Christ only built one church. The first-century church was established by Jesus Christ through the Apostles 30 A.D. in Jerusalem (Acts 2). Here is a list many popular denominations along with their time of creation. Use this tool when teaching about the one body, the church. Ephesians 4:4-6; Matthew 16:18; Daniel 2:44
Name Date Started Where Who
First Century Church 30 A.D. Jerusalem Christ
Catholic Church 606 A.D. Rome Boniface
Orthodox
Council of Chalcedon 451 A.D.
Great Schism 1054 A.D. Constantinople
Anabaptist Groups 1520 A.D.
Lutheran 1526 A.D. Germany Martin Luther
Anglican 1534 A.D. England Henry VIII
(Church of England)
Mennonite 1536 A.D. Dordrect, Holland Menno Simons
Presbyterian 1541 A.D. Europe John Calvin
Congregationalist 1592 A.D. Britain Robert Browne
Calvinism (Reformed) Mid 16th Century Europe John Calvin
Baptist 1609 A.D. Amsterdam John Smyth
Amish 1693 A.D. Switzerland/France Jacob Amman
Methodist 1739 A.D. Oxford, England John Wesley
Episcopal 1776 A.D. Middletown, CT
(First Bishop 1785 A.D.)
Unitarian 1819 A.D. Boston Henry Wade, William Channing
Holiness 1839 A.D. New York Phoebe Palmer
Salvation Army 1878 A.D. England William Booth
4 Major Cults
Seventh-Day Adventists 1863 A.D. Battle Creek, MI James and Ellen White
Mormon 1820 A.D. New York Joseph Smith
Jehovah Witnesses 1870 A.D. Pittsburg, PA Charles Russell
Christian Science 1879 A.D. Boston, MA Mary Baker Eddy
Pentecostal 1901 A.D. Topeka, KS Charles Parham, William Seymour
Christian Church 1906 A.D U.S.
Community Church 1930 A.D.
(Grew into New Paradigm)
New Paradigm 1960 A.D. U.S.
(Example: Cowboy Church)