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| | Christian denomination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Since Christianity is the largest religion in the world (making approximately one-third of the population), it is necessary to understand the various faith traditions in terms of commonalities and differences between tradition, theology, church government, doctrine, language, and so on. | | | In addition, Christianity has partly inspired other religions, like early Islam and later Bahá'í, whose adherents do not consider themselves Christians but do consider Jesus to be a prophet and the Messiah (Anointed one) promised in the Old Testament, and, in the case of Bahá'í, the Son of God. | | | Christian anarchists believe that the original teachings of Jesus were corrupted by Judaism and Roman Statism, and that earthly authority such as government, or indeed the established church, do not and should not have power over them. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_denomination
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| | The Chalcedon Foundation - Faith for All of Life |
| | Christian denominations are the continuation of the ever-growing covenant community, the church of Jesus Christ, which originated - not in A.D. 33 - but with Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3. | | | These Christian denominations formed as believers matured in their faith and realized that they could not agree on every point of interpretation of the Bible. | | | Christians should enjoy flourishing in God's grace in whatever denomination the Lord Jesus (Who is building His church) has been pleased to sovereignly place them. |
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http://www.chalcedon.edu/articles/0201/020131tritle.php
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| | Are Mormonism, Mormon Church, and Mormon Beliefs Christian? |
| | The Bible teaches and orthodox Christians through the ages have believed that Jesus is the unique Son of God; he has always existed as God, and is co-eternal and co-equal with the Father (John 1:1, 14; 10:30; 14:9; Colossians 2:9). | | | In recent years, several Christian denominations have made studies of Mormon teaching and come to the conclusion that there are irreconcilable differences between LDS doctrine and Christian beliefs based on the Bible. | | | On the other hand, some new religions such as Mormonism claim to be Christian, but accept as Scripture writings outside of the Bible, teach doctrines that contradict the Bible, and hold to beliefs completely foreign to the teachings of Jesus and His apostles. |
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http://www.irr.org/mit/Is-Mormonism-Christian.html
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| | Christian denominations share basic beliefs |
| | All Christians, whether Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran or non-denominational, agree on the central beliefs of Christianity as expressed in the Bible. | | | Another misunderstanding that causes misrepresentation of Christians is the belief that different denominations are different religions. | | | The purpose of denominations is to establish separate groups whose members agree on all points of doctrine. |
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http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/1996/051796/christ.html
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| | Groups within Christianity |
| | In its earliest years, the Christian religion was divided into three main religious movements: the Gnostics, Jewish Christians, and Pauline Christians. | | | They often believe that their faith group is the "true" Christian religion, and that others are in error. | | | According to David Barrett et al, editors of the "World Christian Encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches and religions - AD 30 to 2200," there are 34,000 separate Christian groups in the world. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/christ7.htm
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| | Christian Denominations quiz -- free game |
| | This denomination, which has broken up into at least 27 sub-denominations, believes strongly in the separation of church and state and in the autonomy of the local congregation. | | | This denomination was once the quasi state church of Virginia. | | | The denomination decries sectarianism and insists that creeds are in opposition to the spirit of the New Testament. |
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| | FAMILIES OF CHRISTIAN SECTS AND DENOMINATIONS |
| | Jesus Christ), Christianity was never a unified religion. | | | A number of mainline denominations -- Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal -- are attempting to keep their organizations intact in spite of differences of belief about sexual orientation. | | | According to the 1992 Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world. |
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_deno.htm
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| | What about the Various "Christian" Denominations? |
| | Not all denominations which claim to be "Christian" follow the principle of sola Scriptura. | | | Of course various denominations have done many wonderful humanitarian works which have no doubt brought many benefits to mankind, but this is not a test of the truthfulness of their respective teachings. | | | Those denominations which claim to have other ultimate authorities, such as teaching magisteriums, alleged "infallible" interpreters of Scripture, or other alleged sources of divine revelation have departed from the unique authority of Scripture and therefore, from my perspective, lack credibility. |
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| | Christian flags |
| | The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches, whose home page can be found at http://www.naccc.org is the rump organization which remained when most of the old Congregationalist Churches joined with several other denominations to form the United Church of Christ. | | | It is associated with the Coptic Church, one of the most ancient of Christian churches. | | | The Churches of God General Conference is a small evangelical denomination based in the Midwestern United States, and whose origins lie in the German immigration to the US during the first half of the 19th century. |
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http://www.fotw.net/flags/christia.html
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| | Who Can Take Communion in Christian Denominations -- Beliefnet.com |
| | The UCC is in communion with the Disciples of Christ, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Reformed Church in America, and has ecumenical partnerships with several denominations, including the Methodist, Anglican and Baptist churches. | | | Baptized Christians who do not belong to these churches may receive Catholic Communion only if they are gravely ill, do not have access to a minister of their own church, ask for Catholic Communion on their own initiative, and are "properly disposed" toward Catholic Eucharist. | | | However, most follow the UCC Book of Worship, which says the Communion Table is "open to all Christians who wish to know the presence of Christ and to share in the community of God's people" (more). |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/features/intercommunion
