Fuzzery said:
That what the majority of what people believe Islam to be, IS Islam, for all intents and purposes.
hmm.. Which christianity is, Christianity then I wonder?
These are the churches which arose from the Protestant Reformation in 16th century Europe.
[edit] Pre-Lutheran Protestants
* Hussites
o Moravian Church
o Taborites
o Unity of the Brethren
o Utraquists
* Waldensians
o Waldensian-Methodist Union of Italy
o Waldensian Church of the Rio de la Plata
[edit] Lutheranism
Main articles: Lutheranism and Martin Luther
* 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
o Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" - Russia
o Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany) - Germany
o Evangelical Lutheran Synod - United States
o Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference - Malawi
o Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference - Zambia
o Ukrainian Lutheran Church - Ukraine
o Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - United States
* Evangelical Catholic Church
* Evangelical Community Church-Lutheran
* Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA)
* International Lutheran Council
o American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC)
o Evangelical Lutheran ChurchSynod of France and Belgium
o Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil
o Evangelical Lutheran Church of England
o Gutnius Lutheran Church
o Independent EvangelicalLutheran Church
o Japan Lutheran Church
o Lanka Lutheran Church
o Lutheran Church - Canada
*
o Lutheran ChurchHong Kong Synod
o Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
o Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
* Laestadian Lutheran Church
* Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ - USA
* Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
* Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
* The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church (GCEPC) -USA
* Lutheran World Federation
o Church of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark)
o National Church of Iceland (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland)
o Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway)
o Church of Sweden
o Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church
o Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia
o Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway (Associate member)
o Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
o Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
o Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea
o Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
o Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
o Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
o Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
o Lutheran Church of Australia (associate member)
[edit] Reformed Churches
Main article: Reformed Churches
See also: Calvinism and First Great Awakening
* World Alliance of Reformed Churches
[edit] Presbyterianism
Main article: Presbyterianism
See also: Presbyterian polity
* Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
* Bible Presbyterian Church
* Christ Community Church
* Church of Scotland
* Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
* Cumberland Presbyterian Church
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church (Australia)
* Free Church of Scotland
* Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
* Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland
* Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
* Free Presbyterian Church (Australia)
* Orthodox Presbyterian Church
* Presbyterian Church in America
* Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
* Presbyterian Church of Australia
* Presbyterian Church in Canada
* Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia
* Presbyterian Church in Ireland
* Presbyterian Church of Korea
* Presbyterian Church in Taiwan
* Presbyterian Church of Wales
* Presbyterian Church (USA)
* Presbyterian Reformed Church (Canada)
* Presbyterian Reformed Church (Australia)
* Reformed Church of France
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Australia
* Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
* Southern Presbyterian Church (Australia)
* Upper Cumberland Presbyterian Church
* The United Church of Canada
* United Free Church of Scotland
* Westminster Presbyterian Church of Australia
[edit] Congregationalist Churches
Main article: Congregational Church
* Canadian and American Reformed Churches
* Christian Reformed Church in North America
* Christian Reformed Churches of Australia
* Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches
* Congregational Federation of Australia
* Dutch Reformed Church
* English Independents - Merged into various groups.
* Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches
* Fellowship of Congregational Churches (Australia)
* Free Reformed Churches of North America
* Heritage Reformed Congregations
* Huguenots (virtually extinct as a modern and distinct group)
* National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
* Netherlands Reformed Congregations
* Orthodox Christian Reformed Church
* Protestant Reformed Churches in America
* Reformed Church in America
* Reformed Church in Hungary
* Reformed Church in the United States
* Remonstrant Brotherhood
* The United Church of Canada
* United Church of Christ
* United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
* United Reformed Churches in North America
[edit] Anabaptists
Main article: Anabaptists
See also: Radical Reformation and Theology of Anabaptism
* Abecedarians (extinct)
* Amish
o Beachy Amish
o Nebraska Amish
o Old Order Amish
o Swartzendruber Amish
* Apostolic Christian Church
* Hutterites
o Bruderhof Communities
* Brethren in Christ
* Mennonites
o Alliance of Mennonite Evangelical Congregations
o Chortitzer Mennonite Conference
o Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman Mennonites)
o Conservative Mennonite Conference
o Evangelical Mennonite Church
o Evangelical Mennonite Conference
*
o Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference
o Evangelical Missionary Church
o Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (formerly Evangelical Mennonite Brethren)
o Mennonite Brethren Churches
+ Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
+ Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference
+ US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
o Mennonite Church Canada
+ General Conference Mennonite Church (merged)
o Mennonite Church in the Netherlands
o Mennonite Church USA
+ General Conference Mennonite Church (merged)
o Missionary Church
o Old Order Mennonites
o Swiss Mennonite Conference
[edit] Methodists
Main article: Methodism
* African Methodist Episcopal Church
* African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
* Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (Dallas, TX)
* Congregational Methodist Church
* Church of North India
* Church of Pakistan
* Church of South India
* Church of the Nazarene
* Evangelical Church
* Evangelical Church of the Dominican Republic
* Evangelical Methodist Church
* The Evangelical Church (Spain)
* First Congregational Methodist Church
* The Free Methodist Church (North America)
* Free Wesleyan Church (Tonga)
* Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.
