Introduction to Christianity


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Introduction

Founder: Jesus Christ
Location: Israel
Date: 6 BCE (birth of Jesus Christ)
Primary Scripture: Bible
Main Goal: Go to Heaven


Main Figures

  • Jesus Christ
    • Other names: Yeshua Ben Joseph (Birth name)
    • Contribution: Founded Christianity
    • Occupation: Carpenter

Twelve Disciples

  1. Andrew
    • Fisherman from Sea of Galilee
    • Peter's brother.
    • From Bethsaida.
    • Crucified on an X-shaped cross.
  2. Peter (Simon)
    • Fisherman from Sea of Galilee
    • Andrew's brother
    • From Bethsaida.
    • Crucified (upsidedown?) during reign of Emperor Nero.
  3. James
    • Fisherman from Sea of Galilee
    • Older brother of John.
    • Martyred (first one) with sword by King Herod.
  4. John
    • Wrote Book of Revelation
    • Fisherman from Sea of Galilee
  5. Philip
    • From Bethsaida.
    • Martyred (possibly at Hierapolis): flogged, imprisoned, and crucified.
  6. Bartholomew
    • Witness to Ascension.
    • Tortured and crucified in India.
  7. Thomas (Didymus)
    • Killed with a spear in India.
  8. Matthew
    • Tax-collector at Capernaum.
    • Killed with halberd in Nadabah.
  9. James (James the Younger, James the Less)
    • Wrote epistle bearing his name.
    • Stoned and clubbed to death in Jerusalem.
  10. Thaddaeus (Jude, Judas the brother of James)
    • Crucified at Edessa.
  11. Simon the Zealot
    • May have been crucified in Britain.
  12. Judas Iscariot
    • Betrayed Jesus for silver coins. Hanged himself.
  13. Matthias
    • Replacement for Judas after Judas died.
    • Stoned and beheaded in Jerusalem.


Seven Deadly Sins

  • Avarice
  • Sloth
  • Envy
  • Lust
  • Gluttony
  • Pride
  • Wrath


Major Denominations of Christianity in U.S.A.

