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List of Christian denominations ordered by historical and doctrinal relationships. (See also: Christianity; Christian denominations).

It should be noted that some denominations are large (eg. Roman Catholic, Lutherans, Anglicans or Baptists) while others are just a few small churches.

It should also be noted that modern movements such as Fundamentalist Christianity, Pietism, Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism and the Holiness movement can either divide to make new denominations or blur denominational lines to bring groups together.

Table of contents

1 Catholicism

1.1 Celtic Christianity
1.2 Churches of the Catholic Communion
1.3 Historically related to, but no longer in full communion with, the Roman See

2 Nestorianism
3 Orthodox Christianity

3.4 Eastern Orthodox Churches

3.4.1 Greater Eastern Orthodox Communion

3.5 Other Eastern Orthodox Churches
3.6 Oriental Orthodox Communion

4 Protestantism

4.7 Protestants before Luther
4.8 Lutheranism
4.9 Reformed and Presbyterian Churches
4.10 Anabaptists
4.11 Brethren denominations
4.12 Baptists
4.13 Friends (also called Quakers)
4.14 Methodists
4.15 Pietists & Holiness
4.16 Pentecostalism
4.17 African Independent Churches
4.18 Messianic Judaism
4.19 Other movement churches

5 Anglicans/Episcopal Church
6 Swedenborgian
7 United / Uniting churches
8 Restorationism

8.20 Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell)
8.21 Millerites and Related Groups
8.22 Mormonism

9 Gnosticism
10 Nontrinitarianism
11 New Thought churches
12 External link

Catholicism

Celtic Christianity

Celtic Catholic Church

Churches of the Catholic Communion

Historically related to, but no longer in full communion with, the Roman See

American Catholic Church

Nestorianism

Assyrian Church of the East

Orthodox Christianity

Eastern Orthodox Churches

Protestantism

Protestants before Luther

Lutheranism

American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
Church of the Lutheran Confession
Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
- Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mexico)
- Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church (Russia)
- Confessional Lutheran Church (Latvia)
- Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church (Finland)
- Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod (U.S.)
- Lutheran Confessional Church (Sweden)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Evangelical Covenant Church of America ("Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant")
International Lutheran Council
- China Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Christian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Bolivia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church—Synod of France and Belgium;
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argentina
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paraguay
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Republic of Chile
- Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark
- Free Evangelical Lutheran Synod in South Africa
- Gutnius Lutheran Church
- Independent Evangelical—Lutheran Church;
- India Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Japan Lutheran Church
- Lanka Lutheran Church
- Lutheran Church - Canada
- Lutheran Church—Hong Kong Synod;
- Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
- Lutheran Church in Korea
- Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
- Lutheran Church in the Philippines
- Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
- Lutheran Church of Guatemala
- Lutheran Church of Nigeria
- Lutheran Church of Venezuela
- Lutheran Synod of Mexico
Laestadian Lutheran Church
Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church of New Zealand
Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
Lutheran World Federation
- Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras
- Church of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark)
- Church of Iceland (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland)
- Church of Norway
- Church of Sweden
- Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and Other States
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Suriname
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of France
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
- India Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Lutheran Church in Chile
- Lutheran Church in Great Britain
- Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
- Lutheran Costarican Church
- Mexican Lutheran Church
- Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope
- Salvadoran Lutheran Synod
- United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Argentina)
See also: United / Uniting churches

Reformed and Presbyterian Churches

Reformed churches
- Canadian and American Reformed Churches
- Christian Reformed Church in North America
- Church of Lippe
- Dutch Reformed Church
- Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
- Free Reformed Churches of North America
- Heritage Reformed Congregations
- Hungarian Reformed Church in America
- Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
- Protestant Reformed Churches in America
- Reformed Christian Church in Croatia
- Reformed Church in America
- Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany
- Reformed Church in Hungary
- Reformed Church in the United States
- Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine
- Reformed Church of Japan
- Remonstrant Brotherhood
- United Reformed Church
- United Reformed Churches in North America
Presbyterian
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Bible Presbyterian Church
- Church of Scotland
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
- Free Church of Scotland
- Free Church of Scotland Continuing
- Free Presbyterian Church
- Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
- Korean Presbyterian Church in America
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church in America
- Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Presbyterian Church of Australia
- Presbyterian Church of Canada
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland
- Presbyterian Church of Korea
- Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea
- Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
- Presbyterian Church of Wales
- Presbyterian Church USA
- Reformed Presbyterian Church - Covenanted
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
- United Free Church of Scotland
- Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
See also: United / Uniting churches

Anabaptists

Brethren denominations

Baptists

(All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent)