* Methodist Church in Ireland
* Methodist Church in Singapore
* 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
* The United Church of Canada
* United Methodist Church
* Uniting Church in Australia
* The Wesleyan Church (Indianapolis, IN)
* Wesleyan Reform Union
[edit] Pietists and Holiness Churches
Main articles: Pietism and Holiness movement
See also: Higher Life movement, Holiness Tabernacles, and Third Great Awakening
* Bible Fellowship Church
* Christian Baptist Church of God
* Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
* Church of God (Anderson)
* Church of God (Guthrie, Oklahoma)
* Church of God (Holiness)
* Church of God (Restoration)
* Churches of God General Conference (Winebrenner)
* Church of the Nazarene
* Harmony Society
* Missionary Church
* United Christian Church
* Wesleyan Church
[edit] Baptists
Main article: Baptists
See also: Baptist beliefs and List of Baptist Confessions
Note: All Baptist associations are congregationalist affiliations for the purpose of cooperation, in which each local church is governmentally independent.
Further information: List of Baptist sub-denominations
* Alliance of Baptists
* American Baptist Association
* American Baptist Churches USA
* 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 (formally Swedish 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
* Black Primitive Baptists
* 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
* 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
* 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 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
* New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches
* Nigerian Baptist Convention
* North American Baptist Conference
* 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'Églises baptistes françaises 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
[edit] Spiritual Baptists
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.
* The Spiritual Baptist Archdiocese of New York, Inc.
[edit] Brethren
Main article: Brethren
* Church of the United Brethren in Christ
* Plymouth Brethren
o Open Brethren
o Exclusive Brethren
o Indian Brethren
o Kerala Brethren
* River Brethren
o Brethren in Christ Church
o Old Order River Brethren
o United Zion Church
* Schwarzenau Brethren
o Church of the Brethren
o Conservative Grace Brethren Churches, International
o Dunkard Brethren
o Ephrata Cloister
o Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
o Old German Baptist Brethren
o Old Order German Baptist Brethren
o The Brethren Church (Ashland Brethren)
* Social Brethren
[edit] Apostolic Churches - Irvingites
* Catholic Apostolic Church
o Restored Apostolic Mission Church
o Old Apostolic Church
o New Apostolic Church
+ United Apostolic Church
[edit] Pentecostalism
Main article: Pentecostalism
* Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
* Apostolic Faith Church
* Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
* Assemblies of God
o Assembleias de Deus
o Assemblies of God in New Zealand
o Assemblies of God in the United Kingdom
o Assemblies of God in Vietnam
o Australian Christian Churches
o General Council of the Assemblies of God of the United States
o Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
* AFFCMI - Australian Fellowship of Faith Churches and Ministers Int.
* Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship
* Calvary Holiness Association
* Charismatic Church of God
* Charismatic Episcopal Church
* Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
* Christian City Churches
* Christ Gospel Churches International
* Christian Church of North America
* Christian Congregation of Brazil
* Christian Outreach Centre
* Christian Revival Crusade
* Church of God (Charleston, Tennessee)
* Church of God (Chattanooga)
* Church of God (Cleveland)
* Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
* The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
* The 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 of the Original Mountain Assembly
* Church of God with Signs Following
* Church of God of the Union Assembly
* Church of the Little Children of Jesus Christ
* Congregational Holiness Church
* CRC Churches International
* Destiny Church
* Elim Fellowship
* Elim Pentecostal Church
* Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas
* Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
* God is Love Pentecostal Church
* Holiness Baptist Association
* House of Prayer Christian Church
* India Pentecostal Church of God
* Independent Assemblies of God, International
* International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
* International Pentecostal Church of Christ
* International Pentecostal Holiness Church
* New Life Churches
* New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc
* 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 World Conference
* Potter's House Christian Fellowship
* Redeemed Christian Church of God
* Revival Centres International
* The Church of God (Jerusalem Acres)
* The Church of God for All Nations
* The Fellowship (FGFCMI)
* The Pentecostal Mission
* The Revival Fellowship
* United Gospel Tabernacles
* United Holy Church of America
* United Pentecostal Church International