| Episcopal Church in the United States
- founded as an offshoot of the Church of England; now the United States
branch of the Anglican Communion
United Church of Christ -
descended from Congregationalist churches of New England; formed in 1957
as a united and uniting church from a union of the
Congregational Christian Church and Evangelical and
Reformed Church, Churches of Christ/Disciples of Christ - a
restoration movement with no governing body. The Restoration Movement
solidified as a historical phenomenon in 1832 when restorationists from
two major movements championed by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell
merged (referred to as the "Stone-Campbell Movement").
Pentecostalism - movement which emphasizes the
role of the Holy Spirit, finds its historic roots in the Azusa Street
Revival in Los Angeles, California, from 1904 to 1906, sparked by
Charles Parham
Adventism - began as an inter-denominational
movement. Its most vocal leader was William Miller, who in the 1830s in
New York became convinced of an imminent Second Coming of Jesus.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, or
the Mormons - founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830 in New York. Now
headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jehovah's Witnesses - originated with the
religious movement known as Bible Students, which was founded in
Pennsylvania in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell.
Scientology - founded by L. Ron Hubbard
Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Baptist group in the
world and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. In
1995, it renounced its 1845 origins in the defense of slavery and racial
superiority.
Unitarian Universalism - a theologically
liberal religious movement founded in 1961 from the union of the well
established Unitarian and Universalist churches.
Christian Science - founded by Mary Baker Eddy
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