That's a difficult question, as it can mean several different things. There are four answers that come to mind.
1) You could be Jesus Christ, wanting to start the church, but then you wouldn't be asking, so I'll try to answer the other three ways.
2) If you mean how do you start a new Roman Catholic parish in an area currently unserved by a parish, I'd refer you to your local Archdiocesan Chancery.
3) Similarly, if you belong to an Anglican community that wished to become re-united with Rome, contact your Chancery and see http://www.pastoralprovision.org/
4) Roman Catholicism is only one of some twenty odd distinct Catholic churches. See Eastern Catholic Churches at answers.com . If this is the sort of Catholic church you are wishing to start, contact your local Chancery or the "Congregation for the Oriental Churches" at The Holy See, http://www.vatican.va .
Just have faith in a God and do it .He said upon this rock i will build my church ....choose the rock and have church
Can you be recognized by the state as a minister, and able to perform weddings, etc. without being ordained by a denomination?
How do you set up the finances? If you don't set up a 501C3 business account with the IRS, how do you set up the tax-free church bank accounts and get tax exempt card, etc.?
First step in building any church is to get ordained. Once you are it gives you more creditability to the government.
Second step is to find like minded people to worship with.
Then you should form a governing body your church. (Minister, Accountant, ect).
If you desire a brick and mortar church you then go into the fund-raising stage.
It is a long hard road but a rewarding one if you follow it.
Check out ULC.org for ordination and witchvox.com for networking.
The building of Pagan churches is something that should be ecouraged. The eldest religions are Pagan religions.
The Church adopted some pagan holidays as a way to ease the transition of the local population into Christianity. By incorporating familiar traditions and festivals, it made it easier for people to accept the new religion. Additionally, repurposing pagan holidays allowed the Church to replace the old beliefs with Christian meanings.
Easter goes back over a thousand years. It was celebrated by the pagan tribes as the rebirth of the world and the Catholic Church took the pagan ritual and turned into a religious rite for the church.
The first leaders of the church dedicated a pagan festival to it
Idol worshiping
It was asociated with pagan rituals.
It was asociated with pagan rituals.
Heavenly mother or Queen of heaven is pagan. Church comes from Circe a pagan goddess whos body was buried on an island within sight of Patmos n means house of Baal / Lord.
The ring in marriage are of pagan origin, and sanctified by it's adoption into the church.
Holy festival
In the Magi, the Church sees the pagan kingdoms as recognizing the new born Messiah as God come to the world as its king.
No. When Prince Vladimir chose to become a Christian, he joined the Orthodox Church. His pagan subjects were therefore required to join the Orthodox Church.
It was an era of new Roman Christian states. By 966, much of the Polish region had sided with Rome, as did the of Hungary around 986. Large sections of Scandinavia adopted the Latin Church by 1000. Pagan lands were minimal.