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| | THE POSITION OF MAJOR CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS ON CREATION AND INERRANCY |
| | Christian Science: "As adherents of Truth, we take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life" "The true theory of the universe, including man, is not in material history but in spiritual development. | | | This denomination recognizes the "day-age" reading of Genesis, and hence believes in an "old earth", although evolution is opposed. | | | Of those denominations surveyed, membership in churches not demanding a belief in inerrancy outnumbers membership in those that do by more than 2:1. |
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http://www.cesame-nm.org/Viewpoint/contributions/bible/position.html
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| | CUPP Main Page |
| | CHRISTIAN UNITY PRAYER, PART 13 OF 25: “Together In Jesus and His Kingdom, We Obey Even His New Commandment to Show the Perfection of the Father’s Love for All His Children in Us; So He Can Show to the World that We Are the Disciples of the Living Son, Sent by the One True God” | | | CHRISTIAN UNITY PRAYER, PART 19 OF 25: “Give Us Now, Father, for All Christians, of All Christian Denominations and Churches and Congregations and Groups, to Unite in the Name of Jesus, Whom We Know is Your Unending, Total Love to All Your Children” | | | CHRISTIAN UNITY PRAYER, PART 15 OF 25: “We Accept All Christians, of All Christian Denominations and Groups, as Our Sisters and Brothers, Together as Children of the Promise, in Preparation for the Judgment of the House of God” |
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http://www.superior.net/~pjrcmr/prayerparts.html
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| | Comparison Chart of Beliefs of Christian Denominations - ReligionFacts |
| | Orthodox do not seek to proselytize non-Orthodox Christians, but Orthodox who join a different Christian church are apostates. | | | "The freedom to respond to the Lordship of Christ in all circumstances is fundamental to the Christian gospel and to human dignity." (ABC) | | | "Cooperation is desirable between the various Christian denominations, when the end to be attained is itself justified, and when such cooperation involves no violation of conscience or compromise of loyalty to Christ and His Word as revealed in the New Testament." (SBC) |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/charts/denominations_beliefs.htm
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| | Blogizdat (Just Think About It): Spiritual Battles |
| | Like the LDS, the UUA is considered by most Christians to be so far outside the mainstream of Christianity as to cast serious doubts as to whether they should be included on a list of Christian Churches. | | | Granted I am a Christian and a member of one of the few churches that have taken a position, makes me proud to be a Southern Baptist at the moment, but makes me pretty sad that so many Christians have been suckered into believing what the world is feeding them. | | | I spent some time this evening reading through the websites belonging to some of the largest Christian denominations in the country, both so-called mainline churches, as well as others like the Southern Baptists and Assemblies of God, and of course, the website of the Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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http://blogizdat.blogspot.com/2005/03/spiritual-battles.html
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| | Denominations and Groups Within the Christian Church 01 |
| | Denominations and Groups Within the Christian Church 01 | | | Over the years, the Christian church has divided into different groups called denominations. | | | You can find out more about how each denomination started in the 'More' part of these sections. |
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http://www.request.org.uk/main/churches/denominations/denominations01.htm
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| | Origin of the Christian Denominations |
| | The New Covenant Church, beginning at Pentecost, observed with stern conviction, the New Testament Commandments of Jesus Messiah and the Apostles doctrine. | | | These faiths and practices will remain as such, adding new denominations, new dogmas, new theologies, new heresies, until Jesus Messiah returns for his bride "the true Messianic followers who have obeyed that which was originally taught by Jesus Messiah, then delivered by the Apostles. | | | The chart below gives us a picture of the tree of church denominations, most of which are branches, being separated into new followings, according to the doctrines of men. |
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http://www.thunderministries.com/history/triad/triorign.html
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| | Advent Christian Churches - Augusta, Georgia, Aiken, South Carolina, Central Savannah River Area |
| | The Advent Christian Church was one of six Christian denominations that grew out of the ministry of William Miller (1782-1849). | | | The Advent Christian Church is an evangelical denomination with about 35,000 members in 325 congregations in Canada and the United States. | | | In addition to its North American membership, the Advent Christian Church maintains mission work in eleven countries--India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Mexico, Honduras, Croatia, Nigeria, Liberia, and Ghana--with about 28,000 members in congregations established in those countries. |
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| | Largest Religious Groups in the USA |
| | Note that this page uses the terms "religion", "branch", "denominational family" and "religious body" according to the taxonomic classification of religious groups methodology. | | | In the 1990 Glenmary study, which published denominational statistics for every county and every state in the United States, the National Baptist Convention (U.S.A.), the National Baptist Convention of America, the Church of God in Christ, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church were not among the 133 denominations data was collected for individually. | | | People who identified their religious preference as Christian were asked about which branch of Christianity they belonged to. |
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| | endtime.org |
| | To the Christian Scientist Truth's power is infinite and Truth's name is so sacred that it can never be taken in vain. | | | Is it fulfilling the essential mission of the religion he taught, which unmistakably is the healing of the sick and the reformation of the sinner?" (Christian Science Sentinel, November 8, 1919) | | | It means no cold abstraction, no mere formula of the schools, it is God with us, Love with us, the Christ with us, forever declaring, 'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.'" (Editorials by Annie M. Knott, Vol. |
