All of the protestant or Pentecostal churches in the present world are not more that 400 years old, while the Catholic church is more than 2010 years old.

Waldensians as the name suggests, started with Peter Waldo, a Catholic lay preacher who began to preach on the streets of Lyon in the 12^th century.

 Lutheran church founded by Martin Luther, an ex- monk of the Catholic Church, in the 16^th century.

Church of England; Anglicans, was founded by King Henry VIII in the 16^th century because the Pope would not grant him a divorce with the right to remarry.

Presbyterian, was founded by John Calvin in Switzerland. in the 16^th century.

Congregationalist, was originated by Robert Brown in Holland in the 16^th century.

Baptists founded by John Smyth, who launched it in Amsterdam in the beginning of the 17^th century.

Dutch Reformed church, has Michaelis Jones as founder, originated it in New York in the 17^th century.

Mennonite (Amish): Menno Simons, in Holland in the 17^th century.

Friends (Quakers): George Fox,  England in the 17^th century.

Protestant Episcopalian, an offshoot of the Church of England founded by Samuel Seabury in the American colonies in the 17th century.

 Methodist, was launched by John and Charles Wesley in England in the 18^th century.

Shakers: Ann Lee, in the 18^th century, England

Unitarian, Theophilus Lindley founded it in London in the 18^th century.

Church of Christ ; Christian Churches/Disciples of Christ. (Campbellities, Disciples): They all emerged from the same roots. The Stone-Campbell movement began as two separate threads, each without knowledge of the other, during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century. The first, led by Barton W. Stone began at Cane Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky. The group called themselves simply Christians. The second, began in western Pennsylvania and Virginia (now West Virginia), led by Thomas Campbell and his son, Alexander Campbell. Because the founders wanted to abandon all denominational labels, they used the biblical names for the followers of Jesus that they found in the Bible.

Mormon (Latter Day Saints), by Joseph Smith in Palmyra, N.Y., in the 19^th century.

Adventists (Seventh Day Adventists, Branch Davidians): William Miller, 19^th century, United States

Salvation Army, began with William Booth in London in the 19^th century.

Christian Scientist, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy as its founder in the 19^th century.

Jehovah's Witnesses: Charles Taze Russell, in the 19^th century, United States

Pentecostal (Assembly of God): Charles Parham, 19^th century, United States

Unification (Moonies): Sun Myung Moon, 1954, Korea