity (based upon apostolic succession) with the early Church.

In addition, there exist a number of churches or jurisdictions which consider themselves Eastern Orthodox but are not in communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Eastern Orthodox Church
This is the main body of Eastern Orthodoxy, consisting of jurisdictions in communion with each other. Some of them have a disputed administrative status (i.e. their autonomy or autocephaly is only partially recognized), and are marked as such, but all remain in communion with each other as one Church. This list is provided in the official order of precedence. Indentation indicates autonomy rather than autocephaly, and autonomous churches are listed under their respective autocephalous mother church.


 * Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
 * Finnish Orthodox Church
 * Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (autonomy not universally recognized)
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA
 * Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
 * Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
 * Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
 * Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
 * Saint Catherine's Monastery (considered autocephalous by some)
 * Russian Orthodox Church
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
 * Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (semi-autonomous; this is not universally recognized)
 * Japanese Orthodox Church
 * Chinese Orthodox Church
 * Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (semi-autonomous; this is not universally recognized)
 * Latvian Orthodox Church (semi-autonomous)
 * Moldovan Orthodox Church (autonomy not universally recognized)
 * 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
 * Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
 * Polish Orthodox Church
 * Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church
 * Orthodox Church in America (autocephaly not universally recognized)

The Eastern Orthodox Church considers itself to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded. As such, the Eastern Orthodox Church does not consider itself a denomination, but rather considers itself pre-denominational, the original Church of Christ.

Independent Eastern Orthodoxy
These are churches that consider themselves Eastern Orthodox but are not in communion with the main body of Eastern Orthodoxy.


 * Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate
 * Bulgarian Alternative Synod
 * Greek Old Calendarists
 * Macedonian Orthodox Church
 * Montenegrin Orthodox Church
 * Russian Old Believers
 * Russian Orthodox Church in America
 * Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church
 * Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate

Oriental Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy comprises those Christians who did not accept the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451). Other denominations often erroneously label these Churches "Monophysite"; however, as the Oriental Orthodox do not adhere to the teachings of Eutyches, they themselves reject this label, preferring the term Miaphysite. Some of these Churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria claim origination by St. Mark and his 1st century missionary journeys.


 * Armenian Apostolic Church
 * Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
 * Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
 * Holy See of Cilicia
 * Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
 * Church of Caucasian Albania (extinct)
 * Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
 * British Orthodox Church
 * French Coptic Orthodox Church
 * Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
 * Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
 * Ethiopian Orthodox Coptic Church of North and South America (considers itself autocephalous but considered schismatic by the Church in Ethiopia)
 * Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church (originated from kerala india )
 * Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church (located in Karnataka, India)
 * Syriac Orthodox Church
 * Jacobite Syrian Christian Church (originated from kerala india )
 * Honavar Mission Church
 * Knanaya Jacobites
 * Malabar Independent Syrian Church (originated from kerala india )
 * Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Reformed oriental church originated from kerala india ,also known as Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar or simply Mar Thoma Church)

Historically, many of the Oriental Orthodox Churches consider themselves collectively to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church that Christ founded. Some have considered the Oriental Orthodox communion to be a part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, a view which is gaining increasing acceptance in the wake of the ecumenical dialogues.

Independent Oriental Orthodoxy
The following Churches affirm a Miaphysite christological position but are not in communion with any of the ancient Oriental Orthodox Churches for various reasons:
 * Antiochian Catholic Church in America
 * Celtic Orthodox Church

Church of the East
The Church of the East is said to have been formed by St. Thomas. It has also been known as the Persian or Sassanid Church. The Church did not attend the Council of Ephesus (AD 431). Historically, it has often been incorrectly referred to as the Nestorian Church. Although at some points throughout their history, Assyrian Christians have been willing to accept the label of Nestorians, they now consider this term pejorative. Recent Christological agreements with the Roman Catholic Church and some of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches have substantially resolved this semantic debate permanently, clearing the way for ecumenical relations.

