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Church of God is a name used by numerous, mostly unrelated bodies, most of which descend from either Pentecostal/Holiness or Adventist traditions. The largest religion in the United States is Christianity, with nearly 78 Denominationalism|List of Christian denominations|Church (disambiguation A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name structure and doctrine within The largest religion in the United States is Christianity, with nearly 78 National Association of Evangelicals (NAE is an agency dedicated to coordinating cooperative ministry for evangelical denominations of Protestant Christians The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (usually identified as National Council of Churches, or NCC) is an association of 35 Christian Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC brings together ten mainline American denominations (including both predominantly white and predominantly The Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA is an Eastern Orthodox organization designed to help cooperation among the canonical Orthodox The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC is an association of some Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the United States and Anabaptists ( Greek ανα (again twice + βαπτιζω (baptize thus "re-baptizers" are Christians of the Radical Reformation The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination originating from the Schwarzenau Brethren ("Schwarzenauer Neutäufer" organized in 1708 by eight Friends United Meeting (FUM is an association of twenty-six Yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers in North America, Africa The Mennonite Church USA represents the largest group of Mennonite Christians in the United States Amish Mennonites are a church or constituency within Anabaptist Christianity that has broken from the Old Order Amish, yet has resisted absorption into a Mennonite Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. This article is about the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement and churches that have a historical and/or theological connection to it (e The Alliance of Baptists is a fellowship of Baptist churches and individuals espousing moderate-to-liberal theological and social stances The American Baptist Association (ABA is an association of independent participating Landmark Baptist churches that carry out missions and indoctrination in good will The American Baptist Churches USA ( ABCUSA) is a group of Baptist Churches within the United States; the denomination maintains headquarters in The Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI is a separatist Fundamentalist organization formed in 1950 by members who separated from the World Baptist Fellowship The Baptist General Conference (BGC is a national evangelical Baptist body with roots in Pietism in Sweden and inroads among evangelical Scandinavian-Americans particularly The Baptist Missionary Association of America (BMAA is a fellowship of autonomous Baptist churches for the purpose of benevolence Christian education and missions The first organization of Conservative Baptists was the Conservative Baptist Foreign Mission Society (CBFMS now called WorldVenture, formed in Chicago Illinois The General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC org National Association of Free Will Baptists - a national body of predominantly White Free Will Baptist churches in the United States and Canada The National Primitive Baptist Convention USA is a group of Black Primitive Baptists that has adopted progressive methods and policies not in keeping with the historical and North American Baptist Conference (NABC - initially an association of Baptists in the United States and Canada of German ethnic heritage The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) is a United States -based mostly conservative Christian denomination The National Baptist Convention of America Inc (or NBCA) is an African-American Baptist body organized in 1915 as the result of a struggle to keep The National Baptist Convention USA Inc is one of the largest religious organizations among African Americans The convention has over 30000 churches and over 6000000 The National Missionary Baptist Convention of America is an African-American Baptist convention which combined the efforts of Missionary Baptist churches The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC is a convention of African-American Baptists emphasizing Civil rights and social justice The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America The Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ are a part of the Restoration Movement and share historical roots with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ The Churches of Christ discussed The International Churches of Christ (typically abbreviated to ICOC is a body of Autonomous, Non-denominational, religiously conservative culturally innovative As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described Anglicanism is a tradition of Christian faith Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. The Old Roman Catholic Church was founded by Arnold Harris Matthew, Old Catholic Church bishop for England, on 29 December 1910. The Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC is a Christian church founded and based in the United States by Polish-Americans who were Roman Catholic The Holiness movement in Christianity is composed of people who believe and propagate the belief that the carnal nature of humanity can be cleansed through Faith Pietism was a movement within Lutheranism, lasting from the late 17th century to the mid-18th century and later The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA is an Evangelical Protestant denomination within Christianity. The Church of God (Anderson is a non-denominational Holiness movement believing group of Christians with roots in Wesleyan Pietism and also The Church of the Nazarene, often referred to as the Nazarene Church is an International evangelical Christian denomination that began in The Evangelical Covenant Church ( ECC) is an evangelical Christian denomination of more than 750 congregations in the United States and Canada with ministries The Evangelical Free Church of America ( EFCA) is an association of autonomous evangelical Christian congregations The Free Methodist Church, is a denomination of broader Methodism. The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service. The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated " Adventist " Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished mainly by its observance The Wesleyan Church is an Evangelical Christian Religious denomination in the United States Canada and Australia associated with the Holiness Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA) is a mainline Protestant denomination headquartered in Chicago Illinois. The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS founded in 1847 in Missouri, is the eighth largest Protestant denomination in the United States and the second-largest The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS is a North American religious denomination with practice rooted in the Lutheran tradition of Christianity Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the " AME Church " is a Christian denomination founded by Bishop Richard Allen in Philadelphia The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, or AME Zion Church, was officially formed in 1821 but operated for a number years before then The Christian Methodist Epsicopal Church is a historically black denomination within the broader context of Methodism. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination and the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Families of churches Eastern Christians have a shared tradition but they became divided ( Schism) during the early centuries of Christianity in disputes about The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (often referred to in North America simply as the Antiochian Archdiocese) is the sole jurisdiction of the The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, headquarted in New York City is an Eparchy of the Church of Constantinople. The Orthodox Church in America ( OCA) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in North America. The Serbian Orthodox Church ( Serbian: Српска Православна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan The Armenian Apostolic Church (Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի Hayasdaneaytz Arakelagan History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Apostolic foundation Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with over 283413 churches and outstations The Church of God (Cleveland is a Pentecostal Christian denomination, with headquarters in Cleveland Tennessee. The Church of God in Christ Incorporated is a Christian church in the Pentecostal tradition The Church of God of Prophecy is a holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination The International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC is a Pentecostal Christian body whose history name and theology bear the marks of two major American revival The Pentecostal Church of God (PCG is a trinitarian Pentecostal Christian denomination The Pentecostal Assemblies of The World Inc ( PAW) claims to be the oldest Oneness Pentecostal organization in existence founded in 1906 and formally organized The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI is a multicultural Christian religious organization formed in 1945 by a merger of the Pentecostal Church Incorporated and Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity The Reformed churches are a group of Christian Protestant Denominations formally characterized by a similar Calvinist system of doctrine historically The Christian Reformed Church in North America ( CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Christian denomination which follows Reformed Calvinist The Conservative Congregational Christian Conference, colloquially known as the CCCC or 4C's, is a Protestant Christian Denomination The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a moderately large (almost 50000 active members and about 800 congregations theologically moderate Presbyterian body spawned by The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC is an American church body holding to presbyterian governance and Reformed theology expressed in an orthodox The International Council of Community Churches (ICCC is a Christian denomination of ecumenically co-operating mainline Protestants and The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches (NACCC is an association of about 400 churches providing fellowship for and services to churches from the Congregational The Presbyterian Church (USA or PC (USA is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA is a Protestant denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States The Reformed Church in America (RCA is a mainline Reformed Protestant denomination that was formerly a part of the Dutch Reformed The United Church of Christ ( UCC) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination principally in the United States, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known The Independent Fundamental Churches of America (increasingly known only as IFCA International) is an association of independent Protestant churches located largely The Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA was founded in 1915 as the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America The Plymouth Brethren is a Conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland The Association of Vineyard Churches, also known as the Vineyard Movement, is a Christian organization of over 1500 churches worldwide Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism The Holiness movement in Christianity is composed of people who believe and propagate the belief that the carnal nature of humanity can be cleansed through Faith The term Adventist generally refers to someone who believes in the Second Advent of Jesus (popularly known as the Second coming) in the tradition of the Millerites

Major denominations include:


Smaller and/or lesser known denominations include:

Pietist/Holiness movement

Seventh Day Churches of God

References

Church of GodThe Living Church of God (LCG is one of the church groups formed by followers of the teachings of the late Herbert W The Pentecostal Church of God (PCG is a trinitarian Pentecostal Christian denomination The Philadelphia Church of God (PCG regards itself as an international Christian denomination and is based in Edmond Oklahoma. The United Church of God, an International Association (UCG IA) is a Christian denomination. The Worldwide Church of God (WCG formerly the Radio Church of God, is a Christian church currently based in Glendora California, United States. The World Mission Society Church of God (in Korean 하나님의교회 세계복음선교협회 was founded by Ahnsahnghong in 1964, when he left the Seventh-day
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