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There is a big misconception in Christianity today about what a denomination is, why they exist and who is in a denomination. False religions are not a denomination of Christianity. That includes works based religions like Catholicism, Orthodox, Church of England; Anglican & Episcopalian(1), and cults (like Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, 7th day adventists, Church of Christ, etc), they are not Christian because they reject the essentials God has revealed plainly to us in Scripture, and greatly distort truths taught in it. Scripture is God's Special Revelation to mankind. Christianity is a grace based faith, has the true Gospel, and holds to & teaches what the Bible actually says. Very simply Denominations in Christianity are protestant . Only protestant. These Christian Denominations came about because the Reformation brought truth to the people. Reformers in the 16th century were restoring biblical Christianity, (that was lost in the West due to [false religion of] Roman...

Have to be in a denomination to be Christian? *No and yes.  A Christian one who is a born again by God.   They sit under Biblical preaching, which is only found in Protestantism today. These denominations incl non denom. But many non denom have no faith statement today (after 2012) and are wishy washy or possibly progressive, so use caution.  Do denominations divide & not unity? *Yes and no. Answered here   (about denomiations) and here  (about how they got formed).  Are there denoms cuz of disagreement? Yes, and no. and answered (in links). It is because of either misunderstanding of Scripture, or lack of understanding areas of Scripture that a founder of a denomination created a new denomination. Either they are in error and create more error, or learned something biblically accurate other denoms are not teaching.  A denomination has a belief statement that says We believe Scripture says X. And if you believe that, you go ...