This is a general overview of Christian groups meant to help with building a picture of Christian groups and denominations and distinguishing between them. This can provide a basic framework for styding groups within Christianity.

The first page of this document is on Christian Descriptors:
Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Systematic Theology, Apologetics, Charismatic, Christian Mysticism, Mystical Experience, Contemplative Spirituality, Contemplative Practices, Process Theology, Pantheism, and Panentheism. It also includes the three largest Church divisions: Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. This touches on the Eastern Orthodox churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Catholic Church, the Latin rite, Catholic religious orders, and the Protestant Reformation.

The second page of this document is on Protestant Denominations, with a particular focus on ones which are popular in the United Sates. The denominations discussed are: Lutheran, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), Missouri Synod, Reformed, Calvinism, Presbyterian, Anabaptist, Anglican, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, United Methodist Church (UMC), Global Methodist Church (GMC), Nazarene, Pentecostal, Messianic Judaism, and Mormonism. Also mentioned are the Holiness Movement, Martin Luther vs Huldrych Zwingli, and Jacob Arminius (free will) vs John Calvin (predestination).