thank you — I will look up the Jewish bible! It is good to read the word of God in the raw, but it is also good to read it in community — and that community also includes past Christians.
|
Group |
Population |
Growth |
1 |
The Catholic Church |
68,115,001 |
1.49% |
2 |
Southern Baptist Convention |
16,228,438 |
-0.24% |
3 |
The United Methodist Church |
7,853,987 |
-0.98% |
4 |
Mormons (LDS) |
5,974,041 |
1.71% |
5 |
The Church of God in Christ |
5,499,875 |
- |
6 |
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc |
5,000,000 |
- |
7 |
ELCA |
4,633,887 |
-1.62% |
8 |
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc |
3,500,000 |
- |
9 |
Assemblies of God |
2,899,702 |
1.27% |
10 |
PCUSA |
2,844,952 |
-3.28% |
11 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
2,500,000 |
- |
11 |
National Missionary Baptist Convention |
2,500,000 |
- |
11 |
Progressive National Baptist Convention |
2,500,000 |
- |
14 |
LCMS |
2,337,349 |
-1.92% |
15 |
ECUSA |
2,057,292 |
-2.81% |
16 |
Churches of Christ |
1,638,485 |
- |
17 |
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
1,500,000 |
- |
17 |
Pentecostal Assemblies of the Word |
1,500,000 |
- |
19 |
The African Methodist Episcopal Zioan Church |
1,400,000 |
- |
20 |
American Baptist Churches in the USA |
1,331,127 |
-2.00% |
21 |
Baptist Bible Fellowship International |
1,200,000 |
- |
22 |
Jehovah's Witnesses |
1,114,009 |
2.00% |
23 |
United Church of Church |
1,111,691 |
-2.93% |
24 |
Church of God (Cleveland Tennessee) |
1,072,169 |
1.76% |
25 |
Christian Churchs and Churches of Christ |
1,071,616 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
147,383,621 |
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