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Branches of Christianity such as Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist · Articles: 22

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  • AmishThe Amish are a Protestant community that separated from the Anabaptists of Switzerland and Alsace in the late seventeenth century. They emphasize be…
  • AnabaptistsThe Anabaptists are a Protestant movement that arose in Zurich, Switzerland, during the sixteenth-century Reformation. They rejected infant baptism a…
  • Armenian Apostolic ChurchThe Armenian Apostolic Church is the traditional church of the Armenian people. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which did not…

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  • Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also called Catholicism or the Roman Catholic Church, is a Christian church under the leadership of the Pope in Rome. Together w…
  • Chinese House ChurchesChinese house churches are Protestant congregations in China that remain outside the government-registered Three-Self churches (those affiliated with…
  • ChristianityChristianity is the religion centered on faith in Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ, that is, the Savior, and it encompasses the Catholic, Orthodox, an…
  • Church in North KoreaThe church in North Korea refers to the Protestant faith community within North Korea. In the narrow sense, the term denotes the Korean Christian Fed…
  • Congregational ChurchThe Congregational Church is a Protestant denomination that follows congregational polity, in which the entire membership (the congregation) of each …
  • Coptic Orthodox ChurchThe Coptic Orthodox Church is a church of the Oriental Orthodox family centered in Egypt. It regards Mark the Evangelist as its founder and is known …

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  • Eastern Orthodox ChurchThe Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the three major traditions of Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. It is a communion of Easte…
  • Ethiopian Orthodox ChurchThe Ethiopian Orthodox Church is an ancient Christian church centered in Ethiopia. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodox communion, which did not accep…

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  • Independent ChurchAn independent church is a Protestant church that does not belong to a denomination; each congregation manages its own affairs and makes its own deci…
  • InterdenominationalInterdenominational (Korean chogyopa, 超敎派) means "going beyond denominations." The term describes Christian activities, organizations, and gatheri…

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  • Korean Immigrant ChurchA Korean immigrant church is a Protestant church in which Koreans living abroad gather to worship in Korean. Besides serving as a community of faith,…

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  • Messianic JudaismMessianic Judaism is a religious movement whose adherents believe Jesus to be the Messiah of Israel while seeking to maintain Jewish identity and Jew…
  • Moravian ChurchThe Moravian Church, or Moravian Brethren, is a Protestant denomination that originated among the followers of Jan Hus, the fifteenth-century Bohemia…

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  • Oriental Orthodox ChurchesThe Oriental Orthodox Churches are a communion of ancient Eastern churches that did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) and re…

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  • Particular BaptistsParticular Baptists are a stream of the Baptist tradition that arose in seventeenth-century England. They hold to a Calvinist soteriology, teaching t…
  • Plymouth BrethrenThe Brethren Church is a Protestant denomination rooted in the Brethren movement that began in Dublin, Ireland, in the 1820s. In the English-speaking…
  • ProtestantismProtestantism is a major branch of Christianity that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the sixteenth-century Reformation. The term refe…

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  • QuakersThe Quakers are a branch of Protestantism that arose in mid-seventeenth-century England under the leadership of George Fox. Their official name is th…

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  • Reformed ChurchThe Reformed Church is a Protestant tradition descending from the sixteenth-century Reformation in Switzerland led by Zwingli and Calvin. In the broa…