Religion in The United States - Major Denominations Founded in The United States

Major Denominations Founded in The United States

• Polish National Catholic Church – broke from Rome in 1897.
• Churches of Christ/Disciples of Christ – a restoration movement with no governing body. The Restoration Movement solidified as a historical phenomenon in 1832 when restorationists from two major movements championed by Barton W. Stone and Alexander Campbell merged.
• Pentecostalism – movement which emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit, finds its historic roots in the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, California, from 1904 to 1906, sparked by Charles Parham.
• Adventism – began as an inter-denominational movement. Its most vocal leader was William Miller, who in the 1830s in New York became convinced of an imminent Second Coming of Jesus. The most prominent modern group to emerge from this is the Seventh Day Adventists.
• Nation of Islam – A sect of Islam, created and followed solely by African-Americans; redefined "Allah" as someone "who came in the person of W. D. Fard."
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) – founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830 in the Burned Over District of upstate New York. Now headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• New Thought Movement - two of the early proponents of New Thought beliefs during the mid to late 19th century were Phineas Parkhurst Quimby and the Mother of New Thought Emma Curtis Hopkins
• Jehovah's Witnesses – originated with the religious movement known as Bible Students, which was founded in Pennsylvania in the late 1870s by Charles Taze Russell. Loosely connected in its early years with Adventism, with which it shares some similarities.
• Scientology – founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
• Christian Science – founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
• Reconstructionist Judaism – founded by Mordecai Kaplan.
• Native American Church – founded by Quanah Parker beginning in the 1890s and incorporating in 1918.
• Church Of Satan - founded by Anton LaVey in San Francisco, California, 1966.
• Metropolitan Community Church – founded by Troy Perry in Los Angeles, California, 1968.