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Comparing Christian Denominations - Statistics

By Mary Fairchild, About.com

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Founders

  • Anglican/Episcopal - Thomas Cranmer, Queen Elizabeth I.

  • Assembly of God - Eudorus N. Bell, Charles Fox Parham.

  • Baptist - John Smyth, Thomas Helwys, Roger Williams, Jonathan Edwards, Shubael Stearns.

  • Lutheran - Martin Luther.

  • Methodist - John Wesley, Charles Wesley, George Whitefield.

  • Presbyterian - John Calvin, John Knox.

  • Roman Catholic - First Pope: Roman Bishop Leo I (440-461).
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