Denominations
Every denomination and church body we know of, whether we evaluate its churches, and the official statements or actions behind that, with sources. Entries describe the teaching and actions of a body, not the faith of any person in it.
A cult, in the sense used here, is a group that claims to be Christian while denying what the historic creeds confess about God, Christ, or the gospel.
Evaluated 66
Bodies whose churches we evaluate one by one. Belonging to one says nothing yet about a particular church.
Acts 29
Evangelical · Elder-led network · Lausanne Covenant and Acts 29 distinctives
Global church-planting network of Reformed, complementarian churches..
Official statement: Acts 29 holds that the Lausanne Covenant and its five distinctives give sufficient theological clarity, and calls believers to 'live in obedience to the inerrant Scriptures.'
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist · Connectional · Methodist Articles of Religion
Historically Black Methodist denomination founded in 1816..
Official statement: Its Articles of Religion state that 'The Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation.'
Official source for African Methodist Episcopal ChurchWebsite
American Baptist Association
Baptist · Congregational · ABA Doctrinal Statement
Association of Landmark Baptist churches, organized in 1924..
Official statement: The ABA affirms 'the infallible, verbal inspiration of the whole Bible' and that 'the Biblical definition of marriage is the union between a man and a woman.'
Anglican Church in North America
Anglican · Episcopal · Thirty-nine Articles
Anglican province formed in 2009..
Official statement (2009): The ACNA confesses the canonical books of Scripture 'to be the inspired Word of God' and the final authority for faith and life, and receives the Thirty-nine Articles.
Assemblies of God
Pentecostal · Congregational · Statement of Fundamental Truths
Pentecostal denomination founded in 1914, the largest Pentecostal body in the United States..
Official statement: Its Statement of Fundamental Truths holds that the Scriptures are verbally inspired of God and 'the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct.'
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Presbyterian body in the Scottish Covenanter and Seceder tradition, formed in 1782..
Official statement (2012): Its statement of belief holds that 'The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God without error in all that it teaches,' and a 2012 General Synod statement affirms marriage as one man and one woman.
Official source for Associate Reformed Presbyterian ChurchWebsite
Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
Lutheran · Congregational · Unaltered Augsburg Confession and Small Catechism
Association of Lutheran congregations of Norwegian pietist heritage, formed in 1962..
Official statement (1962): The AFLC accepts the Bible as the complete written Word of God and endorses a statement calling it 'the only inerrant and completely adequate source and norm of Christian doctrine and life.'
Official source for Association of Free Lutheran CongregationsWebsite
Bible Fellowship Church
Evangelical · Connectional · BFC Articles of Faith
Evangelical denomination centred in Pennsylvania, formerly Mennonite Brethren in Christ..
Official statement: Its Articles of Faith call the Scriptures 'the inspired, infallible Word of God' and 'the supreme and final authority of faith and conduct.'
Bible Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Presbyterian body that adopted the Westminster Standards at its organizing synod in 1938..
Official statement (1938): The church states that the Westminster Confession and Catechisms are its doctrinal standards, 'subordinate to the Word of God,' and describes itself as committed to the trustworthiness of the Bible.
Brethren in Christ U.S.
Anabaptist · Connectional · Brethren in Christ Articles of Faith and Doctrine
Denomination in the Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan streams, founded in the late 1700s..
Official statement: Its position on marriage affirms biblical authority and states that 'Marriage is to be an exclusive, lifelong commitment between one man and one woman.'
Calvary Chapel Association
Charismatic · Elder-led network · Calvary Chapel statement of faith
Fellowship of independent evangelical churches in the Calvary Chapel movement founded in the 1960s..
Official statement: It believes 'the Bible is the inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God' and the final authority in every area it addresses.
Canadian and American Reformed Churches
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Federation of Reformed churches of Dutch origin, mostly in Canada with some United States congregations..
