Histories of Churches/Denominations/Sects/Ecclesiastical Polities Rooted in Christianity

Ancient and Medieval to A.D. 1500

The Armenian Church <http://66.208.37.78/index.jsp?sid=1&id=2342&pid=5>

Coptic Church <http://www.coptic.net/EncyclopediaCoptica/> or <http://www.ecucopt.org/Coptic orthodox Church.php> or <http://www.copts.com/english/>

Church of Antioch/Antiochian Orthodox Church/Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East <http://www.antiochpat.org/> Click on “Historical Overview” box top right. or <http://www.antiochian.org/node/16914>.

The Eastern Catholic Churches <http://maryourmother.net/Eastern.html> various brief histories from a Roman Catholic perspective.

Nestorian Church/Assyrian Church of the East <http://nestorian.org/history_of_the_nestorian_churc.html>

Maronite Church <http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/egliseeng/002/antioch1.html>

The Moravian Church <http://www.moravian.org/history/>.

Syriac Orthodox Church <http://sor.cua.edu/Intro/index.html>

Early Modern, A.D. 1500 to A.D. 1900

American Baptists <http://www.abc-usa.org/WhoWeAre/OurHistory/tabid/80/Default.aspx>

The Bible Fellowship Church <http://www.bfchistory.org/briefhist.htm>

Christian and Missionary Alliance <http://www.cmalliance.org/about/>

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) <http://www.disciples.org/AboutTheDisciples/HistoryoftheDisciples/tabid/69/Default.aspx>

The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church <http://www.c-m-e.org/core/roots.htm>

The Church of England <http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/history.aspx>

The Church of the Brethren <http://www.brethren.org/about/history.html>

Evangelical Church in Germany <http://ekd.de/english/4247.html>

Jehovah's Witnesses <http://www.watchtower.org/e/jt/article_02.htm>

Lutherans; see Martin Luther <http://www.luther.de/en/index.html>;  see list of Lutheran denominations <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lutheran_denominations>

The Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Antioch and of All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem <http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/Faith3.shtml> or <http://phoenicia.org/greek_melkite_catholic.html>

Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) <http://mormon.org/joseph-smith/>

National Association of Congregational Churches <http://www.naccc.org/AboutUs/History.aspx>

The Orthodox Church in America <http://www.oca.org/>

The Orthodox-Catholic Church of America <http://www.orthodoxcatholicchurch.org/history.html>

Polish National Catholic Church <http://www.pncc.org/?page_id=6>

The Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America <http://episcopalchurch.org/visitors_16976_ENG_HTM.htm?menupage=49678>

Seventh Day Adventist <http://www.adventist.org/world-church/facts-and-figures/history/index.html>

Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing) <http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-last-of-the-shakers
http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-last-of-the-shakers>

Swedenborgian Church <http://www.swedenborg.org/Beliefs/History.aspx>

Syriac Catholic Church <http://www.clubsyriaque.org/history.html>

Society of Friends (Quakers) <http://www.quakerinfo.org/quakerism/brancheshistory.html>

Southern Baptist Convention <http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/default.asp>

The Wesleyan Church <http://www.wesleyan.org/heritage/>

Contemporary, since A.D. 1900

Alliance of Baptists <http://www.allianceofbaptists.org/learn/about>

Anglican Church in North America <http://anglicanchurch.net/?/main/page/about-acna>

Assemblies of God <http://ag.org/top/About/History/index.cfm>

The Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches <http://www.theceec.org/CEEChistory.html>

The Church of the Lutheran Confession <http://clclutheran.org/ourhistory/>

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America <http://www.elca.org/Who-We-Are/History.aspx>

Orthodox Presbyterian Church <http://www.opc.org/whatis.html#I>

Presbyterian Church <http://history.pcusa.org/history/history.cfm>

Progressive National Baptist Convention <http://www.pnbc.org/About Us/history.htm>

United Methodists <http://www.umc.org/site/c.lwL4KnN1LtH/b.1720691/k.B5CB/History_Our_Story.htm>

World Council of Churches <http://www.oikoumene.org/en/who-are-we/background.html>

The Worldwide Church of God (now Grace Communion International) <http://www.gci.org/aboutus/history>