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By Rev. Dr. Curian Kaniyamparambil
Lots of them! There are more churches and church members? without apostolic succession than churches with apostolic succession.
Based on our discussions so far, all such Christian communities have no right to call themselves as a church. After the reformation in the 16th century, many churches came into being. Some of them are:
Those who desire to study more, please refer to the following books 1) Pears Encyclopedia 2) The Christian faith 3) The cults.
Those who believe that Jesus Christ is God, should believe that:
He built the church
Apostles ruled that church
They appointed priests and provided them with the apostolic succession of authority by laying of hands, for the growth of the church in grace.
People who were to be saved were admitted to the church by the apostles
One can be saved only through the church, which is the body of Jesus Christ.
We can see that by quoting a few sentences from the New Testament, one can create and form a new church. It is about time that we think about how A Single Bible created thousands of churches.
CHURCH ESTABLISHED BY
YEAR
Protestant Martin Luther
1524
Presbyterian John Knox
1560
Baptist John Smith
1600
Congregational Robert Brown
1600
Quackers George Fox
1647
Methodist John Wesley
1739
Brethren 1800
Disciples of Christ 1827
Salvation Army William Booth
1865
Sabbath William Miller
1844
Pentecostal G. Spirling
1884
Christian Science Mary Eddy
1879
Jehovah's witness C.T Russell
1870
God's Church Daniel Vernan
1884
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