Official statement: The federation holds Scripture to be the Word of God, infallible and inerrant, and adopts the three ecumenical creeds and the Three Forms of Unity as faithful summaries of it.
Official source for Canadian and American Reformed ChurchesWebsite
Charis Fellowship
Brethren · Congregational · Charis Commitment to Common Identity
Fellowship of Grace Brethren churches, formerly the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, with roots in the Brethren movement of 1708..
Official statement (2023): Its Commitment to Common Identity speaks of 'the Bible, which alone is the unchanging Word of God,' and of loyalty to Holy Scripture, the written Word.
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Evangelical · Connectional · C&MA Statement of Faith
Evangelical missionary denomination founded in 1887..
Official statement: Its statement of faith holds that the Old and New Testaments, 'inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God' and are the only rule of faith and practice.
Official source for Christian and Missionary AllianceWebsite
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist · Connectional · Methodist Articles of Religion
Historically Black Methodist denomination organized in 1870..
Official statement: Its Articles of Religion state that 'The Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation.'
Official source for Christian Methodist Episcopal ChurchWebsite
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Reformed denomination of Dutch origin confessing the Three Forms of Unity, founded in 1857..
Official statement (2022): Synod 2022 affirmed that the Heidelberg Catechism's 'unchastity' includes homosexual sex and declared that 'this interpretation has confessional status.'
Official source for Christian Reformed Church in North AmericaWebsite
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
Wesleyan-Holiness · Congregational · No formal creed; theological commitments
Wesleyan-Holiness movement founded in 1881 that holds no formal creed..
Official statement: The church says 'the Bible is the authoritative word of God' and defines marriage as 'a union between one man and one woman intended to remain until death parts them.'
Official source for Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)Website
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Pentecostal · Episcopal · Church of God Declaration of Faith
Pentecostal-Holiness denomination founded in 1886..
Official statement: The church 'believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired' and the written Word of God, and its Declaration of Faith affirms the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
Official source for Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Website
Church of God in Christ
Pentecostal · Episcopal · COGIC Statement of Faith
Historically Black Pentecostal-Holiness denomination founded in 1897..
Official statement: Its statement of faith says, 'We believe the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible written Word of God.'
Church of God of Prophecy
Pentecostal · Episcopal · Church of God of Prophecy statement of beliefs
Pentecostal-Holiness denomination that shares early history with the Church of God (Cleveland)..
Official statement: The church affirms 'the Bible as God's inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word' and its ultimate guide in faith, doctrine, practice, and discipline.
Church of the Nazarene
Wesleyan-Holiness · Connectional · Nazarene Articles of Faith
Wesleyan-Holiness denomination organized in 1908..
Official statement: Its Articles of Faith affirm the plenary inspiration of the 66 books, 'inerrantly revealing the will of God concerning us in all things necessary to our salvation.'
Confessional Baptist Association
Reformed Baptist · Congregational · Second London Baptist Confession (1689)
Association of Reformed Baptist churches, known as the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America (ARBCA) until 2022..
Official statement (2022): Member churches declare the 'inerrant Word of God' their primary rule and adopt the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith as their subordinate standard.
Converge
Baptist · Congregational · Converge Affirmation of Faith
Baptist movement of churches, formerly the Baptist General Conference, rooted in Swedish Baptist immigration..
Official statement (1951): Its Affirmation of Faith, adopted in 1951, states, 'We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts.'
ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · ECO Essential Tenets and Confessional Standards
Presbyterian body bound by its Essential Tenets, formed in 2012..
Official statement (2012): ECO's Essential Tenets, which every officer affirms, call Christians to chastity in celibacy or in marriage between a man and a woman.
Official source for ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical PresbyteriansWebsite
Evangelical Covenant Church
Evangelical · Congregational · Covenant Affirmations
Evangelical denomination founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants in the Pietist tradition..
Official statement: The church states, 'We affirm the centrality of the word of God,' and votes on resolutions on ethical issues at its Annual Meeting.
