The Disciples of Christ is also referred to as The Christian Church or simply, The Disciples. Its logo features a red chalice with the Cross of Saint Andrew.
It is a relatively liberal Christian denomination with a membership of approximately 834,000 in the United States and Canada in almost in about 3,700 congregations. Apart from the US and Canada, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has partner churches worldwide.
The United Methodist Church, as the name suggests, is a Methodist Christian denomination. It is both mainline Protestant and Evangelical.
The Church claims that it has over 40,000 churches across the United States, Africa, Europe, Asia, and approximately 11 million members worldwide.
It was founded in 1968 by the union of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Methodist Church at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas.
“Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is his only Son.”
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
There are numerous Christian denominations, of which Roman Catholicism is the largest individual denomination.
The Roman Catholic Church, however, does not view itself as a denomination. It identifies itself as the original pre-denominational church.