In the twentieth century, it was divided into two groups which have recently been working towards reunification:
 * Ancient Church of the East
 * Assyrian Church of the East
 * Chaldean Syrian Church

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

Anglicanism
Anglicanism has referred to itself as the via media between Catholicism and Protestantism. It considers itself to be both Catholic and Reformed. Although the use of the term Protestant to refer to Anglicans was once common, it is controversial today, with some rejecting the label and others accepting it.

Anglican 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 Burundi
 * 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 Southern Africa
 * Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America
 * Anglican Church of Tanzania
 * Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
 * Church in the Province of the West Indies
 * Church in Wales
 * Church of England
 * Church of Ireland
 * Church of Nigeria
 * Church of the Province of Central Africa
 * Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
 * Church of the Province of Myanmar
 * Church of the Province of Rwanda
 * Church of the Province of South East Asia
 * Church of the Province of West Africa
 * Church of Uganda
 * The Episcopal Church (in the United States and elsewhere
 * Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
 * Episcopal Church in the Philippines
 * Episcopal Church of Cuba
 * Episcopal Church of the Sudan
 * Hong Kong Anglican Church
 * Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (in Portugal)
 * Philippine Independent Church (in the Philippines)
 * Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo
 * Scottish Episcopal Church
 * Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church

United and uniting churches of the Anglican Communion

 * Church of Bangladesh
 * Church of North India
 * Church of Pakistan
 * Church of South India
 * Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church [the Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church recognises itself as a church of oriental Orthodox faith but not in full communion with it.The church also is independent in governerance and does not see itself as part of the Anglican communion even though it is in full communion[fellowship] with the Church of South India and the Church of North India .It sees an ecumenical relationship with the Anglican communion and is not Protestant.The church defines itself as "Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function, and Episcopal in character".]

Other Anglican churches and Continuing Anglican Movement
As secessionist churches, these churches are not in full communion with the Anglican Communion. A select few of these churches are, however, recognized by certain individual provinces of the Anglican Communion.


 * African Orthodox Church
 * Anglican Catholic Church
 * Anglican Church in America
 * Anglican Church in North America
 * Anglican Church of India
 * Anglican Episcopal Church (USA)
 * Anglican Mission in the Americas
 * Anglican Mission in Canada
 * Anglican Orthodox Church
 * Anglican Province of America
 * Anglican Province of Christ the King
 * Christian Episcopal Church
 * Church of England (Continuing)
 * Church of England in South Africa
 * Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
 * Diocese of the Great Lakes
 * Diocese of the Holy Cross
 * Episcopal Missionary Church
 * Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England
 * Free Church of England
 * Free Protestant Episcopal Church
 * Holy Catholic Church—Western Rite
 * Independent Anglican Church Canada Synod
 * Orthodox Anglican Church
 * Reformed Episcopal Church
 * Southern Episcopal Church
 * United Episcopal Church of North America

Protestantism
This list includes a variety of Protestant denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation, as well as their further divisions.

It is important to mention that not every further division is eligible to be considered Protestant. A denomination labeled Protestant must subscribe to the fundamental Protestant principles, that is scripture alone, justification by faith alone and the universal priesthood of believers.

It has to be noted that this list gives only an overview, and certainly does not mention all of the Protestant denominations. An exact number of Protestant denominations is difficult to calculate and depends on definition. It has to be noted that a group that fits the generally accepted definition of Protestant might not officially use the term. Therefore, it should be taken with caution.

The majority of Protestants are members of just a handful of denominational families: Adventism, Anglicanism, Baptist churches, Calvinism (Reformed churches), Lutheranism, Methodism,  and Pentecostalism.

Nondenominational, evangelical, charismatic, neo-charismatic, independent and other churches are on the rise, and constitute a significant part of Protestant Christianity.