Evangelical Free Church of America
Evangelical · Congregational · EFCA Statement of Faith
Evangelical association of autonomous churches with Scandinavian free-church roots, formed in 1950..
Official statement (2019): Article 2 of its Statement of Faith holds the Bible to be 'without error in the original writings'; the EFCA also publishes positions opposing same-sex marriage.
Official source for Evangelical Free Church of AmericaWebsite
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Lutheran · Congregational · Book of Concord
Confessional Lutheran church body of Norwegian origin..
Official statement: The ELS lists the ecumenical creeds, the Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism, all part of the Book of Concord, as its confessions.
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Presbyterian body confessing the Westminster Standards, formed in 1981..
Official statement: EPC teaching and ruling elders vow to 'receive and adopt the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms' as explaining what the Bible teaches; the church also publishes a position paper on human sexuality.
Fellowship of Evangelical Churches
Evangelical · Congregational · Manual of Faith and Practice
Fellowship of evangelical churches with Anabaptist roots, formerly the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren..
Official statement (2022): Its Manual of Faith and Practice calls the Scriptures God-breathed and describes marriage as a permanent, totally intimate 'relationship between one man and one woman.'
Official source for Fellowship of Evangelical ChurchesWebsite
Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals
Reformed Baptist · Congregational · Second London Baptist Confession (1689)
Fellowship of Reformed Baptist and like-minded churches standing in the 1644 and 1689 London confessional tradition..
Official statement: FIRE affirms that 'All Scripture was given by inspiration of God, is infallible and inerrant, and is the final arbiter in all disputes.'
Official source for Fellowship of Independent Reformed EvangelicalsWebsite
Free Methodist Church USA
Methodist · Connectional · Free Methodist Articles of Religion
Methodist denomination founded in 1860..
Official statement: Its Articles of Religion call the Bible 'God's written Word, uniquely inspired by the Holy Spirit,' completely truthful in all it affirms and with authority over all human life.
Free Reformed Churches of North America
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Confessionally Reformed federation of Dutch origin with churches in the United States and Canada..
Official statement: The federation states, 'The Scriptures do not merely contain the Word of God; they are the Word of God,' and regards them as God's infallible Word.
Official source for Free Reformed Churches of North AmericaWebsite
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
Baptist · Congregational · GARBC Articles of Faith
Fellowship of independent Baptist churches, formed in 1932..
Official statement: The Articles of Faith call the Bible fully trustworthy and the final test of conduct and belief, and state that 'the Bible teaches that marriage is the joining of one man and one woman.'
Official source for General Association of Regular Baptist ChurchesWebsite
Global Methodist Church
Methodist · Connectional · Articles of Religion and Confession of Faith in the Book of Doctrines and Discipline
Methodist denomination launched in 2022..
Official statement (2022): Its Book of Doctrines and Discipline affirms human sexuality as a gift to be exercised within 'a loving and monogamous marriage between one man and one woman.'
Heritage Reformed Congregations
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity and Westminster Standards
Small Reformed denomination in the United States and Canada, formed in 1993..
Official statement: Its beliefs rest on 'the inspired, infallible and inerrant Word of God'; office-bearers and members subscribe to the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards.
IFCA International
Evangelical · Congregational · IFCA doctrinal statement
Fellowship of independent fundamental churches, founded in 1930 as the Independent Fundamental Churches of America..
Official statement: IFCA states that the biblical teaching on human sexuality and marriage 'is the final word' and that no authority can supersede the teaching of the Word of God.
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Pentecostal · Connectional · Foursquare Declaration of Faith
Pentecostal denomination founded in 1927..
Official statement (2023): Foursquare says its Declaration of Faith is rooted in 'the sole source of spiritual authority – the Word of God,' and it publishes a separate statement on marriage, gender, and sexuality.
Official source for International Church of the Foursquare GospelWebsite
International Pentecostal Holiness Church
Pentecostal · Episcopal · IPHC Articles of Faith
Pentecostal-Holiness denomination with Methodist roots, in its present form since 1911..
