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What is a DENOMINATION?
| INSTITUTION | PLACE | DATE | FOUNDER |
| Adventism | Massachusetts | 1831 | William Miller |
| American Baptist | Providence, Rhode Island | 1639 | Roger Williams |
| Assembly of God | Hot Springs, Arkansas | 1914 | Group |
| Brethren (Dunkards) | Schwarzenau, Germany | 1708 | Hochmann & Mack |
| Baptist Church | London, England | 1607 | John Smyth |
| Catholic Apostolic Church | England | 1830 | Group |
| Christian Church | Midway, Kentucky | 1859 | Group |
| Christian Science | Boston, Massachusetts | 1879 | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Church of England | England | 1534 | Henry VIII |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | United States | 1880 | D. S. Warner |
| Congregational Church | Massachusetts | 1684 | Group |
| Cumberland Presbyterian | Dickson County, Tennessee | 1810 | Group |
| Evangelical Church | Pennsylvania | 1803 | Jacob Albright |
| Evangelical and Reformed | Cleveland, Ohio | 1934 | Group |
| Foursquare Gospel | Los Angeles, California | 1917 | Aimee S. McPherson |
| Freewill Baptist | New Durham, North Carolina | 1780 | Benjamin Randall |
| Holiness Church | Chicago, Illinois | 1907 | Howard Hoople |
| Jehovah's Witness | Pennsylvania | 1874 | Charles Russell |
| Lutheran Church | Germany | 1530 | Martin Luther |
| Mennonite Church | Zurich, Switzerland | 1525 | Group |
| Methodist Church | London, England | 1729 | John Wesley |
| Mormon Church | Seneca, New York | 1830 | Joseph Smith Jr. |
| Mormons Reorganized | Wisconsin | 1852 | Joseph Smith III |
| Nazarene Church | Los Angeles, California | 1895 | P. F. Bresee |
| Pentecostal Holiness | Anderson, South Carolina | 1898 | Group |
| Plymouth Brethren | Dublin, Ireland | 1829 | Group |
| Presbyterian Church | Switzerland | 1535 | John Calvin |
| Quakers | England | 1650 | George Fox |
| Salvation Army | London, England | 1865 | William Booth |
| Seventh-Day Adventist | Massachusetts | 1846 | Ellen G. White |
| Unitarians | Poland | 16th Century | Faustus, Scoinus |
| Universalist Church | Greece | 1053 | Group |
The church you read about in the New Testament was founded on the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Christ from the dead. The church had its beginning in the city of Jerusalem just as it was prophesied in
Isaiah 2:2-3
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; he will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
The fulfillment of this prophecy is in Acts 2. Click here for full text of Acts 2
The one and only head of the church is Christ.
Colossians 1:19-24
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight--
23 if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,
Ephesians 1:22,23
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 5:23-28
23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
Hebrews 5:8,9
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
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