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Baptist
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands (English Separatists); spread to England and America
Scripture alone, believer's baptism by immersion, congregational governance.
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Seventh-day Adventist
📍 Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Saturday Sabbath, healthy living, and the imminent return of Christ.
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Churches of Christ (a cappella)
📍 Southern USA (Tennessee, Texas)
Scripture only: no instruments in worship, no creed, believer's baptism for salvation.
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Christian Churches (Independent)
📍 USA (Midwest)
Instrumental Stone-Campbell conservatives: direct New Testament Christianity.
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Stundists
📍 Ukraine (Odessa region), Russian Empire
Ukrainian Protestant movement born from German pietist Bible hours.
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Non-denominational Evangelical
📍 USA (primarily); now global
Bible-believing, Jesus-centred Christianity without traditional denominational labels.
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Plymouth Brethren
📍 Plymouth, England; Dublin, Ireland
No clergy, no creed: just the Lord's Table and Scripture exposition.
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Church of the Nazarene (Holiness)
📍 Pilot Point, Texas, USA
Entire sanctification: Wesley's second blessing in the American heartland.
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Salvation Army
📍 East London, England
An army for God: evangelism, soup kitchens, and no sacraments.
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Primitive Baptist
📍 Southern USA
Old-school Calvinist Baptists: no Sunday schools, no paid ministers, no instruments.
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Free Methodist Church
📍 Pekin, New York, USA
Free pews, free slaves, free grace - the abolitionist breakaway from Methodism.
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Wesleyan Church
📍 Indiana, USA
Holiness, social action, and entire sanctification in the Wesleyan tradition.
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Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
📍 Anderson, Indiana, USA
No membership roll, no creed - just the restored New Testament Church.
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Christian Missionary Alliance (C&MA)
📍 New York City, USA
A.B. Simpson's Fourfold Gospel: Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer, Coming King.
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Brethren in Christ
📍 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Where Anabaptist, Pietist, and Holiness streams converge.
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The Brethren in Christ emerged in the 1770s among Mennonite-background communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, revived through Pietist camp-meeting influences. When the Wesleyan Holiness revival reached them in the 19th century, they absorbed entire sanctification theology - creating a remarkable three-way synthesis: Anabaptist simplicity, Pietist conversion experience, and Wesleyan entire sanctification. They emigrated to Canada and have a significant presence in Africa and India.
Core beliefs
- Believers' baptism by immersion or pouring upon personal confession of faith
- Entire sanctification as a second definite work of grace (Wesleyan-Holiness)
- Peace witness and non-resistance as part of faithful discipleship
- Simple living and non-conformity to the world
- Evangelism and cross-cultural mission as core vocations
Worship style
Contemporary evangelical worship with Anabaptist simplicity and Holiness warmth. Emphasis on Scripture, community discernment, and peacemaking. No longer requiring plain dress in most congregations, but maintaining a vision of countercultural discipleship.
Key scriptures
- Romans 12:1–2
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23
- Matthew 5:39
- John 13:34
Relationship to other denominations
Bridges the Anabaptist tradition (Mennonite, Brethren) and the Wesleyan-Holiness family (Nazarene, Free Methodist). Active in global mission particularly in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and India.