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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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Churches of Christ (a cappella)
Evangelical~1906 (formal separation)
📍 Southern USA (Tennessee, Texas)
🌍 ~1.5 million
Origin
Churches of Christ separated from the Disciples of Christ around 1906, primarily over instrumental music in worship and missionary societies. They apply the regulative principle strictly: no instruments because the New Testament does not explicitly authorise them. Congregationally autonomous with no central organisation. Strong particularly in the American South.
Core beliefs
- A cappella worship only (no musical instruments)
- Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins (necessary for salvation)
- Weekly Lord's Supper
- No creed but Christ; Scripture alone as authority
- Complete autonomy of each local congregation
Worship style
Simple, non-liturgical worship with a cappella congregational singing, Scripture reading, prayer, weekly communion, and expository preaching. No instruments and no central denominational structure.
Key scriptures
- Acts 2:38
- Ephesians 5:19
- Romans 6:3–4
- Colossians 3:16–17
Relationship to other denominations
Sister tradition to Disciples of Christ and independent Christian Churches; distinguished by a cappella worship and a baptismal theology that makes immersion essential for salvation.