Posted on 12/30/2013 9:35:20 AM PST by RnMomof7
......"The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has put hard numbers on the anecdotal evidence: One out of every 10 Americans is an ex-Catholic. If they were a separate denomination, they would be the third-largest denomination in the United States, after Catholics and Baptists. One of three people who were raised Catholic no longer identifies as Catholic.........
"Thankfully, although the U.S. bishops have not supported research on people who have left the church, the Pew Center has.
Pew’s data shows that those leaving the church are not homogenous. They can be divided into two major groups: those who become unaffiliated and those who become Protestant. Almost half of those leaving the church become unaffiliated and almost half become Protestant. Only about 10 percent of ex-Catholics join non-Christian religions.
This article will focus on Catholics who have become Protestant. I am not saying that those who become unaffiliated are not important; I am leaving that discussion to another time."................
"Nor are the people becoming Protestants lazy or lax Christians. In fact, they attend worship services at a higher rate than those who remain Catholic. While 42 percent of Catholics who stay attend services weekly, 63 percent of Catholics who become Protestants go to church every week. That is a 21 percentage-point difference.
" Seventy-one percent say their faith is “very strong,” while only 35 percent and 22 percent reported that their faith was very strong when they were children and teenagers, respectively. On the other hand, only 46 percent of those who are still Catholic report their faith as “very strong” today as an adult.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncronline.org ...
HMMMmmm...
He also claimed people had to be part of his cult to be saved.
HMMMmmm...
He claimed everything he said was straight from God. So did David Koresch.
HMMMmmm and hmmm......
"Unless you drink this blood..."
"There is NO salvation outside the CHURCH."
"The teaching of the CHURCH is infallible..."
And yet the CHURCH is hard pressed to find enough men available to become priests.
Then Thank GOD! for Luther!
Hey Alex, we're back up to 35,000!
So Steelfish, can you provide a list of the 35,000 garden variety biblical interpretations or is that just something being pulled out of your hat?
Seems to me when I read through virtual pagrs of FR the FRoman Catholic interpretations are all not in sync. Quite a few little popes running around here.
Well bless your little heart.
It is amazing how the College of Cardinals were ‘moved’ twice in a row, no less, in choosing a Medici for Pope.
I’m glad someone picked up on my undercurrent:) LOL...
Indeed....
x
For your archives when you encounter your Joey Smith FRiends again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06jF1EG8o-Q
Doomsday interpretations. Oh, I forgot the Kool-Aid of Jim Jones.
Since you asked, here’s just a partial list of heresies:
Protestantism[edit]
Main articles: Protestantism and Protestant Reformation
See also: Protestantism by country
These are the churches “which repudiated the papal authority, and separated or were severed from the Roman communion in the Reformation of the 16th century and of any of the bodies of Christians descended from them.”[6]
Diagram showing major branches and movements within Protestantism
Pre-Lutheran Protestants[edit]
Hussites
Moravian Church
Unity of the Brethren
Utraquists
Waldensian Evangelical Church
Lutheranism[edit]
Main article: List of Lutheran denominations
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
Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church
Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America
International Lutheran Council
American Association of Lutheran Churches
Evangelical Lutheran Church - Synod of France and Belgium
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
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)
Laestadian Lutheran Church
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church of China (no longer in existence)
Lutheran Church-International
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
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Church of Iceland
Church of Norway
Church of Sweden
Church of the Faroe Islands
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 of Papua New Guinea
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States
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
Anglicanism[edit]
Main article: Anglicanism
Anglican Communion[edit]
Main article: Anglican Communion
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 Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Church in Central America
Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Burundi
Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church of Kenya
Anglican Church of Korea
Anglican Church of Mexico
Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Anglican Church of Tanzania
Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America
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 Uganda
Church of the Province of Central Africa
Church of the Province of Melanesia
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 the Indian Ocean
Church of the Province of West Africa
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 Sheng Kung Hui
Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (in Portugal)
Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan)
Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo
Scottish Episcopal Church
Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
The Anglican Communion also includes the following united churches:
Church of Bangladesh
Church of North India
Church of South India
Church of Pakistan
Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church
Other Anglican Churches[edit]
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 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
Calvinism[edit]
Main articles: Calvinism and List of Reformed denominations
Continental Reformed churches[edit]
Main article: Continental Reformed church
Afrikaans Protestant Church
Canadian and American Reformed Churches
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Christian Reformed Churches
Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
Christian Reformed Church in Sierra Leone
Christian Reformed Church in South Africa
Continued Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa - NG Church
Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana
Dutch Reformed 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 North America
Free Reformed Churches of South Africa
Free Reformed Churches of Australia
Heritage Reformed Congregations
Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church
National Union of Independent Reformed Evangelical Churches of France