Proto-Protestant groups

 * Arnoldists
 * Hussites
 * Czechoslovak Hussite Church
 * Moravian Church
 * Taborites
 * Unity of the Brethren
 * Utraquists
 * Lollards
 * Waldensians
 * Waldensian Evangelical Church

Lutheranism

 * Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
 * Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
 * Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
 * Church of the Lutheran Confession
 * Concordia Lutheran Conference
 * Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" (Russia)
 * Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
 * Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States)
 * Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference
 * Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference
 * Ukrainian Lutheran Church
 * Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (United States)
 * Evangelical Catholic Church
 * Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
 * Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
 * International Lutheran Council
 * American Association of Lutheran Churches
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church 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 (United States)
 * Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
 * Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church
 * Laestadian Lutheran Church
 * Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
 * Lutheran Church-International
 * Lutheran Church of China (Dissolved)
 * Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (United States)
 * Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (United States)
 * Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
 * Lutheran World Federation
 * Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Arcot Lutheran Church
 * Batak Christian Protestant Church
 * Church of Denmark
 * 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 Lutheran Church in America
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
 * Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (associate member)
 * Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam
 * Indian Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
 * Malagasy Lutheran Church
 * Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
 * Simalungun Protestant Christian Church
 * South Andhra Lutheran Church
 * Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church

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
 * 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 in America
 * 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
 * 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 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)
 * Evangelical Reformed Church (India) 2012
 * Reformed Churches of New Zealand
 * Reformed Evangelical Church in Myanmar
 * Reformed Synod of Denmark
 * Restored Reformed Church
 * United Church of Christ (See Also:Congregationalism)
 * United Reformed Church
 * United Reformed Church in Congo
 * United Reformed Churches in North America
 * Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
 * Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ in South 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
 * The 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 of Malawi
 * Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
 * Evangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)
 * Evangelical Reformed Church in America
 * Evangelical Reformed Presbyterian Church
 * 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 (also a Methodist church)
 * 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 (United Kingdom)
 * Congregational Federation of Australia
 * Congregational Union of Ireland
 * Congregational Union of New Zealand
 * Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (America)
 * Cook Islands Christian Church
 * English Independents
 * Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola
 * Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (United Kingdom)
 * Fellowship of Congregational Churches (Australia)
 * Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
 * Huguenots (the Cévennes region in France, parts of England and Australia)
 * Kiribati Protestant Church
 * National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (America)
 * Nauru Congregational Church
 * Reformed Congregational Churches (Marshall Islands)
 * Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil
 * Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria
 * United Church in the Solomon Islands
 * United Church of Christ (See Also: Reformed Churches)
 * United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
 * United Congregational Church of Southern Africa

Anabaptism and Schwarzenau Brethren

 * Abecedarians (extinct)
 * Amish
 * Beachy Amish
 * Nebraska Amish
 * Old Order Amish
 * Swartzentruber Amish
 * Apostolic Christian Church
 * Charity Christian Fellowship
 * Church of the United Brethren in Christ
 * Hutterites
 * Bruderhof Communities
 * Knipperdolings (no longer in existence)
 * Mennonites
 * Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
 * 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
 * Conservative Mennonite Conference
 * Evangelical Mennonite Church
 * Evangelical Mennonite Conference
 * Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
 * Evangelical Missionary Church
 * Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (formerly Evangelical Mennonite Brethren)
 * Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference
 * Kleine Gemeinde
 * Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
 * Mennonite Brethren Churches
 * Mennonite Church Canada
 * Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
 * Mennonite Church USA
 * Missionary Church
 * Noah Hoover Mennonite
 * Old Order Mennonites
 * Reformed Mennonite
 * 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
 * Social Brethren

