If you are Lutheran, your religion was founded by Martin Luther, an ex-Monk of the Catholic Church in 1517.

If you belong to the Church of England, King Henry VIII founded your religion in 1534 because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to re-marry.

If you are a Presbyterian, John Knox in Scotland founded your religion in the year 1560.

If you are a Protestant Episcopalian, your church was an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies during 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, Theopilus Lindley founded your church in London in 1774.

If you are a Mormon (Latter Day Saints), Joseph Smith started your religion in Palmyra, NY 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, 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 Nazarene", "Pentecostal Gospel", "Holiness Church", "Pilgrim Holiness Church", or "Jehovah's Witnesses", your religion is one of hundreds of new sects founded by people within the past 100 years.