THE BEGINNING OF MAJOR PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS: (Dates are approximate in some cases) 1. 1521 -- Lutheran Church -- Martin Luther (Wittenburg, Germany) 2. 1534 -- Church of England -- King Henry VIII (London, England) Episcopal Church in America. 3. 1541 -- Presbyterian Church -- John Calvin (Geneva, Switzerland) 4. 1607 -- Baptist Church -- John Smythe (London, England) 5. 1739 -- Methodist Church -- John Wesley (Oxford, England) 6. 1830 -- Mormons (Latter Day Saints) -- Joseph Smith (Fayette, N.Y.) 7. 1843 -- 7th Day Adventists -- William Miller, Ellen G. White (New York) 8. 1875 -- Christian Science -- Mary Baker Eddy (Boston, Massachusetts) 9. 1881 -- Jehovah Witness -- Charles Taze Russell (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania) 10. 1945 -- United Pentecostal Church
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