Statistics for Christian Denominations Creation Stories

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HintAnswer% Correct
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.Lutherans
83%
The Great Schism in which they thought that the patriarch was the leader, not the pope.Orthodox
80%
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.Amish
78%
The founder wanted the Pope to annul his marriage, but he wouldn't.Church of England
75%
Two denominations were combined because their beliefs were similar and they would be better together.Unitarian Universalists
75%
The founder was terribly ill and when she prayed the Bible, she miraculously got healed. She believes that illness is an imaginary state of mind and to be cured you have to use the power of suggestion.Christian Science
73%
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.LDS
68%
They believed in predestination and wanted an elder ruled churchPresbyterians
68%
It was created to help the poor and unwelcome in Eastern London, which was essentially the slums of London back in the day.Salvation Army
63%
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 baptismBaptist
60%
Two Oxford students were studying the Bible in a way frowned upon and they made their own denomination that let them do this.Methodists
60%
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.Quakers
60%
A married couple got a vision saying that they should commence the one true church and they church services to have singing and dancingShakers
60%
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.Seventh-Day Adventists
58%
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.Jehovah’s Witnesses
53%
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.Pentecostals
50%
People thought that the Church of England was corrupted and they wanted more independence and religious freedomCongregationalists
43%
A Roman Catholic Priest wanted mature baptismMennonites
40%

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