| CHURCH | FOUNDER | YEAR | PLACE |
| Catholic | Jesus Christ | A.D. 33 | Palestine |
| Adventist | William Miller | c.1820 | U.S.A. |
| Amish | Jacob Amman | c.1600 | Switzerland |
| Assemblies of God | From Pentecostalism | 1914 | Hot Springs, AR |
| Baptist | John Smyth | 1609 | Holland |
| Christadelphian (Brethren of Christ) | John Thomas | c.1844 | Richmond, VA |
| Christian Scientist | Mary Baker Eddy | 1879 | Boston, MA |
| Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ) | Thomas Campbell | c.1827 | Kentucky |
| Church of God | From different religious bodies | end of 19th century | U.S.A. |
| Church of God in Christ | Largest of Church of God | 1895 | Arkansas |
| Church of Nazarene | From different religious bodies | 1908 | Pilot Point, TX |
| Congregational | Robert Brown | 1600 | England |
| Congregationalist | Pilgrims and Puritans | 1648 | Massachusetts |
| Episcopal (Anglican, Church of England) | Henry VIII | 1534 | England |
| Four Square Gospel | Aimee Semple McPherson | 1927 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Holiness | From Methodism | 1867 | U.S.A. |
| Lutheran | Martin Luther | 1517 | Germany |
| Mennonite | Menno Simons | c.1536 | Switzerland |
| Methodist | John Wesley | 1739 | England |
| Methodist Episcopal | 60 Preachers | 1784 | Baltimore, MD |
| Methodist Protestant | Methodism | 1830 | U.S.A. |
| Pentecostal | Charles F. Parkham | 1901 | Topeka, KS |
| Presbyterian | John Knox | 1560 | Scotland |
| Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) | George Fox | 1649 | England |
| Salvation Army | William Booth | 1865 | London, England |
| Seventh Day Baptists | Stephen Mumford | 1672 | Newport, RI |
| Seventh Day Adventist | Ellen Harmon White | 1844 | Washington, NH |
| United Church of Christ | From Reformed and Congregationalist Churches | 1961 | Philadelphia, PA |
| United Methodist | From Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches | 1968 | Dallas, TX |
See Figure, The History of the Catholic Church
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