Histories of Churches/Denominations/Sects/Ecclesiastical Polities Rooted in Christianity
Ancient and Medieval to A.D. 1500
The Armenian Church <http://66.208.37.78/index.jsp?sid=1&id=2342&pid=5>
Coptic Church <http://www.coptic.net/EncyclopediaCoptica/>
or <http://www.ecucopt.org/Coptic
orthodox Church.php> or <http://www.copts.com/english/>
Church of Antioch/Antiochian Orthodox Church/Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of
Antioch and All the East <http://www.antiochpat.org/>
Click on “Historical Overview” box top right. or <http://www.antiochian.org/node/16914>.
The Eastern Catholic Churches <http://maryourmother.net/Eastern.html> various brief histories from a Roman Catholic perspective.
Nestorian Church/Assyrian Church of the East <http://nestorian.org/history_of_the_nestorian_churc.html>
Maronite Church <http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/egliseeng/002/antioch1.html>
The Moravian Church <http://www.moravian.org/history/>.
Syriac Orthodox Church <http://sor.cua.edu/Intro/index.html>
Early Modern, A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1900
American Baptists <http://www.abc-usa.org/WhoWeAre/OurHistory/tabid/80/Default.aspx>
The Bible Fellowship Church <http://www.bfchistory.org/briefhist.htm>
Christian and Missionary Alliance <http://www.cmalliance.org/about/>
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) <http://www.disciples.org/AboutTheDisciples/HistoryoftheDisciples/tabid/69/Default.aspx>
The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church <http://www.c-m-e.org/core/roots.htm>
The Church of England <http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/history.aspx>
The Church of the Brethren <http://www.brethren.org/about/history.html>
Evangelical Church in Germany <http://ekd.de/english/4247.html>
Jehovah's Witnesses <http://www.watchtower.org/e/jt/article_02.htm>
Lutherans; see Martin Luther <http://www.luther.de/en/index.html>; see list of Lutheran denominations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lutheran_denominations>
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Antioch and of All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem <http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Faith3.shtml> or <http://phoenicia.org/greek_melkite_catholic.html>
Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) <http://mormon.org/joseph-smith/>
National Association of Congregational Churches <http://www.naccc.org/AboutUs/History.aspx>
The Orthodox Church in America <http://www.oca.org/>
The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America <http://www.orthodoxcatholicchurch.org/history.html>
Polish National Catholic Church <http://www.pncc.org/?page_id=6>
The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America <http://episcopalchurch.org/visitors_16976_ENG_HTM.htm?menupage=49678>
Seventh Day Adventist <http://www.adventist.org/world-church/facts-and-figures/history/index.html>
Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing) <http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-last-of-the-shakers
http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-last-of-the-shakers>
Swedenborgian Church <http://www.swedenborg.org/Beliefs/History.aspx>
Syriac Catholic Church <http://www.clubsyriaque.org/history.html>
Society of Friends (Quakers) <http://www.quakerinfo.org/quakerism/brancheshistory.html>
Southern Baptist Convention <http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/default.asp>
The Wesleyan Church <http://www.wesleyan.org/heritage/>
Contemporary, since A.D. 1900
Alliance of Baptists <http://www.allianceofbaptists.org/learn/about>
Anglican Church in North America <http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/about-acna>
Assemblies of God <http://ag.org/top/About/History/index.cfm>
The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches <http://www.theceec.org/CEEChistory.html>
The Church of the Lutheran Confession <http://clclutheran.org/ourhistory/>
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America <http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/History.aspx>
Orthodox Presbyterian Church <http://www.opc.org/whatis.html#I>
Presbyterian Church <http://history.pcusa.org/history/history.cfm>
Progressive National Baptist Convention <http://www.pnbc.org/About Us/history.htm>
United Methodists <http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1720691/k.B5CB/History_Our_Story.htm>
World Council of Churches <http://www.oikoumene.org/en/who-are-we/background.html>
The Worldwide Church of God (now Grace Communion International) <http://www.gci.org/aboutus/history>
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