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General of The Salvation Army: Lyndon Buckingham. Prophet-President of the Community of Christ: Stephen M. Veazey. Patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church: Tomáš Butta. President of the Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States: Dr. Frank Walker. Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church: Juan Almario.
Phineas F. Bresee, (1838–1915), founder of the Church of the Nazarene. Albert Benjamin Simpson, (1843–1919), preacher, writer, founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), was an American healing evangelist. Her ministry style served as a model for Pentecostalism.
John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement. Kenneth Copeland (1936–present) Eagle Mountain International Church. Benson Idahosa (1938–1998) Word of Faith. Enoch Adeboye (1942–present) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Servant of Yahweh. Joyce Meyer (1943–present) Benny Hinn (1952–present) Prosperity theology.
Because the Spanish were the first Europeans to establish settlements on the mainland of North America, such as St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565, the earliest Christians in the territory which would eventually become the United States were Roman Catholics. However, the territory that would become the Thirteen Colonies in 1776 was largely ...
The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history. Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased religious enthusiasm between the early 18th century and the late 20th century. Each of these "Great Awakenings" were characterized by widespread revivals led by evangelical ...
Second ( c. 1790–1840) Third ( c. 1855–1930) Fourth ( c. 1960–1980) v. t. e. The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival during the late 18th to early 19th century in the United States. It spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching and sparked a number of reform movements. Revivals were a key part of the ...
t. e. The charismatic movement in Christianity is a movement within established or mainstream Christian denominations to adopt beliefs and practices of Charismatic Christianity, with an emphasis on baptism with the Holy Spirit, and the use of spiritual gifts ( charismata ). It has affected most denominations in the United States, and has spread ...
Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 63% is Christian (210 million). [1] The majority of Christian Americans are Protestant Christians (140 million; 42%), though there are also significant numbers of American Roman Catholics (70 ...