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United Methodist Church

(Encyclopedia)United Methodist Church, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism), with churches in the United States, Africa, and ...

Scientology, Church of

(Encyclopedia)Scientology, Church of, philosophical religion founded by L(afayette) Ron(ald) Hubbard, 1911–86, b. Tilden, Nebr. Hubbard's book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (1950) first set forth...

Orthodox Eastern Church

(Encyclopedia)Orthodox Eastern Church, community of Christian churches whose chief strength is in the Middle East and E Europe. Their members number some 300 million worldwide. The Orthodox agree doctrinally in acc...

Native American Church

(Encyclopedia)Native American Church, Native American religious group whose beliefs blend fundamentalist Christian elements with pan–Native American moral principles. The movement began among the Kiowa about 1890...

Calvinistic Methodist Church

(Encyclopedia)Calvinistic Methodist Church, Protestant Christian denomination, closely allied to Presbyterianism. It originated in Wales (1735–36) with the evangelistic preaching of Howell Harris, Daniel Rowlands...

Old Church Slavonic

(Encyclopedia)Old Church Slavonic: see Church Slavonic. ...

Russian Orthodox Church

(Encyclopedia)Russian Orthodox Church: see Orthodox Eastern Church. ...

Church of England

(Encyclopedia)Church of England: see England, Church of. ...

Church of Scientology

(Encyclopedia)Church of Scientology: see Scientology, Church of. ...

German Reformed Church

(Encyclopedia)German Reformed Church: see Evangelical and Reformed Church. ...