A
FAMILY
TREE OF THE
PROTESTANT MOVEMENT:
A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM BASED ON
MAJOR TRADITIONS AND DENOMINATIONAL FAMILIES

CLASCODE

TRADITIONS-FAMILIES

B1.0 OLDER LITURGICAL (CLASSICAL) TRADITION, 1517-1530
B1.1 Lutheran Family (1517, 1530)
B1.2 Reformed-Presbyterian-Congregational Family (1523)
B1.3 Anglican-Episcopal Family (1534)
B2.0 EVANGELICAL SEPARATIST ("FREE CHURCH") TRADITION, 1521
B2.1 Anabaptist-Mennonite Family (1521)
B2.2 Baptist Family (1610)
B2.3 Pietist Family (1670)
B2.4 Independent Fundamentalist Family (1827)
B2.5 Holiness Family (1839)
B2.6 Restoration Movement Family (1830s)
B2.7 Other Separatist Churches
B3.0 ADVENTIST TRADITION, 1836
B3.1 Millerist Family that observes Saturday (1836, 1850s)
B3.2 Millerist Family that observes Sunday (1855)
B3.3 Sabbatical Church of God Family (1863)
B3.4 Worldwide Church of God Movement (1933)
B4.0 PENTECOSTAL TRADITION: 1901, 1906
B4.1 Apostolic Faith Pentecostal Family (1901)
B4.2 Pentecostal Holiness Family (1906)
B4.3 Name of Jesus ("Oneness") Pentecostal Family (1907)
B4.4 Finished Work of Calvary Pentecostal Family (1910)
B4.5 Sabbatical Pentecostal Family (1930s)
B4.6 Deliverance Movement Pentecostal Family (1947)
B4.7 Latter Rain Movement Pentecostal Family (1948)
B4.8 Charismatic Movement Pentecostal Family (1950s)
B4.9 Shepherding Movement Pentecostal Family (1968)
B4.10 Word of Faith Movement Pentecostal Family (1970s)
B5.0 UNCLASSIFIED PROTESTANT GROUPS
B6.0 MIXED GROUPS: PENTECOSTAL AND NON-PENTECOSTAL

See basic document:  A Classification System of Religious Groups in the Americas (.pdf)

SOURCE: Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES