How Old Is Your
Church?
If you are a Lutheran, your religion
was founded by Martin Luther, an ex- monk of the Catholic Church, in
the year 1517.
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 the year 1560.
If you are a Protestant Episcopalian,
your religion was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by
Samuel Seabury 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 Methodist, your religion
was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in 1744.
If you are a Unitarian, Theophilus
Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.
If you are a Mormon (Latter Day
Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, N.Y., in
1829.
If you are a Baptist, you owe the
tenets of your religion to John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam
in 1605.
If you are of the Dutch Reformed
church, you recognize Michaelis Jones as founder, because he
originated your religion in New York in 1628.
If you worship with the Salvation
Army, your sect began with William Booth in London in 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," "Pilgrim Holiness Church," "Jehovah's
Witnesses," your religion is one of the hundreds of new sects
founded by men within the past century.
If you are Catholic, you know that
your religion was founded in the year 33 by Jesus Christ the Son of
God, and it is still the same Church.
