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A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...
Lists of Christian denominations by region (9 P) Pages in category "Lists of Christian denominations" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Pages in category "Christian denominations" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Christians organized by denomination in which they are members. It should be remembered that some members of many of these may not describe themselves as "Christians", and a few denominations (e.g. Universalists and some subdivisions of Quakerism) explicitly state that denying any unique role of Jesus is consistent with the denomination's core beliefs.
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote any ...
Liberal Christianity denominations (1 C, 5 P) Lutheran denominations (8 C, 70 P) N. Nondenominational Christian societies and communities (18 P)
The list also includes the largest Adventist church (the Seventh-day Adventist Church), the largest Methodist church (the United Methodist Church) and the largest African initiated church (the Zion Christian Church) and the second largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, The Pentecostal Mission (TPM) or (New Testament Church/Universal ...