Netherlands Reformed Churches
Netherlands Reformed Congregations
Nigeria Reformed Church
Polish Reformed Church
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
Protestant Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Protestant Reformed Church of Luxembourg
Reformed Church in America
Reformed Church in Austria
Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
Reformed Church of East Africa
Reformed Church of France
Reformed Church in Hungary
Reformed Church in Latvia
Reformed Church in Romania
Reformed Christian Church in Serbia
Reformed Church in Transcarpathia
Reformed Church in the United States
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated)
Reformed Churches of New Zealand
Reformed Synod of Denmark
Reformed Churches of New Zealand
Reformed Church of Christ in Nigeria
Reformed Evangelical Church in Myanmar
Restored Reformed Church
United Reformed Church
United Reformed Church in Congo
United Reformed Churches in North America
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
Presbyterianism[edit]
Main article: Presbyterianism
See also: List of Presbyterian denominations in North America
Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico
Bible Presbyterian Church
Christ Community Church
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
Church of Scotland
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 (United States)
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Malawi
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
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 of Africa
Presbyterian Church of East Africa
Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
Presbyterian Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
Presbyterian Church of Belize
Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Presbyterian Church of Ghana
Presbyterian Church of India
Presbyterian Church of Mozambique
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterian Church in Canada
Presbyterian Church in Chile
Presbyterian Church in Honduras
Presbyterian Church in Ireland
Presbyterian Church in Liberia
Presbyterian Church in Malaysia
Presbyterian Church in Singapore
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
Presbyterian Church in Sudan
Presbyterian Church in Uganda
Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin)
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong)
Presbyterian Church in Korea (TongHap)
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 of Australia
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Malawi
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Reformed Presbyterian Church in the United States
Renewed Presbyterian Church in Brazil
Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia)
Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church
United Free Church of Scotland
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
United Presbyterian Church of North America
United Presbyterian Church of Pakistan
Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia
Westminster Presbyterian Church in the United States
Congregationalist Churches[edit]
Main article: Congregational Church
Congregational Federation (United Kingdom)
Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (United Kingdom)
Congregational Union of Ireland
Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Bulgaria
Congregational Christian Churches in Canada
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (America)
Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (America)
Union of Evangelical Congregational Churches in Brazil
Congregational Federation of Australia
Fellowship of Congregational Churches (Australia)
Congregational Union of New Zealand
Congregational Christian Church in Samoa
Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa
Cook Islands Christian Church
Church of Niue
Church of Tuvalu
Kiribati Protestant Church
Nauru Congregational Church
Reformed Congregational Churches (Marshall Islands)
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
English Independents
Huguenots (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group)
Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
United Church of Christ
United Church in the Solomon Islands
United Church of Christ-Congregational in the Marshall Islands
Anabaptists[edit]
Main article: Anabaptists
Abecedarians (extinct)
Amish
Beachy Amish
Nebraska Amish
Old Order Amish
Swartzentruber Amish
Apostolic Christian Church
Mennonites
Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
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)
Markham-Waterloo Mennonite Conference
Mennonite Brethren Churches
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference
US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Mennonite Church Canada
Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
Mennonite Church USA
Missionary Church
Old Order Mennonites
Reformed Mennonite
Swiss Mennonite Conference
Shakers (United Society of Shakers in Maine, USA)
Brethren[edit]
Church of the United Brethren in Christ
Free Evangelical Churches
Hutterites
Bruderhof Communities
Plymouth Brethren
Exclusive Brethren
Indian Brethren
Kerala Brethren
Open Brethren
River Brethren
Brethren in Christ Church
Old Order River Brethren
United Zion Church
Wengerites
Schwarzenau Brethren
Brethren Reformed Church
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
Methodists[edit]
Main article: Methodism
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
British Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational Methodist Church
Evangelical Church of America
Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic
Evangelical Methodist Church
First Congregational Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church
Southern 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
United Methodist Church
Pietists and Holiness Churches[edit]
Main articles: Pietism and Holiness movement
See also: Higher Life movement, Holiness Tabernacles, and Third Great Awakening
The Salvation Army
The Wesleyan Church
The Church of the Nazarene
Church of God (Anderson)
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Bible Fellowship Church
Christian Baptist Church of God
Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
Church of God (Holiness)
Church of God (Restoration)
Deeper Life Bible Church
Free Methodist Church
Missionary Church
United Christian Church
Baptists[edit]
Main article: Baptists
See also: Baptist beliefs, List of Baptist confessions, and List of Baptist sub-denominations
Note: All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent. The most prominent Baptist organizations in the United States are the American Baptist Association, tending to be more liberal, the National Baptist Convention, tending to be more moderate and the Southern Baptist Convention, tending to be more conservative.