Baptist churches

 * 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 Conference of the Philippines
 * Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
 * Baptist Convention of Western Cuba
 * 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
 * Baptist World Alliance
 * 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
 * Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India
 * European Baptist Convention
 * European Baptist Federation
 * Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti
 * Evangelical Free Baptist Church
 * Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
 * Free Will Baptist Church
 * Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of America
 * General Association of Baptists
 * General Association of General Baptists
 * General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
 * General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc.
 * General Six-Principle Baptists
 * Independent Baptist
 * Independent Baptist Church of America
 * Independent Baptist Fellowship International
 * Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
 * Interstate & Foreign Landmark Missionary Baptist Association
 * Landmark Baptist Church
 * Liberty Baptist Fellowship
 * Manipur Baptist Convention
 * Myanmar Baptist Convention
 * Nagaland Baptist Church Council
 * National Association of Free Will Baptists
 * National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
 * National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
 * National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A.
 * National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
 * National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.
 * New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
 * Nigerian Baptist Convention
 * North American Baptist Conference
 * North Bank Baptist Christian Association
 * Norwegian Baptist Union
 * Old Baptist Union
 * Old Regular Baptist
 * Old Time Missionary Baptist
 * Primitive Baptist
 * Primitive Baptist Universalism
 * Progressive Baptist
 * Progressive National Baptist Convention
 * Reformed Baptist
 * Regular Baptist
 * Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
 * Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches
 * Separate Baptist
 * Separate Baptists in Christ
 * Seventh Day Baptist
 * Southeast Conservative Baptist
 * Southern Baptist Convention
 * Southern Baptists of Texas
 * Sovereign Grace Baptists
 * Strict Baptists or Particular Baptists
 * Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists
 * Union d'Églises baptistes françaises au Canada
 * United American Free Will Baptist Church
 * United American Free Will Baptist Conference
 * United Baptist
 * United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces
 * United Free Will Baptist
 * World Baptist Fellowship

Spiritual Baptists

 * Spiritual Baptist

Methodism

 * 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
 * Methodist Church
 * Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma
 * Methodist Church of Great Britain
 * Methodist Church of Malaysia
 * Methodist Church of New Zealand
 * Methodist Church of Southern Africa
 * Primitive Methodist Church
 * Southern Methodist Church
 * United Methodist Church
 * Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia

Pietism and Holiness Movement

 * Bible Fellowship Church
 * Christian and Missionary Alliance
 * Christian Baptist Church of God
 * Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
 * Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
 * Church of God (Anderson)
 * Church of God (Holiness)
 * Church of God (Restoration)
 * Church of the Nazarene
 * Deeper Life Bible Church
 * Free Methodist Church
 * Missionary Church
 * The Salvation Army
 * United Christian Church
 * The Wesleyan Church

African Initiated churches

 * The African Church
 * Apostles of Johane Marange
 * Celestial Church of Christ
 * Christ Apostolic Church
 * Church of the Lord (Aladura)
 * Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim
 * Kimbanguist Church
 * Zion Christian Church

Quakers (Society of Friends)

 * Beanite Quakerism
 * Britain Yearly Meeting
 * Central Yearly Meeting of Friends
 * Conservative Friends
 * Evangelical Friends International
 * Friends General Conference
 * Friends United Meeting
 * Ireland Yearly Meeting
 * New Foundation Fellowship
 * Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing)

Restorationism, Charismatic, & Non-Denominational Churches
Restorationism, also described as Christian Primitivism, is the belief that Christianity has been or should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church. Charismatic and Non-Denominational Churches are restorationist in ideology. The Plymouth Brethren were founded on the idea of Christian Primitivism, or "back to the beginning Christianity". Restorationist Churches claim apostolic succession by means of bypassing history to the nascent Church. It is important to note that some nontrinitarian groups could also be classified as Restorationist, claiming that they are the true restored Church, most notably the Latter Day Saint movement and Christadelphians.

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

Plymouth Brethren and Free Evangelical churches

 * Free Evangelical Churches
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * Exclusive Brethren
 * Indian Brethren
 * Kerala Brethren
 * Open Brethren
 * Church Assembly Hall

