Handbook of Denominations in the United States

Handbook of Denominations......Page 2 PREFACE......Page 3 Religion in America......Page 5 Denominations......Page 10 ADVENTIST CHURCHES......Page 11 ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH......Page 13 BRANCH DAVIDIANS......Page 14 CHURCH OF GOD GENERAL CONFERENCE......Page 15 CHURCH OF GOD (Seventh Day)......Page 17 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST......Page 18 BAHÁ'I......Page 21 BAPTISTS......Page 25 AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION......Page 28 AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES in the U.S.A.......Page 29 BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE......Page 31 COOPERATIVE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP......Page 32 GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCHES......Page 33 GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCHES......Page 34 NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA, INC.......Page 35 NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, U.S.A., INC.......Page 36 NATIONAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OF AMERICA......Page 37 NORTH AMERICAN BAPTIST CONFERENCE......Page 38 PRIMITIVE BAPTIST......Page 39 PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, INC.......Page 40 SEPARATE BAPTISTS IN CHRIST (General Association)......Page 41 SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST GENERAL CONFERENCE......Page 42 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION......Page 43 BRETHREN AND PIETIST CHURCHES......Page 46 BRETHREN CHURCH (Ashland)......Page 47 BRETHREN IN CHRIST CHURCH......Page 48 CHURCH OF GOD (Anderson, Indiana)......Page 49 CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN......Page 50 CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST......Page 51 EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH......Page 52 EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH OF AMERICA......Page 53 FELLOWSHIP OF GRACE BRETHREN CHURCHES......Page 54 MORAVIAN CHURCH (Unitas Fratrum)......Page 55 OLD GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN (Old Order Dunkers)......Page 56 UNITY OF THE BRETHREN......Page 57 CATHOLIC CHURCHES......Page 58 EASTERN RITE CATHOLIC/UNIATE CHURCHES......Page 61 MARIAVITE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH, PROVINCE OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 62 OLD CATHOLIC CHURCHES......Page 64 POLISH NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHURCH OF AMERICA......Page 65 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH......Page 67 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (The Stone-Campbell Movement)......Page 76 CHRISTADELPHIANS......Page 78 CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Disciples of Christ)......Page 79 CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND CHURCHES OF CHRIST......Page 81 CHURCHES OF CHRIST......Page 82 CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST (Christian Science)......Page 84 CHURCH OF GOD AND SAINTS OF CHRIST......Page 87 COMMUNITY CHURCHES, INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF......Page 88 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES......Page 90 CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (National Association)......Page 92 CONSERVATIVE CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE......Page 93 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST......Page 94 DIVINE SCIENCE......Page 96 EPISCOPAL/ANGLICAN CHURCHES......Page 98 EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 100 EPISCOPAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA......Page 103 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNION OF THE CHARISMATIC EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 104 NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 105 REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 106 SOUTHERN EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 107 FRIENDS (QUAKER)......Page 108 EVANGELICAL FRIENDS INTERNATIONAL......Page 112 FRIENDS UNITED MEETING......Page 113 RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (Conservative)......Page 114 FUNDAMENTALIST/BIBLE CHURCHES......Page 116 BAPTIST BIBLE FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL......Page 117 BAPTIST MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA......Page 118 BEREAN FUNDAMENTAL CHURCH......Page 119 BIBLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 120 CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE......Page 121 CHRISTIAN BRETHREN (Plymouth Brethren)......Page 122 CONSERVATIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (CBAmerica)......Page 123 GRACE GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP......Page 124 INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL CHURCHES OF AMERICA (IFCA International, Inc.)......Page 125 APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA......Page 127 APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH......Page 128 APOSTOLIC OVERCOMING HOLY CHURCH OF GOD......Page 129 CHURCH OF GOD (Holiness)......Page 130 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE......Page 131 CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN CHRISTIAN UNION......Page 132 WESLEYAN CHURCH......Page 133 ISLAM......Page 134 NATION OF ISLAM......Page 138 SUNNISM......Page 140 JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES......Page 141 JUDAISM......Page 144 CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM (United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism)......Page 150 HASIDIC JUDAISM......Page 151 ORTHODOX JUDAISM (Orthodox Union)......Page 152 REFORM JUDAISM (Union of American Hebrew Congregations)......Page 153 LATTER-DAY SAINTS (Mormons)......Page 155 CHURCH OF CHRIST (Temple Lot)......Page 156 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST (Bickertonites)......Page 157 CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS......Page 158 REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS......Page 160 LUTHERAN CHURCHES......Page 162 APOSTOLIC LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AMERICA......Page 