What is the History of Your Church?

Church Year Established Founder Where Established Catholic 33 Jesus Christ Jerusalem Orthodox 1054 Schismatic Catholic Bishops Constantinople Lutheran 1517 Martin Luther Germany Anabaptist 1521 Nicholas Storch & Thomas Munzer Germany Anglican 1534 Henry VIII England Mennonites 1536 Menno Simons Switzerland Calvinist 1555 John Calvin Switzerland Presbyterian 1560 John Knox Scotland Congregational 1582 Robert Brown Holland Baptist 1609 John Smyth Amsterdam Dutch Reformed 1628 Michaelis Jones New York Congregationalist 1648 Pilgrims and Puritans Massachusetts Quakers 1649 George Fox England Amish 1693 Jacob Amman France Freemasons 1717 Masons from four lodges London Methodist 1739 John & Charles Wesley England Unitarian 1774 Theophilus Lindey London Methodist Episcopal 1784 60 Preachers Baltimore, MD Episcopalian 1789 Samuel Seabury American Colonies United Brethren 1800 Philip Otterbein & Martin Boehn Maryland Disciples of Christ 1827 Thomas & Alexander Campbell Kentucky Mormon 1830 Joseph Smith New York Methodist Protestant 1830 Methodist United States Church of Christ 1836 Warren Stone & Alexander Campbell Kentucky Seventh Day Adventist 1844 Ellen White Washington, NH Christadelphian (Brethren of Christ 1844 John Thomas Richmond, VA Salvation Army 1865 William Booth London Holiness 1867 Methodist United States Jehovah's Witnesses 1874 Charles Taze Russell Pennsylvania Christian Science 1879 Mary Baker Eddy Boston Church of God in Christ 1895 Various churches of God Arkansas Church of Nazarene c. 1850-1900 Various religious bodies Pilot Point, TX Pentecstal 1901 Charles F. Parkham Topeka, KS Aglipayan 1902 Gregorio Aglipay Philippines Assemblies of God 1914 Pentecostalism Hot Springs, AZ Iglesia ni Christo 1914 Felix Manalo Philippines Four-square Gospel 1917 Aimee Semple McPherson Los Angeles, CA United Church of Christ 1961 Reformed and Congregationalist Philadelphia, PA Calvary Chapel 1965 Chuck Smith Costa Mesa, CA United Methodist 1968 Methodist and United Brethren Dallas, TX Born-again c. 1970s Various religious bodies United States Harvest Christian 1972 Greg Laurie Riverside, CA Saddleback 1982 Rick Warren California Non-denominational c. 1990s various United States Top

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