Church History Timeline
Christ only built one church. The first-century church was established by Jesus Christ through the Apostles 30 A.D. in Jerusalem (Acts 2). Here is a list many popular denominations along with their time of creation. Use this tool when teaching about the one body, the church. Ephesians 4:4-6; Matthew 16:18; Daniel 2:44
| Name | Date Started | Where | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Century Church | 30 A.D. | Jerusalem | Christ |
| Catholic Church | 606 A.D. | Rome | Boniface |
| Orthodox | |||
| Council of Chalcedon | 451 A.D. | ||
| Great Schism | 1054 A.D. | Constantinople | |
| Anabaptist Groups | 1520 A.D. | ||
| Lutheran | 1526 A.D. | Germany | Martin Luther |
| Anglican | 1534 A.D. | England | Henry VIII |
| (Church of England) | |||
| Mennonite | 1536 A.D. | Dordrecht, Holland | Menno Simons |
| Presbyterian | 1541 A.D. | Europe | John Calvin |
| Congregationalist | 1592 A.D. | Britain | Robert Browne |
| Calvinism (Reformed) | Mid 16th Century | Europe | John Calvin |
| Baptist | 1609 A.D. | Amsterdam | John Smyth |
| Amish | 1693 A.D. | Switzerland/France | Jacob Ammann |
| Methodist | 1739 A.D. | Oxford, England | John Wesley |
| Episcopal | 1776 A.D. | Middletown, CT | |
| (First Bishop 1785 A.D.) | |||
| Unitarian | 1819 A.D. | Boston | Henry Wade, William Channing |
| Holiness | 1839 A.D. | New York | Phoebe Palmer |
| Salvation Army | 1878 A.D. | England | William Booth |
| (4 Major Cults) | |||
| Seventh-Day Adventist | 1863 A.D. | Battle Creek, MI | James and Ellen White |
| Mormon | 1820 A.D. | New York | Joseph Smith |
| Jehovah Witnesses | 1870 A.D. | Pittsburgh, PA | Charles Russell |
| Christian Science | 1879 A.D. | Boston, MA | Mary Baker Eddy |
| Pentecostal | 1901 A.D. | Topeka, KS | Charles Parham, William Seymour |
| Christian Church | 1906 A.D. | U.S. | |
| Community Church | 1930 A.D. | ||
| (Grew into New Paradigm) | |||
| New Paradigm | 1960 A.D. | U.S. | |
| (Example: Cowboy Church) |