#denomination a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
supertype: #organization__organisation a group of people who work together
member: #fold #believer
subtype: #Protestant_denomination__protestantdenomination group of Protestant congregations
subtype: #Christian_Church__Disciples_of_Christ a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion
subtype: #Anglican_Church__Anglican_Communion__Church_of_England the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the Sovereign as its temporal head
subtype: #Protestant_Episcopal_Church__Episcopal_Church United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury
subtype: #Church_of_Ireland autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland
subtype: #Episcopal_Church autonomous branch; Scotland
subtype: #Mormon_Church__mormonchurch__Mormons__mormon__Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City Utah
subtype: #Baptist_Church__Baptists any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers
subtype: #Baptist_denomination group of Baptist congregations
subtype: #Arminian_Baptist__General_Baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists)
subtype: #Calvinistic_Baptist__Particular_Baptist group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination
subtype: #Church_of_the_Brethren__Dunkers__Dippers German-American Baptist denomination founded in 1708; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion
subtype: #Church_of_Christ_Scientist__Christian_Science Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866
subtype: #Congregational_Church a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing
subtype: #Congregational_Christian_Church merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church
subtype: #United_Church_of_Christ merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church
subtype: #Jehovah's_Witnesses Protestant denomination founded in the United States in late 19th century
subtype: #Lutheran_Church__lutheranchurch the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Martin Luther
subtype: #Presbyterian_Church the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin
subtype: #Unitarian_Church the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity
subtype: #Arminian_Church the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius
subtype: #Methodist_Church__Methodists a deriving founded on the principles of John and Charles Wesley
subtype: #United_Methodist_Church union of the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren
subtype: #Wesleyan_Methodist_Church__Wesleyan_Methodists original Methodist Church
subtype: #Anabaptist_denomination a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers
subtype: #Mennonite_Church formed from the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century; noted for its simplicity of life
instance: #Assemblies_of_God
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