Alliance of Baptists
American Baptist Association
American Baptist Churches
Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland
Association of Grace Baptist Churches
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
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
Bible Baptist
Canadian Baptist Ministries
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Central Baptist Association
Central Canada Baptist Conference
Christian Unity Baptist Association
Colored Primitive Baptists
Conservative Baptist Association
Conservative Baptist Association of America
Conservative Baptists
Continental Baptist Churches
Convenci�n Nacional Bautista de Mexico
Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
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
Global Independent Baptist Fellowship
Grace Baptist Assembly
Independent Baptists
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
Myanmar Baptist Convention
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc
National Baptist Evangelical Life and Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A
New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches
North American Baptist Conference
Northern Baptist Convention
Norwegian Baptist Union
Old Baptist Union
Old Regular Baptists
Old Time Missionary Baptists
Primitive Baptists
Progressive Baptists
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Reformed Baptists
Regular Baptist Churches, General Association of
Regular Baptists
Separate Baptists
Separate Baptists in Christ
Seventh Day Baptists
Southeast Conservative Baptists
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists of Texas
Sovereign Grace Baptists
Strict Baptists
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptists
Union D'Eglises Baptistes Francaises Au Canada
United American Free Will Baptist Church
United American Free Will Baptist Conference
United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces
United Baptists
United Free Will Baptist
Unregistered Baptist Fellowship
World Baptist Alliance
World Baptist Fellowship
See also: List of Baptist sub-denominations

Friends (also called Quakers)

Methodists

African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Bible Methodist Church
British Methodist Episcopal Church
Chinese Methodist Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregational Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
Evangelical Church
Evangelical Methodist Church
Free Methodist Church
Fellowship of Independent Methodist Churches
Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc
Independent Methodist Church
Korean Methodist Church
Methodist Church, Hong Kong
Methodist Church in Ireland
Methodist Church in Singapore
Methodist Church of Great Britain
Methodist Church of New Zealand
Methodist Church of South Africa
Methodist Church of Sri Lanka
Primitive Methodist Church
Salvation Army
United Methodist Church
Wesleyan Church
Wesleyan Reform Union
- See also: United / Uniting churches

Pietists & Holiness

Apostolic Christian Church
Bible Fellowship Church
Christian & Missionary Alliance;
Christian's Missionary Church
Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A
Church of God (Anderson)
Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
Church of God (Holiness)
Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)
Evangelical Covenant Church
Missionary Church
Moravians
United Christian Church
Unity of the Brethren

Pentecostalism

Abundant Life Worship Centers
Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada
Apostolic Faith Church
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
Assemblies of God
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Calvary Holiness Association
Christ Gospel Churches International
Christian Church of North America
Christian Congregation of Brazil
Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
Church of God (Chattanooga)
Church of God (Cleveland)
Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
Church of God for All Nations
Church of God by Faith
Church of God, House of Prayer
Church of God in Christ
Church of God Mountain Assembly
Church of God of Prophecy
Church of God with Signs Following
Church of God of the Union Assembly
Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
Congregational Holiness Church
Destiny Church (New Zealand)
Elim Fellowship
Elim Pentecostal Church
Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
God is Love Pentecostal Church
Holiness Baptist Association
Independent Assemblies of God, International
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
International Pentecostal Church of Christ
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
New Life Churches
Open Bible Standard Churches (association of autonomous churches)
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church
Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America
Pentecostal Churches of the Apostolic Faith
Pentecostal World Conference
Redeemed Christian Church of God
The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
The Church of God for All Nations
The Fellowship (FGFCMI)
United Holy Church of America
United Pentecostal Church International

African Independent Churches

Church of the Lord
Kimbanguist Church
Zion Christian Church

Messianic Judaism

Chosen People Ministries
Jews for Jesus
Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations

Other movement churches

Anglicans/Episcopal Church

Anglican Communion
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
- Anglican Church of Australia
- Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Kenya
- Anglican Church of Korea
- Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
- Church in Wales
- Church of England
- Church of Ireland
- Church of Nigeria
- Church of Uganda
- Church of the Province of Burundi
- 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 Southern Africa
- Church of the Province of Tanzania
- Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
- Church of the Province of the West Indies
- Church of the Province of West Africa
- Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East
- Episcopal Church (USA)
- Episcopal Church of Cuba
- Episcopal Church of the Sudan
- Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
- Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central America
- Iglesia Anglicana de M�xico
- Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sud de las Americas
- Igreja Episcopal do Brasil
- Kerala Christian Assembly (Canada) [1]
- Lusitanian Church of Portugal
- Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Japan)
- Philippine Episcopal Church
- Scottish Episcopal Church
- Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
Schismatic (or "continuing") Anglican Churches
- African Orthodox Church
- African Orthodox Church of the West
- African Orthodox Episcopal Church
- American Episcopal Church
- Anglican Mission in America
- Anglican Province of Christ the King
- Charismatic Episcopal Church
- Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
- Free Church of England
- Free Protestant Episcopal Church
- Reformed Episcopal Church
- Southern Episcopal Church

