Obscure Churches You May Not Know Exist

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FULL SERIES:

Episode 1: Origins & Early Schisms

Episode 2: Roman Catholics & Eastern Orthodoxy

Episode 3: Anglicans, Lutherans & Reformed

Episode 4: Anabaptists & Quakers

Episode 5: Baptists & Methodists

Episode 6: Mormons, Adventists & JWs

Episode 7: Pentecostals & Charismatics

Episode 8: Miscellaneous Groups

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CREDITS:

Chart & Narration by Matt Baker
Animation by Syawish Rehman
Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz

[cswrye]

Matt, I hope you understand just how amazing this series was. A family tree of Christian denominations is something that people with an interest in Christian history have wanted for a very long time, and you've put together something that is more thorough and more accurate than anything else that has been done before! I know this wasn't easy, but thank you for all your work on this. I look forward to seeing your future videos on the family trees of other religions.

[katrinalaws-ewald]

I would love it if you could create a chart of Catholic religious orders such as Franciscans, Carmelites, Trappists, etc?

[johnpannebaker]

I really appreciate the breakdown of Rabbinic Judaism at the end, along with the explanation of how Jews that are atheists are still considered Jews by those who believe in God. For some reason the tribalism of Judaism as the reason for that had never occurred to me.

[eltedioso]

This is such a massive accomplishment. I'm sure not everyone is 100% happy with the end result, but I think you've walked the fine line perfectly here. You've included as much as you could, within reason, and without too much editorializing. And you've taken audience advice/criticism along the way and let it generate revisions and guide the direction of the project. Congratulations on a job well done.

[claysparrows]

As a history nerd and a agnostic I LOVED this series.

[hopefulcatholic]

Buddhism has a variety of denominations, too, it would be great to cover them!

[ekmalsukarno]

UsefulCharts, can you please make a video on the family tree of not only Muslim denominations (Sunni, Shia, Ibadi), but also Muslim madhhabs (schools of thought, such as Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, etc). Thank you very much.

[stevenjlovelace]

This is your best work yet. I've looked forward to every episode and really liked how you used feedback from viewers along the way. I also really liked exploring the more recent sects, as I've learned the basics of early church schisms and mainline protestant denominations, but I knew nothing of modern African and Asian churches.

[KimberlyGreen]

I would appreciate a similar coverage of the Eastern faiths (Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, etc). This Christian series was incredibly insightful and well-done.

[joshuajasper]

As a traditional Jewish person living in a Chrisitan-majority country, I really enjoyed your series on Christian denominations. I learned a HUGE amount, and I feel like I can better understand the history. Way more helpful than the history I learned from going to public schools my entire childhood. Very excited for the future family trees of religions videos!

Now that the chart is done, I wonder if you could do a shorter summary video of Christianity hitting the major points. I think it would be incredibly popular.

[Artur_M.]

It really is a fantastic project!
BTW if anyone is interested in these earliest Unitarian movements based in Eastern Europe mentioned at 2:15, search for Polish Brethren and the Unitarian Church of Transylvania.

[mikmop]

This series and it's corresponding poster has to be the best thing you've done so far. The amount of research and comprehensiveness that has gone into these timelines is just brilliant. I've collected various historical timeline posters in the past, but this one is going to be front and centre of my collection. Well done.

[nebulan]

LOL. Matt basically passes no judgment about the religions. Saying "they believe" and "according to them" but scientology? Nah, all made up.

[bj.bruner]

A chart of the different divisions/sects within Hinduism would be interesting as well since it's hardly talked about in the West; we tend to lump all Hindus under one umbrella but there's so much diversity it's insane. The chart might be absolutely huge though

[nickverbree]

Man, the sheer amount of work you put into this project is amazing

[wallinollipekka]

Thank you for adding the Lutheran Church of Finland to this poster.

[bobbybrandon]

I'm glad you mentioned the Monitor, it's a good paper and will probably be the church's lasting legacy given its current numbers.

[STOCathain]

As a Roman Catholic this series of videos has been kinda like being the first one in class to do my presentation and enjoying watching everyone else do theirs later.

[andrepersson]

I've never in the past been particularly interested in religious history like this, but this series was fantastic and absolutely fascinating! History in the west makes a whole lot more sense when you have a deeper understanding of where Christianity was at the time. Great work, Matt!

[BritaLearned]

Fabulous job! Thank you for being so clear in showing the connections and the differences between denominations. And thank you for including Unitarian-Universalism! Even though we aren't exactly Christian now, our roots were.