Pentecostalism

 * Affirming Pentecostal Church International
 * Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
 * Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
 * Apostolic Church (denomination)
 * Apostolic Faith Church
 * Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
 * Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
 * Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
 * Apostolic Pastoral Congress
 * Assemblies of God
 * Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
 * Believers Church
 * Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
 * C3 Church Global
 * Celestial Church of Christ
 * Charisma Christian Church
 * Christ Gospel Churches International
 * Christian Church of North America
 * Christian City Churches
 * Christian Congregation in the United States
 * Christian Revival Crusade
 * Church of the Foursquare Gospel
 * 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
 * The 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
 * Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
 * Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
 * Churches of Jesus Christ International
 * Congregational Holiness Church
 * CRC Churches International
 * Deeper Life Bible Church
 * Destiny Church
 * Elim Pentecostal Church
 * The Empowerment Assemblies of God (Apostolic)
 * Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Besançon
 * Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
 * Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
 * God is Love Pentecostal Church
 * Hillsong Church
 * Holiness Baptist Association
 * Independent Assemblies of God, International
 * Indian Pentecostal Church of God
 * International Assemblies of God Fellowship
 * International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies
 * International Network of Churches
 * International Pentecostal Church of Christ
 * International Pentecostal Holiness Church
 * Mission of Full Gospel - Christian Open Door
 * New Life Churches
 * Open Bible Standard Churches
 * Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
 * Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
 * Pentecostal Church of God
 * Pentecostal Churches of Christ
 * Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church
 * The Pentecostal Mission
 * Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch)
 * Potter's House Christian Fellowship
 * Redeemed Christian Church of God
 * Revival Centres International
 * The Revival Fellowship
 * United Covenant Churches of Christ
 * United Gospel Tabernacles
 * United Holy Church of America
 * United Pentecostal Church International
 * United Pentecostal Churches of Christ

Charismatic Movement

 * Calvary Chapel
 * Charismatic Episcopal Church
 * City Harvest Church
 * Every Nation
 * Faith Christian Fellowship International
 * International Christian Fellowship
 * Jesus Army
 * Ministries of His Glory
 * Ministries Without Borders
 * Sovereign Grace Churches

Neo-Charismatic Movement

 * Association of Vineyard Churches
 * Bible Christian Mission
 * Born Again Movement
 * Church on the Rock- International
 * Destiny Church Groningen
 * New Life Fellowship Association
 * Newfrontiers

Adventism (Sunday observing)

 * Advent Christian Church

Adventism (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)

 * Adventist Church of Promise
 * Branch Davidians
 * Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
 * Davidian Seventh-day Adventists
 * Sabbath Rest Advent Church
 * Seventh-day Adventist Church
 * Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement

Church of God movements (Sunday observing)

 * Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
 * Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)

Church of God movements (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)

 * Church of God International (USA)
 * Church of God (Seventh-Day) (or Church of God 7th day)
 * Church of God, a Worldwide Association
 * The Intercontinental Church of God
 * Seventh Day Christians - Norway (Syvende dags Kristne)
 * Living Church of God
 * Philadelphia Church of God
 * United Church of God
 * United Seventh-Day Brethren
 * World Mission Society Church of God (Nontrinitarian)

Sabbath-Keeping movements, separated from Adventism

 * Seventh-Day Evangelist Church

Sacred Name groups

 * Assemblies of Yahweh
 * Assembly of Yahweh
 * House of Yahweh

Sabbath-Keeping movements, predating Millerism

 * The Christ's Assembly
 * Seventh Day Baptists

United and uniting churches
These churches are the result of a merger between distinct denominational churches. Churches are listed here when their disparate heritage marks them as inappropriately listed in the particular categories above.


 * China Christian Council
 * Church of Bangladesh(Anglican)
 * Church of North India(Anglican)
 * Church of Pakistan(Anglican)
 * Church of South India(Anglican)
 * Evangelical Church in Germany
 * Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
 * Mar Thoma Church(not protestant, but The church defines itself as "Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function, and Episcopal in character".)
 * Protestant Church in the Netherlands
 * St. Thomas Evangelical Church
 * 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 the Philippines
 * Uniting Church in Australia

Other Protestant churches

 * Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (AGC)
 * Believers' Church in India
 * Brunstad Christian Church
 * The Christian Community
 * Church of Christ, Instrumental (Kelleyites)
 * Cooneyites (not to be confused with Christian Conventions, above)
 * Evangelical Church of West Africa
 * Evangelical Covenant Church of America ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant")
 * Evangelical Free Church of America
 * Evangelical Free Church of Canada
 * Family International, aka "The Family International", "Family of Love", "The Family"
 * 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 church
 * Methernitha
 * Metropolitan Community Churches
 * Schwenkfelder Church
 * Shiloh Youth Revival Centers
 * Strigolniki
 * Universal Life
 * Yehowists (aka Yehowists-Ilyinites, Russian Jehovists)