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 (Sweden)
Baptist General Conference of Canada
Baptist General Convention of Texas
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
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India
Council of Baptist Churches in Northern India
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
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
Gospel Standard Strict 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
Progressive Baptist
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Reformed Baptist
Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
Regular Baptist
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
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[edit]
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.
Spiritual Baptist
Apostolic Churches – Irvingites[edit]
Catholic Apostolic Church
New Apostolic Church
United Apostolic Church
Old Apostolic Church
Restored Apostolic Mission Church
Pentecostalism[edit]
Main article: Pentecostalism
See also: List of Christian denominations#Oneness Pentecostalism
Assemblies of God
Independent Assemblies of God International
Assemblies of God International Fellowship
International Assemblies of God Fellowship
Celestial Church of Christ
C3 Church Global
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Christian Congregation in the United States
Church of God of Prophecy
Apostolic Church (denomination)
Elim Pentecostal Church
New Life Churches
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Believers Church
Charisma Christian Church
Christ Gospel Churches International
Christian City Churches
Christian Church of North America
Christian Outreach Centre
Christian Revival Crusade
Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
Church of God (Chattanooga)
Church of God (Full Gospel) in India
Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
Church of God by Faith
The Church of God for All Nations
Church of God, House of Prayer
Church of God in Christ
Church of God Mountain Assembly
Church of God of the Original Mountain Assembly
Church of God of the Union Assembly
Church of God with Signs Following
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
Congregational Holiness Church
CRC Churches International
Deeper Life Bible Church
Destiny Church
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
Indian Pentecostal Church of God
Independent Assemblies of God, International
International Circle of Faith
International Pentecostal Church of Christ
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mission of Full Gospel - Christian Open Door
Open Bible Standard Churches
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
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
United Gospel Tabernacles
United Holy Church of America
United Pentecostal Church International
Template:Church team ministries international
Charismatics[edit]
Main article: Charismatic movement
See also: Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Association of Vineyard Churches
Calvary Chapel
Charismatic Episcopal Church
Christ Resurrection Gospel Glory Church (Nigeria)
City Harvest Church
Faith Christian Fellowship International
Every Nation
Full Gospel
Jesus Army
Ministries of His Glory
Ministries Without Borders
New Frontiers
Sovereign Grace Ministries
Neo-Charismatic Churches[edit]
Association of Vineyard Churches
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland
Bible Christian Mission
Church on the Rock- International
Destiny Church Groningen
Born Again Movement
New Life Fellowship Association
True Jesus Church
African Initiated Churches[edit]
Main article: African Initiated Church
Apostles of Johane Marauke
Celestial Church of Christ
Christ Apostolic Church
Church of the Lord (Aladura)
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim
Kimbanguist Church
The African Church
Zion Christian Church
Messianic Judaism / Jewish Christians[edit]
Main article: Messianic Judaism
See also: Messianic Movement and Messianic Jewish theology
House of Aaron
Chosen People Ministries
Jews for Jesus
Messianic Israel Alliance
Messianic Jewish Alliance of America
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations
Union of Nazarene Yisraelite Congregations
International Messianic Jewish Alliance
United and uniting churches[edit]
Main article: United and uniting churches
Churches which 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
Church of Pakistan
Church of North India
Church of South India
Evangelical Church in Germany
Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren
Mar Thoma Church
Protestant Church in the Netherlands
St. Thomas Evangelical Church
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
United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Uniting Church in Australia
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)[edit]
Main article: Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), is considered historically to be a Protestant Christian denomination. It has gone through a small number of doctrinal schisms in its history as a Christian church. Today, the Society exists as several distinct and separate Quaker branches, and it also has an emphasis on Christian belief which ranges from evangelical to liberal.
