A "distinct religious movement" may be considered a distinctive branch, denomination, or denominational family of a larger religion, or it may be an entirely independent religion or religious movement.
This list does not include religious bodies which are simply national or regional manifestations of an existing religious movement. (For example, "Lutheranism" is listed as a distinct religious movement which began in Germany. But the "Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada" would not be listed separately for Canada.)
| Country | Religious Movement |
|---|---|
| Germany | Lutheranism (1517, Martin Luther)
Moravians (1727, Count Zinendorf) |
| China | Taoism
Confucianism Falun Gong/Falun Dafa |
| England | Anglicanism (1534)
Quakers (1647) Congregationalism Methodism (1739, John Wesley) Shakers Salvation Army (1865, William Booth) |
| Holland | Baptists (1605, John Smyth) |
| India | Hinduism
Buddhism Jainism Veerashaivas (Lingayats) Sikhism Ahmadiyya Islam |
| Indonesia | Subud |
| Persia | Babi and Baha'i Faiths |
| Israel | Judaism
Christianity |
| Jamaica | Rastafarianism |
| Japan | Shinto
Tenrikyo |
| Korea, North | Juche |
| Korea, South | Ch'ondogyo
Won Buddhism / Wonbulgyo Unification Church |
| Saudi Arabia | Islam |
| Switzerland | Presbyterianism
Amish (1693, Jakob Ammann) Mennonites |
| Tibet | Bon
Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism |
| United States of America | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Fayette, New York, 1830)
Southern Baptist Convention (1845) Jehovah's Witnesses (Pennsylvania, 1870) Christian Science (Massachusetts, 1879) Adventism / Seventh-day Adventists (New Hampshire) Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement Pentecostalism (1901) "Black Muslim" movement / Nation of Islam Church of Scientology Secular Humanistic Judaism (1963) Eckankar |
| Vietnam | Cao Dai
Hoa Hao Tinh Do Cu Si ("Coconut Religion") |