165 CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN BRETHREN OF AMERICA......Page 166 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA......Page 167 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD......Page 168 LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD......Page 169 WISCONSIN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SYNOD......Page 170 MENNONITE CHURCHES......Page 171 BEACHY AMISH MENNONITE CHURCHES......Page 172 BRUDERHOF COMMUNITIES......Page 173 CONSERVATIVE MENNONITE CONFERENCE......Page 174 EVANGELICAL MENNONITE CHURCH......Page 175 GENERAL CONFERENCE OF MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCHES......Page 176 MENNONITE CHURCH......Page 177 OLD ORDER AMISH CHURCHES......Page 178 OLD ORDER (WISLER) MENNONITE CHURCH......Page 179 METHODIST CHURCHES......Page 180 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH......Page 185 AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH......Page 186 CONGREGATIONAL METHODIST CHURCH......Page 187 EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH......Page 188 FREE METHODIST CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 189 PILLAR OF FIRE......Page 190 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, U.S.A.......Page 191 UNITED METHODIST CHURCH......Page 192 NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGION......Page 195 ORTHODOX AND ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES......Page 197 AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHURCH......Page 201 ALBANIAN ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE IN AMERICA......Page 202 ANTIOCHIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 203 ARMENIAN CHURCH......Page 205 BULGARIAN EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH......Page 206 GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 207 MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH and MAR THOMA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH (Indian Orthodox)......Page 208 ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA (Russian Orthodox)......Page 209 ROMANIAN ORTHODOX EPISCOPATE OF AMERICA......Page 211 SERBIAN EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH......Page 212 SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ANTIOCH (Archdiocese of the U.S.A. and Canada)......Page 213 UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE U.S.A.......Page 214 PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES......Page 215 ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, GENERAL COUNCIL OF......Page 216 BIBLE WAY CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WORLD WIDE, Inc.......Page 217 CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH......Page 218 CHURCH OF GOD (Cleveland, Tennessee)......Page 219 CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY......Page 221 CHURCH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH, INC.......Page 222 CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, CHRISTIAN WORKERS FOR FELLOWSHIP......Page 223 CONGREGATIONAL HOLINESS CHURCH......Page 224 ELIM FELLOWSHIP......Page 225 FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES AND MINISTERS, INTERNATIONAL......Page 226 INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL......Page 227 INTERNATIONAL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF CHRIST......Page 229 INTERNATIONAL PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH......Page 230 OPEN BIBLE STANDARD CHURCHES, INC.......Page 231 PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD......Page 232 PENTECOSTAL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, INC.......Page 233 UNITED HOLY CHURCH OF AMERICA, INC.......Page 234 UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH INTERNATIONAL......Page 235 VINEYARD CHURCHES INTERNATIONAL......Page 236 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES......Page 237 ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 241 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 242 CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA......Page 243 EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 244 ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH......Page 245 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA......Page 246 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.)......Page 247 REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NORTH AMERICA......Page 248 REFORMED CHURCHES......Page 250 CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA......Page 252 HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA......Page 253 PROTESTANT REFORMED CHURCHES IN AMERICA......Page 254 REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA......Page 255 REFORMED CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 256 SALVATION ARMY (and related organizations)......Page 258 SALVATION ARMY......Page 259 VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC.......Page 261 SCHWENKFELDER CHURCH......Page 262 SPIRITUALIST AND THEOSOPHICAL BODIES......Page 263 NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES......Page 266 Swedenborgian Church (The General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the U.S.A.)......Page 267 UNIFICATION CHURCH......Page 268 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION......Page 270 UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY AND ASSOCIATION OF UNITY CHURCHES......Page 273 UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES......Page 275 WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD......Page 276 Members of the National Association of Evangelicals......Page 279 Member Communions of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.......Page 281 Appendix 3: Relationships of Church Bodies to One Another......Page 283 Appendix 4: Directory of Denominational Headquarters and Web Sites......Page 285 General Works on Religion in the United States......Page 305 Works on Specific Movements and Churches......Page 307 Notes......Page 312 Handbook of Denominations in the US......Page 313 The new, revised edition of a perennial reference favorite! 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