Christian movements

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named Methodists for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith". Methodism originated as a revival movement within Anglicanism with roots in the Church of England in the 18th century and became a separate denomination after Wesley's death. The movement spread throughout the British Empire, the Un

Christian political ideology and socioeconomic model

trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.

movement within German Protestantism during Nazi Germany that arose in opposition to nazi efforts to unify all churches into a single pro-Nazi Protestant Reich Church

socially conservative political ideology rooted in Christianity

Martinism is a form of Christian mysticism and esoteric Christianity concerned with the fall of the first man, his materialistic state of being deprived of his own divine source, and the process of his eventual (if not inevitable) return, called 'Reintegration'. thumb|150px|right|alt=Seal of Martinism|Seal of Martinism

group of Christians who regularly gather for worship in private homes

movement within the German Evangelical Church

Christian movement

Religious and social movement

1689 rebellion in the Ottoman Empire

Christian organization

Christian Pietistic movement in Norway

Christian revival movement

Christian assemblies in China outside of state-sanctioned churches

Group of 18th-century French religious pilgrims who exhibited convulsions

Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. It encourages procreation through the abstention from all forms of birth control, and sterilization reversal. The movement took its name from Psalm 127:3–5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as the arrows in a full quiver.

Christian religious practice

thumb|right| Icon of Saint Nil Sorsky, a leader of the non-possessors (1908) The non-possessors () belonged to a movement in the Russian Orthodox Church in the early 16th century that opposed ecclesiastical land-ownership. It was led by Nilus of Sora (1433–1508) and later Maximus the Greek () and others. They were opposed to the possessors (styazhateli) led by Joseph of Volokolamsk (1439/1440–1515), whose followers were known as the Josephites and believed that monastic possessions helped monks. The non-possessors were finally defeated at the Stoglav Synod in 1551. Both Nilus and Joseph were c

social and ideological movement in the religious sphere

Homoiousios ( from , hómoios, "similar" and , ousía, "essence, being") is a heretical Christian theological term, coined in the 4th century to identify a distinct group of Christian theologians who held the belief that God the Son was of a similar, but not identical, essence (or substance) with God the Father.