Official statement (1965): The IPHC has 'from its inception believed the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God'; its Articles of Faith affirm verbal and plenary inspiration.
Official source for International Pentecostal Holiness ChurchWebsite
Korean American Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Korean-language Presbyterian general assembly in the United States confessing the Westminster Standards..
Official statement: The church's constitution lists the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms among its doctrinal standards.
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Lutheran · Congregational · Book of Concord
Confessional Lutheran church body, founded in 1847..
Official statement: The LCMS believes the Bible is 'the inspired and inerrant Word of God' and holds the Lutheran Confessions of the 1580 Book of Concord as a correct presentation of biblical doctrine.
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
Lutheran · Congregational · Unaltered Augsburg Confession and Small Catechism
Association of Lutheran congregations, formed in 2001..
Official statement: Its statement of faith says, 'The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God,' the sole authoritative source and norm of proclamation, faith, and life.
Official source for Lutheran Congregations in Mission for ChristWebsite
National Association of Free Will Baptists
Baptist · Congregational · Treatise of the Faith and Practices of the Free Will Baptists
Arminian Baptist denomination, organized nationally in 1935..
Official statement: Its statement of belief says the Scriptures 'are, as given by God, without error and are our only rule of faith and practice.'
Official source for National Association of Free Will BaptistsWebsite
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
Baptist · Congregational · Baptist confessional tradition; congregations adopt their own covenant and articles
Historically Black Baptist convention, the largest in the United States, organized in 1895..
North American Baptist Conference
Baptist · Congregational · NAB statement of beliefs
Conference of Baptist churches with German immigrant roots, in the United States and Canada..
Official statement: The conference holds Scripture to be divinely inspired and its highest authority, and states that 'marriage refers to the covenant relationship exclusively between one man and one woman.'
Official source for North American Baptist ConferenceWebsite
North American Lutheran Church
Lutheran · Congregational · Book of Concord and the Common Confession
Lutheran church body formed in 2010..
Official statement (2010): The NALC affirms Scripture as 'the final source and norm for faith and life,' and its constitution's Common Confession places sexual activity within marriage between one man and one woman.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Presbyterian body confessing the Westminster Standards, formed in 1936..
Official statement: The OPC names Scripture as its primary standard and the Westminster Confession and Catechisms as secondary standards: 'The primary standard of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church is God's Holy Word.'
Pentecostal Church of God
Pentecostal · Connectional · PCG statement of faith
Pentecostal denomination founded in 1919..
Official statement: Its beliefs state that the Scriptures 'are the inspired Word of God,' constituting the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.
Presbyterian Church in America
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Presbyterian body confessing the Westminster Standards, formed in 1973..
Official statement (1973): The PCA describes the Westminster Confession and Catechisms as a summary of the doctrine taught in the Bible, and states that 'The Word of God, rather than tradition, is the only guide for the Church.'
Progressive National Baptist Convention
Baptist · Congregational · Baptist confessional tradition; congregations adopt their own covenant and articles
Historically Black Baptist convention formed in 1961..
Official source for Progressive National Baptist ConventionWebsite
Protestant Reformed Churches in America
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Reformed denomination confessing the Three Forms of Unity, formed in 1924..
Reformed Church in the United States
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Reformed denomination of German origin confessing the Heidelberg Catechism and the other Reformed standards..
Official statement: The RCUS describes itself as 'a body of confessional churches' characterized by 'a high view of Scripture.'
Official source for Reformed Church in the United StatesWebsite
Reformed Episcopal Church
Anglican · Episcopal · Thirty-nine Articles
Anglican body founded in 1873 and now a diocese-level member of the Anglican Church in North America..
Official statement (1873): The church 'receives Holy Scripture as the Word of God' and affirms the three ancient creeds and the Thirty-nine Articles in their 1801 form.
Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards
Small Presbyterian body holding the original Westminster Standards, established in 1991..
Official statement: The RPCGA states, 'Our Standards are those of the original Westminster Assembly,' and that its first General Assembly adopted a Book of Church Order drawn largely from that Assembly.
Official source for Reformed Presbyterian Church General AssemblyWebsite
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
Presbyterian · Presbyterian · Westminster Standards and the RPCNA Testimony
Covenanter Presbyterian body that confesses the Westminster Standards alongside its Testimony and sings psalms without instruments..
Official statement: The RPCNA states that its beliefs stem from 'the authority of the Bible as the inerrant, infallible Word of God,' with the Westminster Confession, Catechisms, and Testimony as its standards.
Official source for Reformed Presbyterian Church of North AmericaWebsite
Rosedale Network of Churches
Anabaptist · Congregational · Rosedale Statement of Theology and Statement of Practice
Conservative Anabaptist network, formerly the Conservative Mennonite Conference, founded in 1910..
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Adventist · Connectional · 28 Fundamental Beliefs
Adventist denomination organized in 1863 that keeps the seventh-day Sabbath..
Seventh Day Baptist General Conference
Baptist · Congregational · Seventh Day Baptist Statement of Belief
Baptist body that keeps the seventh-day Sabbath, organized in America in the 1600s..
Official statement: Its Statement of Belief affirms that 'the Bible is the inspired Word of God and is our final authority in matters of faith and practice.'
Official source for Seventh Day Baptist General ConferenceWebsite
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist · Congregational · Baptist Faith and Message 2000
Cooperative convention of autonomous Baptist churches, the largest Protestant body in the United States, formed in 1845..
Official statement (2000): The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 states that 'all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy' and that 'Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime.'
Sovereign Grace Churches
Charismatic · Elder-led network · Sovereign Grace Churches Statement of Faith
Reformed and continuationist family of churches with a shared statement of faith..
Official statement: Its statement of faith receives the 66 books as 'the perfect, infallible, and authoritative Word of God' and says God instituted marriage 'as the union of one man and one woman.'
The Brethren Church
Brethren · Congregational · Brethren Church statement of faith
Brethren denomination based in Ashland, Ohio, in the tradition of the 1708 Brethren movement..
Official statement: It states that 'the Scriptures of both Testaments are the inspired Word of God,' with doctrine centred on Jesus Christ as the living Word.
The Salvation Army
Wesleyan-Holiness · Episcopal · Eleven Articles of Faith
Evangelical church and charitable movement in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, founded in 1865 and in the United States since 1880..
Official statement: Its first doctrine states that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments 'were given by inspiration of God, and that they only constitute the Divine rule of Christian faith and practice.'
The Wesleyan Church
Wesleyan-Holiness · Connectional · Wesleyan Articles of Religion
Wesleyan-Holiness denomination formed in its present form in 1968..
Official statement: The church states, 'The Bible is God's holy Word,' which 'uniquely and infallibly reveals God's plan' for His people.
United Reformed Churches in North America
Reformed · Presbyterian · Three Forms of Unity
Federation of Reformed churches confessing the Three Forms of Unity, formed in 1996..
Official statement: The URCNA is 'fully committed to the Bible in its entirety as the Word of God written, without error in all its parts,' as set forth in the Three Forms of Unity and the ecumenical creeds.
Official source for United Reformed Churches in North AmericaWebsite
U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
Anabaptist · Congregational · Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith
Anabaptist evangelical conference of churches with roots in the Mennonite Brethren movement of 1860..
Official statement: Its Confession of Faith says 'the entire Bible was inspired by God through the Holy Spirit' and that marriage is 'a covenant relationship intended to unite a man and a woman for life.'
Official source for U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren ChurchesWebsite
Vineyard USA
Charismatic · Elder-led network · Vineyard Core Values and Beliefs
Charismatic association of churches that grew from the movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s..
Official statement: Vineyard expresses historic orthodox beliefs 'with the Bible as our final authority in all matters of faith and practice.'
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Lutheran · Congregational · Book of Concord
Confessional Lutheran church body, founded in 1850..
Official statement: WELS teaches that the Bible is the true word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, so that 'every statement in the Bible is the truth.'
Official source for Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran SynodWebsite
Watched 1
Bodies whose official actions are being followed. Their churches are evaluated.
Reformed Church in America
Monitored: no affirming assembly action found; authority moves to middle assemblies on 2026-12-30, recheck then.
Official action (2017): General Synod statements have repeatedly affirmed marriage between a man and a woman, including a 2017 statement, but the RCA states that its constitution does not address marriage, that it has no denomination-wide LGBTQ+ policy, and that ordination authority rests with classes and consistories.
Category A: not evaluated 4
Bodies outside historic orthodoxy. Their churches are not graded.
Eastern Orthodox churches
Hold the ecumenical creeds; deny justification by faith alone.
Official action (1672): The 1672 Synod of Jerusalem's Confession of Dositheus, in Decree XIII, taught that man is justified not by faith alone but also by works.
Official source for Eastern Orthodox churches
Confession references: wcf 11.1
Roman Catholic Church
Holds the ecumenical creeds; officially denies justification by faith alone (Council of Trent).
Official action (January 13, 1547): The Council of Trent's Sixth Session decreed anathema on anyone saying that by faith alone the impious is justified in such wise that nothing else is required to co-operate in obtaining justification, and the Catechism teaches that justification includes the sanctification and renewal of the interior man.
Official source for Roman Catholic Church
Confession references: wcf 11.1
Unitarian Universalist Association
No binding creed; denies the Trinity and the exclusivity of Christ.
Official action (2024): The UUA's Article II, adopted by the 2024 General Assembly, provides that congregations may establish statements of purpose, covenants and bonds of union so long as they do not require that members adhere to a particular creed.
Official source for Unitarian Universalist Association
Confession references: nicene 1
United Pentecostal Church International
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The UPCI's published beliefs state that 'There is one God, who has revealed Himself as Father; through His Son, in redemption; and as the Holy Spirit, by emanation,' and that Jesus Christ is God manifested in flesh.
Official source for United Pentecostal Church International
Confession references: athanasian 1
Category B: not evaluated 6
Bodies with an official departure on marriage and sexuality. Their churches are not graded unless they complete disaffiliation.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Official departure on marriage and sexuality.
Official action (August 21, 2009): The 2009 Churchwide Assembly resolved to find a way for people in publicly accountable, lifelong, monogamous, same-gender relationships to serve as rostered leaders, and directed that ministry policies be changed accordingly.
Official source for Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Mennonite Church USA
Official departure on sexuality, though its confession still defines marriage as man and woman.
Official action (May 29, 2022): The Delegate Assembly voted 404-84 to retire the Membership Guidelines as active polity and 267-212 to adopt 'A Resolution for Repentance and Transformation' as a church statement.
Official source for Mennonite Church USA
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Official departure on marriage and sexuality.
Official action (March 17, 2015): A majority of presbyteries approved Amendment 14-F to the Directory for Worship, which describes marriage as a commitment between two people, traditionally a man and a woman; in 2025 Amendment 24-A added sexual orientation and gender identity to the church's non-discrimination language.
Official source for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Confession references: wcf 24.1
The Episcopal Church
Official departure on marriage and sexuality.
Official action (July 1, 2015): The 2015 General Convention adopted Resolution A036, revising the marriage canon, and Resolution A054, authorizing trial use of marriage rites for all couples, under the diocesan bishop's direction and with clergy free to decline.
Official source for The Episcopal Church
United Church of Christ
Official departure on marriage and sexuality.
Official action (July 4, 2005): The 25th General Synod adopted the resolution 'Equal Marriage Rights for All,' affirming equal marriage rights for couples regardless of gender.
