Protestant denomination

Other forms: Protestant denominations

Definitions of Protestant denomination

1. noun

   group of Protestant congregations
   types:

   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

   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

   Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormon Church, Mormons

   church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 with headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah

   Baptist Church, Baptists

   any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers

   Baptist denomination

   group of Baptist congregations

   Christian Science, Church of Christ Scientist

   Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866

   Congregational Church

   a Protestant denomination holding that each individual congregation should be self-governing

   Congregational Christian Church

   merger of the Congregational Church and the Christian Church

   Evangelical and Reformed Church

   a Protestant denomination of Calvinist faith

   United Church of Christ

   merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1957

   Jehovah's Witnesses

   Protestant denomination founded in the United States by Charles Taze Russell in 1884

   Lutheran Church

   the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Martin Luther

   Presbyterian Church

   the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of John Calvin

   Unitarian Church

   the Protestant denomination that rejects the doctrine of the Trinity

   Arminian Church

   the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius

   Methodist Church, Methodists

   a Protestant denomination founded on the principles of John Wesley and Charles Wesley

   Methodist denomination

   group of Methodist congregations

   Anabaptist denomination

   a Protestant sect denying infant baptism and baptising only believers

   Mennonite Church

   formed from the Anabaptist movement in the 16th century; noted for its simplicity of life

   Assemblies of God

   a charismatic Protestant denomination in the United States

   Episcopal Church, Protestant Episcopal Church

   United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury

   Church of Ireland

   autonomous branch of the Church of England in Ireland

   Episcopal Church, Episcopal Church of Scotland

   an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland

   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)

   Calvinistic Baptist, Particular Baptist

   group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination

   Church of the Brethren, Dippers, Dunkers

   a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion

   Wesleyan Methodist Church, Wesleyan Methodists

   the original Methodist Church

   Evangelical United Brethren Church

   a Methodist denomination

   United Methodist Church

   union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church

   type of:

   denomination

   a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith