| Denomination | 1990 Est. Adult Pop. |
2001 Est. Adult Pop. |
Est. % of U.S. Pop., 2001 |
% Change 1990 - 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 46,004,000 | 50,873,000 | 24.5% | +11% |
| Baptist | 33,964,000 | 33,830,000 | 16.3% | 0% |
| Methodist/Wesleyan | 14,174,000 | 14,150,000 | 6.8% | 0% |
| Lutheran | 9,110,000 | 9,580,000 | 4.6% | +5% |
| Presbyterian | 4,985,000 | 5,596,000 | 2.7% | +12% |
| Pentecostal/Charismatic | 3,191,000 | 4,407,000 | 2.1% | +38% |
| Episcopalian/Anglican | 3,042,000 | 3,451,000 | 1.7% | +13% |
| Judaism | 3,137,000 | 2,831,000 | 1.3% | -10% |
| Latter-day Saints/Mormon | 2,487,000 | 2,697,000 | 1.3% | +8% |
| Churches of Christ | 1,769,000 | 2,593,000 | 1.2% | +47% |
| Congregational/ United Church of Christ |
599,000 | 1,378,000 | 0.7% | +130% |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 1,381,000 | 1,331,000 | 0.6% | -4% |
| Assemblies of God | 660,000 | 1,106,000 | 0.5% | +68% |
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY HAS EXPLODED in the last 30 years. From 1975 to 1995 alone,...it has increased by 410 million and thereby almost quadrupled in half a generation. The total now stands at 560 million, up from 150 million in 1975. Reliable sources say that around 94,000 people are currently becoming Christians each day. The number of Evangelicals is growing 3 times as fast as the world population The fact that an ever growing percentage of the world population are Evangelical Christians is something which can no longer be overlooked... Conservative estimates made by David Barrett (Atlanta), the leader of the Statistics working group of the Lausanne Movement and publisher of the World Christian Encyclopaedia, show that Evangelical Christians make up around 10 percent of the world population of 5.6 billion.
I believe that Truth is not a popularity contest, and that false gospels will indeed draw many converts in the end times, as Jesus said.
After all, they breed like, um, catholics.
I'm not sure this is relevant. In the end times, the only church that true believers will want to attend will be those that are dying. Popular churches will be those that tickle the ears of the attenders without teaching any of the true doctrine of the faith.
One thing you can say about the Catholic Denomination (not counting various rebellious bishops and priests) is that they still stand up for their beliefs. They are driven by their love for G-d, not their desire to be socially acceptable. They are not the only ones, but they are there. That is one reason I respect them so much.
Shalom.
Unfortunately not in the US. Most of the growth in the USA has been Christians leaving churches control by liberal heretics for Bible believing churches. The number of Adult conversions has remained very small.
I say this to hopefully motivate us to think about evangelism. And to actually try to reach the lost. Instead of assuming that people in the pews means that we are reaching our society.