  • Adventist
    • Advent Christian Church
    • Church of God General Conference
    • Seventh-Day Adventist
  • Amana Church Society
  • American Evangelical Christian Churches
  • Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)
  • Apostolic Christian Church of America
  • Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon
  • Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
  • Armenian Church
  • Baptist
    • American Baptist Association
    • American Baptist Churches/U.S.A.
    • Baptist Bible Fellowship, International
    • Baptist General Conference
    • Baptist Missionary Association of America
    • Bethel Ministerial Association
    • Central Baptist Association
    • Conservation Baptist Association of America
    • Duck River (and Kindred) Associations of Baptists (Baptist Church of Christ)
    • Free Will Baptist
    • General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
    • General Baptist
    • General Conference of the Evangelical Baptist Church, Inc.
    • Landmark Baptist
    • National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
    • National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
    • National Missionary Baptist Convention of America
    • National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.
    • North American Baptist Conference
    • Primitive Baptist
    • Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
    • Reformed Baptist
    • Separate Baptists in Christ (General Association of Separate Baptists)
    • Seventh Day Baptist General Conference
    • Southern Baptist Convention
    • United Baptist
    • United Free Will Baptist
  • Berean Fundamental Church
  • Bible Fellowship Church
  • Bible Protestant Church
  • Bible Way Church, Worldwide
  • Branch Davidians
  • Brethren
    • Brethren Church (Ashland)
    • Brethren in Christ Church
    • Church of the Brethren
    • Church of the United Brethren in Christ
    • Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
    • Old German Baptist Brethren
    • United Zion Church
  • Christadelphian
  • Christian and Missionary Alliance
  • Christian Catholic Church
  • Christian Church (Stone-Campbell Movement)
    • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
    • Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
    • Churches of Christ
  • Christian Church of North America, General Council
  • Christian Congregation, Inc.
  • Christian Union
  • Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A.
  • Church of Christ, Scientist
  • Church of God
    • Church of God (Huntsville, Alabama)
    • Church of God (Original)
    • Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
    • Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
    • Church of God (Seventh Day)
    • Church of God and Saints of Christ
    • Church of God by Faith, Inc.
    • Church of God in Christ
    • Church of God in Christ (International)
    • Church of God of Prophecy
  • Church of God, Holiness
  • Church of Jesus Christ
  • Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.
  • Church of Nazarene
  • Churches of Christ in Chistian Union
  • Churches of God, General Conference
  • Churches of Illumination
  • Churches of the Living God
  • Community Churches, International Council of
  • Congregational Bible Churches, Inc.
  • Congregational Christian Churches (National Association)
  • Congregational Holiness Church
  • Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
  • Episcopal/Anglican
    • African Orthodox Church
    • Anglican Orthodox Church
    • Episcopal Church
    • Reformed Episcopal Church
  • Evangelical Church
  • Evangelical Congregational Church
  • Evangelical Covenant Church
  • Evangelical Free Church of America
  • Foursquare Gospel, International Church of the
  • Friends (Quaker)
    • Friends General Conference
    • Friends United Meeting (Five Years Meeting)
    • Religious Society of Friends (Conservative)
  • Grace Gospel Fellowship
  • Independent Fundamental Churches of America
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
    • Church of Christ (Temple Lot)
    • Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonites)
    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
    • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Strangite)
    • Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  • Lutheran
    • American Luthern Church
    • Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
    • Church of the Lutheran Brethern
    • Church of the Lutheran Confession
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
    • Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    • Free Lutheran Congregations, The Asssociation of
    • Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
    • Lutheran Church in America
    • Protestant Conference (Lutheran)
    • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
  • Mennonite
    • Beachy Amish Mennonite Churches
    • Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
    • Conservative Mennonite Conference
    • Evangelical Mennonite Church
    • Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches
    • General Conference Mennonite Church
    • Hutterian Brethren
    • Mennonite Brethren Churches, General Conference
    • Mennonite Church
    • Old Order Amish Church
    • Old Order (Wisler) Mennonite Church
    • Reformed Mennonite Church
    • Unaffiliated Mennonite
  • Methodist
    • African Methodist Episcopal Church
    • African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
    • Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Congregational Methodist Church
    • Evangelical Methodist Church
    • Free Methodist Church of North America
    • Primitive Methodist Church, U.S.A.
    • Reformed Methodist Union Episcopal Church
    • Southern Methodist Church
    • Union American Methodist Episcopal Church
    • United Methodist Church
  • Metropolitan Community Churches, Universal Fellowship of
  • Missionary Church
  • Moravian
    • Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum)
    • Unity of the Brethren
  • Native American Church
  • New Apostolic Church of North America
  • Old Catholic
    • Liberal Catholic Church
    • Mariavite Old Catholic Church
    • North American Old Roman Catholic Church
    • Old Roman Catholic Church (English Rite)
    • Polish National Catholic Church of America
  • Open Bible Standard Churches
  • Orthodox (Eastern)
    • Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America
    • American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
    • Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
    • Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church
    • Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America
    • Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
    • Russian Orthodox Church
    • Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
    • The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
  • Pentecostal
    • Assemblies of God, General Council of
    • Elim Fellowship
    • Independent Assemblies of God, International
    • International Pentecostal Church of Christ
    • Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.
    • Pentecostal Church of God
    • Pentecostal Free-Will Baptist Church, Inc.
    • Pentecostal Holiness Church, International
    • United Pentecostal Church, International
  • Pillar of Fire
  • Plymouth Brethren
  • Presbyterian
    • Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
    • Bible Presbyterian Church
    • Cumberland Presbyterian Church
    • Evangelical Presbyterian Church
    • Orthodox Presbyterian Church
    • Presbyterian Church in America
    • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
    • Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
    • Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States
  • Reformed
    • Christian Reformed Church in North America
    • Hungarian Reformed Church in America
    • Netherlands Reformed Congregations
    • Protestant Reformed Churches in America
    • Reformed Church in America
    • Reformed Church in the United States
  • Roman Catholic Church
  • Salvation Army
  • Schwenkfelder Church
  • Social Brethren
  • Spiritualist
    • National Spiritual Alliance of the U.S.A.
    • National Spiritualist Association of Churches
  • Swedenborgian Church, General Convention of
  • Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ (Interonational)
  • United Church of Christ
  • United Holy Church of America, Inc.
  • Unity School of Christianity
  • Wesleyan Church
  • Worldwide Church of God





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