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| | Christian Denominations - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | Some are far closer to adhering to the Scriptures than others but even among churches within the same denomination one has to be careful because some are more liberal than others. | | | There's not a single denomination that is completely on target these days. | | | I have grown up a Methodists all of my life but I don't really know that difference between Methodists and other Denominations. |
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http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=195706
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | Beliefnet welcomes Christians to these discussions for specific denominations and churches. | | | Christian-to-Christian Debate (for Christians only) or the Debate Forum (for people of all faiths). | | | Home > Community > Discussions > Christian Denominations |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/boards_main.AllCategories.asp?Category=39
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| | Christian forum Christian chat rooms: Faith, theology, apologetics |
| | ChristiansOnline.CC is an online meeting place for Christians of all denominations to deepen our understanding and relationship with God and other Christians, and a place for non-Christian seekers to explore the richness of our faith. | | | Learn more about the practices and beliefs of other denominations, and explain those of your own. | | | Christian forum Christian chat rooms: Faith, theology, apologetics |
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http://www.christiansonline.cc
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| | Christian Churches Together in the USA |
| | Christian Churches Together in the USA is a proposed new forum growing out of a deeply felt need to broaden and expand fellowship, unity, and witness among the diverse expressions of Christian faith today. | | | 34 churches and national Christian organizations, representing over 100 million Americans, have officially formed the broadest, most inclusive fellowship of Christian churches and traditions in the U.S.A. “We are filled with excitement, hope and expectation for how God will use this new expression of our fellowship together,” exclaimed the Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson. | | | We invite you to learn more about us. |
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http://www.christianchurchestogether.org
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| | Ecumenical Links |
| | We all need to be in prayer for persecuted Christians around the world. | | | May we all use these links to learn, to grow, and to partner together for the sake of the gospel of Christ. | | | the most definitive listing of links to Christian churches |
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| | Redwood Christian Schools-private christian schools |
| | You just found one of the best Christian Schools in Northern California: Welcome to Redwood Christian Schools | | | We have maintained our identity through the years as an interdenominational Christ-centered school that now serves over 700 families through out the East Bay, representing more than 130 churches, from over 30 Christian denominations. | | | In Him the entire universe has its origin, energy, control and final destiny. |
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| | IPL Reading Room Serials: Christian Denominations & Sects |
| | The Bible Advocate offers a variety of material in each issue: opinion pieces, poetry, and articles on Bible doctrine, current social and religious issues, Christian living, practical teachings on Bible topics, textual or biblical book studies, prophecy, and personal experience. | | | It is published monthly (11 issues) by the Bible Advocate Press, the publishing arm of the Church of God (Seventh Day) and is sustained by freewill offerings. | | | A resource for early-Mormon doctrines and ordinances, as once taught and practised by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." |
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http://www.ipl.org.ar/cgi-bin/reading/serials.out.pl?ty=long&id=hum80.10.30.20
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| | Church of Christ, Scientist |
| | The Church of Christ, Scientist, is designed to make the healing and educational system known as Christian Science available and accessible to everyone. | | | Explore spirituality and find inspirational ideas in these Christian Science periodicals. | | | The complete explanation of Christian Science is contained in the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. |
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| | BaptistBoard.com: Other Christian Denominations |
| | Think carefully on this soul-searching question: If you should die right now, do you know for sure that you would go to Heaven? | | | BaptistBoard.com » Christian DEBATE Forums (All Christians) » Other Christian Denominations |
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| | RELIGION [aboutmalta.com] |
| | Festazghazagh 2000 - A week-long international Christian youth festival immediately following the celebrations of World Youth Day. | | | CLC Malta Website - CLC Malta (KHN) forming part of the World Christian Life Community (CLC or CVX), an international lay movement. | | | Confraternity of Saint Joseph - The official homepage of a confraternity set up in the village of Kalkara in 1898. |
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| | Christian Denominations |
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| | World Christian Database - Denomination List |
| | Over 9,000 Christian denominations are represented in the World Christian Database. | | | The number of denominations is too great to list here, so the number of denominations which are represented in each country are listed below: |
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| | World Christian Database - Denominations |
| | The World Christian Database represents over 9,000 Christian denominations throughout the world. | | | The data regarding denominations is projected against people groups and country of residence. | | | Because of this, complex reports can be generated about people groups or countries based on hundreds of possible variables. |
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http://worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd/about/denominations.asp
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| | Christian Classics Ethereal Library |
| | This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at | | | Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification. | | | There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time it deserves! |
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http://www.ccel.org/index/denominations.html
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