Christian Denominations

Eastern Orthodox Church

1054

In Judea, the Eastern Orthodox Church was established in 1054. Jesus Christ founded the Church. Western Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church are the two main divisions of the European Christian Church. A complicated mash-up of political issues and religious disagreements led to the separation.

Lutheran Church

1517

Lutheran Church was founded by Martin Luther in 1517. The split was between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics. The disagreement was principally focused on two issues: the concept of justification and the legitimate source of authority in the church, which is frequently referred to as the formal premise of the Reformation.

Church of England/Anglican

1534

Church of England/Anglican was founded in England on 1534 by Thomas Cranmer & Augustine of Canterbury. The Church split from the Roman Catholic Church. The disagreement's source was Henry demanded that a number of laws are established in 1534 to separate the English church from the Roman hierarchy and establish the English monarch as the head of the English church after Pope Clement VII rejected Henry's request for the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Bapist

1638

The Baptist Church was founded in 1638. Roger Williams and John Clarke. Williams and Clarke started Baptist churches in Providence, Rhode Island, and Newport. They split from The American Baptists at this time and were divided between pro- and anti-missionaries. Southern Baptists who broke away from northern Baptists in the United States and formed the American Baptist Churches USA in response to the issue of African-American enslavement

Methodist

Feb 28, 1784

Year of foundation: February 28, 1784
Founders: John Wesley
Who they split from: Methodism originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death.
Reason for the split: Wesley wanted the Methodist Society to remain in the Church of England forever, but tensions with Anglicans were frequent. The Bishop of London declined to ordain a Methodist for the United States in 1784.

Presbyterian

1807

Year of foundation: 1807
Founders: Presbyterianism originated in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation and the teachings of John Calvin of Switzerland and John Knox of Scotland.
Split from: The southern churches were asked to pledge "unabated loyalty" to the federal government. They refused and formed the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
Reason for the split: The split in American Presbyterianism occurred in 1861 when the country was engulfed in civil war.

Uniting Church

Jun 22, 1977

Year of foundation: 22 June 1977
Founders: UCA was formed as a union of three churches: the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia.
Split from: When most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union of Australia united under the Basis of Union

Hillsong Church

1983

Year of foundation: 1983
Founders: Brian Houston & Bobbie Houston