How Old is Your Church

by Sebastian R Fama

Name of Church	Year Founded	Name of Founder
Catholic	33	Jesus Christ
Orthodox Churches	1439	Separated from Catholic Church
Lutheran	1517	Martin Luther
The Church of England	1534	King Henry VIII
Presbyterian	1560	John Knox
Congregationalist	1582	Robert Browne
Baptist	1605	John Smyth
Dutch Reformed	1628	Michaelis Jones
Quaker	1652	George Fox
Amish	1693	Jacob Amman
Methodist	1744	John and Charles Wesley
Unitarian	1774	Theophilus Lindley
Episcopal	1789	Samuel Seabury
Disciples of Christ	1804	A Group of Presbyterian Ministers
Mormon	1830	Joseph Smith Jr.
Seventh Day Adventist	1860	Ellen White
Salvation Army	1865	William Booth
Christian and Missionary Alliance	1865	Albert Simpson
Jehovah’s Witnesses	1872	Charles Taze Russell
Christian Scientist	1879	Mary Baker Eddy
Assemblies of God	1914	A Group of Pentecostal Preachers
Foursquare Gospel	1918	Aimee Semple McPherson
United Pentecostal	1945	A Merger of Oneness Churches
United Church of Christ	1957	A Union of Different Traditions
Calvary Chapel	1965	Chuck Smith

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