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