Swedenborgian

General Convention of the New Jerusalem

General Church of the New Jerusalem

General Conference of the New Church(England)
The New Church in Australia

United / Uniting churches

Restorationism

Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell)

Disciples of Christ
Christian Church
Churches of Christ
International Churches of Christ (Boston Movement)
See also: United / Uniting churches

Millerites and Related Groups

Sunday Adventists
- Advent Christian Church
- Church of God General Conference (Abrahamic Faith)
- Church of the Blessed Hope (aka Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith)
- Primitive Advent Christian Church
Seventh Day Adventists
- Branch Davidians
- Branch Seventh Day Adventists
- Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church
- Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist Association
- General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists
- People's Christian Church
- Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
- Seventh-day Adventist General Conference (Seventh-day Adventist Church)
- The Registry
Church of God Adventists
- Assembly of God in Christ Jesus
- Associated Churches, Inc
- Associates for Scriptural Knowledge
- Biblical Church of God
- Body of Christ Church of God
- Church of God (Anadarko)
- Church of God (Jesus Christ the Head) (UNICO)
- Church of God (O'Brien)
- Church of God (Philadelphia Era)
- Church of God (Sabbatarian)
- Church of God (Seventh Day, Salem, West Virginia)
- Church of God Evangelical Association
- Church of God's Truth
- Church of the Great God
- Congregation of God, Seventh Day
- Congregation of God
- Congregation of Yah
- Foundation for Biblical Research
- Foundation of Life Fellowship
- General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh-Day)
- General Council of the Churches of God
- Global Church of God
- Harmony of Life Fellowship
- International Church of God (ICG)
- Philadelphia Church of God
- Restoration Church of God
- Seventh-Day Church of God
- The Eternal Church of God
- The Pure Truth
- Triumph Prophetic Ministries (Church of God)
- Twentieth Century Church of God (Pennsylvania)
- Twentieth Century Church of God
- United Biblical Church of God
- United Church of God
- United Seventh-Day Brethren
- Universal Church of God
- World Insight International
- Worldwide Church of God
Bible Student Groups
- Back to the Bible Way
- Christian Believers Conference
- Christian Bible Students Association
- Christian Millenial Fellowship
- Christian Prophets of Jehovah
- Dawn Bible Students Association
- Epiphany Bible Students Association
- Independent Bible Students
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Laodicean Home Missionary Movement
- Layman's Home Missionary Movement
- Lord Our Righteousness (Life Support)
- Pastoral Bible Institute
- Philanthropic Assembly
Sacred Name Groups
- Assemblies of YHWHHOSHUA
- Assemblies of Yah
- Assemblies of Yahvah
- Assemblies of Yahweh (Easton Rapids, Michigan)
- Assemblies of Yahweh
- 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
British Israelism
- Anglo-Saxon Federation of America
- British-Israel-World Federation (Canada), Inc
- Calvary Fellowship, Inc
- Christian Conservative Churches of America
- Christian Identity Church
- Christian Research
- Church of Israel
- Church of Jesus Christ Christian (Aryan Nations)
- Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
- Evangelical Church of Christ / Commonwealth Covenant Church (New Zealand)
- House of Prayer for All People
- Kingdom Identity Ministries
- LaPorte Church of Christ
- Ministry of Christ Church
- National Association of Kingdom Evangelicals
- New Christian Crusade Church
- Prophetic Herald Ministry
- Remnant of Israel
- Tabernacle of the Phineas Priesthood
Southcottites
- Israelite House of David
- Israelite House of David as Reorganized by Mary Purnell
- Yahweh's New Covenant Assembly
Other Adventists
- Christadelphians
- 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

Mormonism

* The largest of these churches, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, sometimes called the LDS Church; commonly, but incorrectly called the Mormon Church

** formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or RLDS Church

Gnosticism

Ecclesia Gnostica
Bogomils (extinct)
Borborites (extinct)
Carpocratians (extinct)
Cathars (extinct)
Manichaeism (extinct)

Nontrinitarianism

Arians (extinct as a modern and distinct group)
Church of Christ, Scientist
Doukhobors
Iglesia ni Cristo
Magi Network *
Molokan
Unification Church
Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship *

* Independent Affiliate of the Unitarian Universalist Association

New Thought churches

Divine Science

External link

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