Interdenominational (ecumenical) churches and organizations

 * Action of Churches Together in Scotland
 * Anthem Network
 * 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
 * Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC/Unification Church/Unification Movement)
 * Iona Community
 * National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
 * New Monasticism related Communities
 * Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship
 * Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
 * Society of Ordained Scientists
 * Taizé Community
 * World Alliance of Reformed Churches
 * World Council of Churches
 * World Student Christian Federation

Internet churches

 * LifeChurch.tv

Messianic Judaism / Jewish Christianity

 * Chosen People Ministries
 * House of Aaron
 * International Messianic Jewish Alliance
 * Jews for Jesus
 * Messianic Israel Alliance
 * Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
 * Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations
 * Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations

Nontrinitarianism
These are Christians who do not believe in the doctrine of the Trinity ("one God in three co-equal Persons").

Oneness Pentecostalism

 * Affirming Pentecostal Church International
 * Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
 * Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
 * 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
 * Churches of Jesus Christ International
 * The Empowerment Assemblies of God (Apostolic)
 * Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
 * Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith International, Incorporated
 * True Jesus Church
 * United Pentecostal Church International

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.


 * Original denomination
 * Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) - name changed in 1838 by Joseph Smith to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints


 * "Prairie Saint" denominations


 * Church of Christ (Temple Lot) (Hedrickites)
 * Church of Christ with the Elijah Message
 * Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)
 * Church of Jesus Christ (Cutlerite)
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite)
 * Community of Christ - formerly called the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS)
 * 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" denominations


 * Apostolic United Brethren
 * The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
 * Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS)
 * Latter Day Church of Christ (Kingston Clan)
 * The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days


 * Other denominations


 * Restoration Church of Jesus Christ

Unitarian and Universalist

 * American Unitarian Association (consolidated with the Universalist Church of America to form the Unitarian Universalist Association and Unitarian Universalism)
 * Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship
 * American Unitarian Conference
 * Christian Universalist Association
 * International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
 * Deutsche Unitarier Religionsgemeinschaft
 * General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
 * Unitarian Christian Association
 * Unitarian Church of Transylvania
 * Unitarisk Kirkesamfund
 * Polish Brethren (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
 * Socinianism (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
 * 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)

Bible Student groups

 * Christian Millennial Fellowship
 * Dawn Bible Students Association
 * Friends of Man
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * Laymen's Home Missionary Movement
 * Pastoral Bible Institute

Swedenborgianism

 * General Church of the New Jerusalem
 * Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma
 * Swedenborgian Church of North America

Christian Science

 * Christian Science Monitor
 * Church of Christ, Scientist

Other Nontrinitarian churches

 * Arian Catholic Church
 * Arianism
 * Christadelphians
 * Church of the Blessed Hope
 * Church of God (Seventh-Day) / (7th Day)
 * Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
 * Keraites
 * Makuya
 * Members Church of God International
 * Most Holy Church of God in Christ Jesus
 * Some Quakers
 * Spiritual Christians from Russia (Dukhizhizniki, Dukhobortsy, Ikonobortsy, Khlysty, Molokane, Pryguny, Skoptsy)
 * Subbotniki
 * Two by Twos ("Christian Conventions")
 * Unification Church
 * United Church of God
 * Universal Alliance
 * The Way International
 * Church of Almighty God

Southcottism

 * Christian Israelite Church
 * House of David (commune)
 * Panacea Society

Apostolic churches and Irvingism

 * Catholic Apostolic Church
 * New Apostolic Church
 * United Apostolic Church
 * Old Apostolic Church
 * Restored Apostolic Mission Church

Esoteric Christianity

 * Anthroposophical Society of Rudolf Steiner
 * Archeosophical Society of Tommaso Palamidessi
 * Behmenism of Jakob Böhme
 * Ecclesia Gnostica
 * Freemasonry
 * Lectorium Rosicrucianum of Jan van Rijckenborgh/Catharose de Petri
 * Martinism of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin et al.
 * The Rosicrucian Fellowship of Max Heindel
 * Societas Rosicruciana by Masons
 * Spiritualist Church
 * Theosophy
 * Universal White Brotherhood of Peter Deunov