Friends United Meeting
Evangelical Friends International
Central Yearly Meeting of Friends
Conservative Friends
Friends General Conference
Beanite Quakerism
Britain Yearly Meeting
Ireland Yearly Meeting
New Foundation Fellowship
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement[edit]
Main article: Restoration Movement
See also: Christian primitivism and Second Great Awakening
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Churches of Christ in Australia
Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples)
Churches of Christ (non-institutional)
International Churches of Christ
International Christian Church
Churches of Christ
Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ
Southcottites[edit]
Christian Israelite Church
House of David (commune)
Panacea Society
Millerites and comparable groups[edit]
See also: List of Christian denominations#Bible Student groups
Adventist (Sunday observing)[edit]
Advent Christian Church
Adventist (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)[edit]
Adventist Church of Promise
Branch Davidians (not considered Adventist by other Adventist movements)
Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
Davidian Seventh-day Adventists
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
Sabbath Rest Advent Church
Church of God movements (Sunday observing)[edit]
Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
Church of God movements (Seventh Day Sabbath/Saturday observing)[edit]
Church of God (Seventh-Day)
Church of God (7th Day)
Church of God International (USA)
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
Sabbath-Keeping Movements, Separated from Adventists[edit]
Seventh-Day Evangelist Church
True Jesus Church
Sacred Name groups[edit]
Main article: Sacred Name Movement
Assemblies of Yahweh
House of Yahweh
Assembly of Yahweh
Movements not related to the Millerites but comparable to them[edit]
Sabbath-Keeping movements, predating the Millerites[edit]
Seventh Day Baptists
The Christ’s Assembly
Seventh-Day Mennonites
British-Israelism[edit]
Main article: British Israelism
Armstrongism
British-Israel-World Federation
Revival Centres International
The Revival Fellowship
Christian Identity[edit]
Main article: Christian Identity
Church of Jesus Christ-Christian (Aryan Nations)
Not exactly accurate.
Many that you listed are in communion with each other. In a sense no different than the orders in the Papist church.
Unless you are willing to agree to that we need to start counting the thousands of Papist denominations.
Ain’t it amazing how a mere flip-flop of words changes things!
HMMMmmm...
I saw a LOT of ORGANIZATIONS; but NO heresies.
Why?
I went to Haiti on a mission trip with a large group of them, so I spent a lot of time with them over the months before, during and after the trip.
It was an ongoing joke amongst them. It was their observation, not mine.
Oh, you mean they all speak with ONE voice, and ONE truth and ONE SET OF Beliefs on the Great Commission given to Peter and his Apostles.
David Koresh and Jim Jones had their own “Christians” sects too as did Jimmy Swaggart, Joel Osteen and the rest of the charlatans.
Changes nothing I posted. Catholic haters are on a guilt trip because they know deep down that the Catholic Church is the one, true, apostolic church that Jesus started. He started no other. I know this, you know this, and anyone with a miniscule knowledge of Church history knows this.
You fail to see that the issue is not that of the church having authority, and i affirmed that Scripture provides for the church, not replace it, but the issue us that of a claim to assured veracity, and correct judgment, which is the basis for RC assurance.
The Lord by His Spirit also enjoined obedience to civil rulers, (Rm. 13:1-7; 1Pet. 2:13,14)but that such, or the magisterium in particular as the steward of Scripture, etc., is infallible, and superior authority than Scripture, so that only the teachings or persons the magisterium sanctions have spiritual authority, is not what Scripture teaches
For if it did then it would condemn prophets and the Lord Himself, as He was in rebellion against those who sat in the seat of Moses.
And in contrast to to the premise of a supreme assuredly correct magisterium being the basis for assurance, the church began because souls had assurance that an itinerant Preacher was of God (and God), as He established His claims upon Scriptural substantiation, in word and in power.
The magisterium is to recognize and affirm such, but even if it does not, men of God as still of God regardless, as the apostles were despite the rejection by those to whom the Lord also had enjoined conditional obedience to. (Mt. 23:2)
Those who presume of themselves above that which written, such as claiming a level of authority and veracity that discourages objective examination of teachings in order to ascertain their truthfulness, will end of persecuting true men of God, and are destined to lose their validity.
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