Christian Denominations Creation Stories

Two denominations were combined because their beliefs were similar and they would be better together.

The founder was given a vision from the Angel Moroni saying all denominations were corrupt. Three years later, the Angel came back saying there were some gold plates on a nearby hill. He dug them up four years later and translated them. Beliefs were Joseph Smith is another prophet and they added more scripture.

They broke off of the Church of England because they wanted a more direct/personal relationship with God (inner light) and a more authentic and vibrant church experience.

It was created to help the poor and unwelcome in Eastern London, which was essentially the slums of London back in the day.

A married couple got a vision saying that they should commence the one true church and they church services to have singing and dancing

A Roman Catholic Priest wanted mature baptism

People thought that the Church of England was corrupted and they wanted more independence and religious freedom

The founder was a Millerite who didn't like traditional Christian beliefs, but he also sort of questioned the teachings of William Miller, who wrongly predicted Armageddon a number of times. The founder said that Armageddon would come first invisible and then visible, and that is the core belief of them.

The founder felt that the Pope was corrupt and he didn't like that they were selling indulgences. Posting of the 95 Thesis on a church door.

Two Oxford students were studying the Bible in a way frowned upon and they made their own denomination that let them do this.

They broke off of the Millerite movement after the Great Disappointment. A small group of Adventists kept believing he would come again. The founder was given many visions and convinced members that she had the gift of prophecy. The Church was directly structured from a vision the founder had.

They broke off of the Church of England because they didn't like that people were being born into the church and they wanted mature baptism

The founder wanted the Pope to annul his marriage, but he wouldn't.

They believed in predestination and wanted an elder ruled church

They broke off from the Mennonites because of shunning. Shunning is where if you get excommunicated, you are looked down upon. Jakob Ammann got kicked out because he was kicking out too many people so he started his own religion.

The founder left the Methodists because they didn't take his ideas about personal salvation seriously. He started a Bible school and one of his students had a miracle, and then it started spreading within the African-American community. Azusa St. Revival is important.

The Great Schism in which they thought that the patriarch was the leader, not the pope.