Official source for United Church of Christ
United Methodist Church
Official departure on marriage and sexuality.
Official action (May 3, 2024): The 2024 General Conference removed the ban on clergy officiating at and churches hosting same-sex unions and removed the related chargeable offense.
Official source for United Methodist Church
Cults 21
Groups that present themselves as Christian but deny the Trinity, the deity of Christ, or salvation by grace. Their congregations are not graded.
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The church's doctrinal principles state that there is only one God who has manifested Himself in various forms, revealed as Father in creation, as Son in redemption, and as the Holy Spirit poured out in believers.
Official source for Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ JesusWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1, wcf 2.3
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The articles of faith state that the one true God 'has revealed Himself as Father in creation, through the Son in redemption, and as the Holy Ghost by emanation,' and require baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.
Official source for Assemblies of the Lord Jesus ChristWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1, wcf 2.3
Assemblies of Yahweh
Sacred Name movement
Denies the Trinity and the deity of the Holy Spirit; makes law-keeping necessary for salvation.
Official action: The statement of doctrine calls the Holy Spirit 'the mighty power' from the Father and the Messiah, finds trinitarian doctrine 'foreign to the inspired Scriptures,' and teaches that keeping the commandments given to Israel is necessary for salvation.
Official source for Assemblies of YahwehWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 11.1
Christadelphians
Deny the deity of Christ.
Official action (1898): The Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith lists among doctrines to be rejected 'That God is three persons' and 'That the Son of God was co-eternal with the Father,' while its clause 10 describes Jesus as 'God manifested in the flesh.'
Official source for Christadelphians
Confession references: nicene 1
Church of Christ, Scientist
Denies the reality of sin, death, and the atoning work of Christ.
Official action: The church's tenets state that spiritual understanding casts out evil as unreal and acknowledge Jesus' atonement as the evidence of divine, efficacious Love, while a church periodical describes sin, disease and death as mental illusions.
Official source for Church of Christ, Scientist
Confession references: wcf 8.5
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Unificationism
Denies the deity of Christ; teaches the Second Coming is fulfilled in its founding couple; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action: The movement's Divine Principle, published on its US website, teaches that Jesus may be called God only as a perfected man in oneness with God, 'Nevertheless, he is not God Himself.' Its about page states that the Second Coming is the founder Sun Myung Moon and his wife, and lists Moon's writings as scripture.
Official source for Family Federation for World Peace and UnificationWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 1.6
General Church of the New Jerusalem
Swedenborgian (New Church)
Rejects the Trinity of three persons; treats Swedenborg's writings as new revelation.
Official action: The church's core beliefs state that the Lord Jesus Christ is the one God, in whom the Father is the Soul, the Son the Body, and the Holy Spirit the Activity of 'the One Divine Person,' and that Swedenborg's writings give the Bible's inner meaning.
Official source for General Church of the New JerusalemWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 1.6
Iglesia ni Cristo
Deny the deity of Christ.
Official action: The church's official media site states 'we do not subscribe to the belief that Christ is a God-Man' and that Christ 'is not God but a man.'
Official source for Iglesia ni Cristo
Confession references: nicene 1
Jehovah's Witnesses
Denies the deity of Christ and the Trinity.
Official action: The Witnesses' official website teaches that Jesus is not Almighty God, that the Son was created, and that the Trinity is not a Bible teaching.
Official source for Jehovah's Witnesses
Confession references: nicene 1
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Oneness Pentecostal
Oneness (modalism); denies the Trinity.
Official action: The body's website gives its mission and history but no doctrinal statement; it is widely described as one of the oldest Oneness Pentecostal bodies.
Official source for Pentecostal Assemblies of the WorldWebsite
Confession references: athanasian 1
Philadelphia Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches the Godhead is two beings and the Holy Spirit is an impersonal power.
