The Protestant Reformation had an impact on the way religion was structured at the time and still has a significant influence today. According to Fisher, the three main branches today are Catholic, Anglican and Protestant. Anglicans branch out further, including the Episcopal and Methodist churches. The Protestant branches off a second time into two further branches. The first group includes Lutheran, Calvinist, Reformed, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, Unitarian, and Congregational. The second branch is the Free Churches and denominations include Brethren, Mennonites, Amish, Baptists, Quakers, Pentecostals and African Institutes. In all, according to Fisher, there are currently nearly twenty-one thousand independent church denominations, which fall into one hundred and fifty-six major groups (Fisher