If you are a Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-monk of the Catholic Church.
If you belong to the Church of England, your religion was founded by King Henry VIII in the year 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.
If you are a Presbyterian, your religion was founded by John Knox in Scotland in 1560.
If you are a Protestant Episcopalian, your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England, founded by Samuel Senbury in the American colonies in the 17th century.
If you are a Congregationalist, your religion was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in 1582.
If you are a Roman Catholic, your church shared the same rich apostolic and doctrinal heritage as the Orthodox church for the first 1,000 years of its history, since during the first millennium they were one and the same Church. In 1054, the Pope of Rome broke away from the other four Apostolic Patriarchates, which include Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, by tampering with the original Creed and considering himself to be infallible. Thus, your church is 937 years old.
If you are a Methodist, your religion was founded by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1774.
If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded your church in London in the year 1774.
If you are a Morman (Latter Day Saints), your religion was started by Joseph Smith in New York in the year 1829.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the doctrine (teachings) of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in 1606.
If you are of the Dutch Reformed Church, you recognize Michelis Jones as founder because he orginated your religion in New York in the year 1628.
If you worship with the Salvation Army, your religious group began with William Booth in London in the year 1865.
If you are a Christian Scientist, you look to 1879 as the year in which your religion was born and to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder.
If you belong to one of the religious organizations known as "Church of the Nazarene, Pentecostal Gospel," "Holiness Church" or "Jehovah's Winesses" your religion is one of the hundreds of new groups founded by men within the past 100 years.
IF YOU ARE AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN, your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It has not changed since that time. The ORTHODOX CHURCH is now 1,963 years old!