Official action: The church's summary of beliefs, published in its magazine The Philadelphia Trumpet, states that the Godhead 'is actually composed of two personages,' the Father and the Word, and describes the Holy Spirit as the power of God.
Official source for Philadelphia Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Remnant Fellowship Church
Nontrinitarian
Denies the Trinity and the full deity of Christ.
Official action: The church's statement on the essence of God calls the Trinity a man-made creed introduced after 325 A.D. and teaches that God is the Father and Jesus is His Son, under His authority.
Official source for Remnant Fellowship ChurchWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Restored Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches God is a family of two beings.
Official action: The church's book on the Trinity calls the doctrine an invention of men and teaches that, though God is one Family, Scripture shows 'it currently consists of two Beings,' the Father and the Son.
Official source for Restored Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Shepherd's Chapel
British Israelism
Denies the Trinity (per CARM); teaches the serpent seed and the pre-existence of souls.
Official action: The ministry's statement of faith confesses the God of the Bible, Jesus Christ as the only begotten Son, and salvation by grace through faith, but makes no confession of the Trinity and centres its teaching on the national identity of Israel.
Official source for Shepherd's ChapelWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3
Swedenborgian Church of North America
Swedenborgian (New Church)
Rejects the Trinity of three persons and the bodily return of Christ; treats Swedenborg's writings as revelation.
Official action: The church's beliefs page teaches the oneness of God with Jesus as the incarnation of Divine Wisdom, that God never judges or punishes, and that the Second Coming began in Swedenborg's lifetime as an inner return 'not an actual physical appearance of the Lord.'
Official source for Swedenborgian Church of North AmericaWebsite
Confession references: wcf 2.3, wcf 1.6
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement (Eastern Lightning)
Teaches that Christ has returned as a new incarnation; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action (2017): The church's statement of basic beliefs names the Old and New Testaments and 'The Word Appears in the Flesh,' which it calls the Bible of the Age of Kingdom spoken by 'the returned Lord Jesus of the last days, Almighty God,' as its tenets.
Official source for The Church of Almighty GodWebsite
Confession references: wcf 1.6
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Rejects the Nicene Trinity; adds scripture beyond the Bible.
Official action (2007): In an October 2007 General Conference address, an apostle stated that the Church regards the Father, Son and Holy Ghost as one in purpose but not as three persons in one substance, and the Articles of Faith affirm the Book of Mormon as scripture alongside the Bible.
Official source for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Confession references: nicene 1
The Way International
Biblical unitarian
Denies the deity of Christ, the Trinity, and the personhood of the Holy Spirit.
Official action: The ministry's statement of beliefs confesses one God and Jesus Christ as His Son and 'the man Christ Jesus' without confessing his deity, and its teaching page 'Is Jesus Christ God?' answers with verses that distinguish the Son from God, glossing 'Holy Ghost' as God the Father.
Official source for The Way InternationalWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
United Church of God
Armstrongism
Denies the Trinity; teaches God is a family of two beings and the Holy Spirit is an impersonal power.
Official action: The church's fundamental beliefs state that 'The Holy Spirit is the power of God,' that Scripture reveals God as two distinct divine Beings, the Father and the Son, forming one God family, and that the Spirit is not a third person in a trinity.
Official source for United Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3
Unity (Unity School of Christianity)
New Thought
Denies the deity and uniqueness of Christ; teaches every person is divine.
Official action: Unity's own website teaches that 'Christ' is not a person but the presence of God in everyone, that Jesus was a man who discovered and expressed his divinity, and that every person has the same potential to become 'the Christ.'
Official source for Unity (Unity School of Christianity)Website
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 8.2
World Mission Society Church of God
Korean new religious movement
Teaches that its founder was God and the returned Christ, and that there is a God the Mother.
Official action: The church's official website states that 'Christ Ahnsahnghong is God the Father and Jesus who came a second time,' and that the church believes in God the Father and God the Mother.
Official source for World Mission Society Church of GodWebsite
Confession references: nicene 1, wcf 2.3