Racialist groups

 * Black Hebrew Israelites
 * Church of God and Saints of Christ
 * Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ
 * British-Israelism
 * Armstrongism
 * The British-Israel-World Federation
 * Christian Identity
 * Church of Jesus Christ-Christian (Aryan Nations)
 * Kingdom Identity Ministries
 * LaPorte Church of Christ
 * The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
 * Revival Centres International
 * The Revival Fellowship

Miscellaneous

 * Evangelical Missionary Church
 * The Process Church of The Final Judgment (The Process)
 * Trinitarian Universalism
 * United House of Prayer for All People
 * Lord’s Resistance Army
 * Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Christian movements

 * British New Church Movement
 * Christian atheism
 * Christian communism
 * Christian democracy
 * Christian existentialism
 * Christian Family Movement
 * Christian feminism
 * Christian left
 * Christian naturism
 * Christian pacifism
 * Christian right
 * Christian socialism
 * Christian Torah-submission
 * Christian vegetarianism
 * Christian Zionism
 * Confessing Movement
 * Continual prayer
 * Convergence Movement
 * Creationism
 * Emerging church
 * Green Christianity
 * House church (or Simple church)
 * Neo-orthodoxy
 * Postmodern Christianity
 * Progressive Christianity
 * Restorationism
 * Shepherding Movement

LGBT-affirming Christianity

 * Affirming Pentecostal Church International
 * Alliance of Baptists
 * American Catholic Church
 * Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia
 * Anglican Church of Canada
 * Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil
 * Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
 * Brethren Mennonite Council for Lesbian and Gay Concerns
 * Catholic Apostolic Church in North America
 * Christ Catholic Church
 * Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
 * Church in Wales
 * Covenant Network
 * Covenant Network of Presbyterians
 * Church of Denmark
 * Church of Iceland
 * Church of Norway
 * Church of Scotland
 * Church of Sweden
 * Ecumenical Catholic Communion
 * Episcopal Church (United States)
 * The Empowerment Assemblies of God (Apostolic)
 * Evangelical Anglican Church In America
 * Evangelical Church in Germany
 * Evangelical Church of Uruguay in Uruguay
 * Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
 * Evangelical Methodist Church in Argentina
 * The Evangelical Network
 * Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein
 * Friends for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns of the Quaker denomination
 * Global Alliance of Affirming Apostolic Pentecostals
 * Independent Catholic Christian Church
 * International Christian Community Churches
 * Liberal Catholic Church
 * Methodist Church of Great Britain
 * Methodist Church of New Zealand
 * Metropolitan Community Church
 * The National Catholic Church of America
 * Presbyterian Church (USA)
 * Protestant Church in the Netherlands
 * Reformed Catholic Church
 * Scottish Episcopal Church
 * Swedenborgian Church of North America
 * Swiss Reformed Church
 * Unitarian Universalist Association
 * United Church of Canada
 * United Church of Christ
 * United Protestant Church in Belgium
 * United Protestant Church of France
 * Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
 * Unity Church

New Thought
The relation of New Thought to Christianity is not defined as exclusive; some of its adherents see themselves as solely practising 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
 * Religious Science
 * Seicho-no-Ie
 * Unity Church
 * Universal Foundation for Better Living

Syncretistic religions incorporating elements of Christianity
The relation of these movements to other Christian ideas can be remote. They are listed here because they include some elements of Christian practice or beliefs, within religious contexts which may be only loosely characterized as Christian.


 * Candomblé
 * Cao Đài
 * Chrislam
 * Cult of Santa Muerte
 * Vodou
 * Malbars
 * Native American Church
 * Pilgrims of Arès
 * Rastafari movement
 * Santería
 * Santo Daime
 * Umbanda
 * Voodoo

Islam has common roots with Christianity, it, as well as Judaism, might also be listed here (see ). Islam recognises Jesus as a Prophet of God, born by the Will of God to the virgin Mary while Judaism is related to Christianity with shared Bible Books and some beliefs.