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I'm not sure of that number

According to wikipedia

[edit] Africa

West Africa
Southern Africa
- African Baptist Assembly of Malawi, Inc.
- African United Baptist Church
- Baptist Association of South Africa
- Baptist Bible Church of Madagascar (Fiangonana Batista Biblika eto Madagasikara)
- Baptist Community Church (current brunches in Mpumalanga and Johannesburg)
- Baptist Convention of Angola (Convençao Baptista de Angola)
- Baptist Convention of Zambia
- Baptist Convention of South Africa (BCSA)
- Baptist Evangelical Association of Madagascar (Association des Eglises Evangéliques Baptistes de Madagascar)
- Baptist Fellowship of Zambia
- Baptist Union of Southern Africa
- Baptist Union of Zambia
- Union of Baptist Churches of Mozambique (Igreja Uniao Baptista de Moçambique)
Central Africa
- Association of Baptist Churches of Chad
- Baptist Churches of the Central African Republic (Églises Baptistes de la RCA)
- Baptist Community of Western Zaire (Communauté Baptiste du Zaire Ouest)
- Baptist Community of the Zaire River (Communauté Baptiste du Flueve Zaire)
Regional Bodies
- All-Africa Baptist Fellowship

[edit] Asia and Oceania

Indonesia
- Gereja Baptis Independen Alkitabiah Graphe
East Asia
- Baptist Convention of Hong Kong
- Gospel Baptist Association (Fukuin Baputesuto Kyōdan)
- Japan Baptist Association (Nippon Baputesuto Rengō)
- Japan Baptist Convention (Nippon Baputesuto Renmei)
Oceania
- Baptist Union of Australia
- Baptist Union of New Zealand
- Australasian Conference of Seventh Day Baptists
- Association of Seventh Day Baptists (Australia)
- Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea
- Marianas Association of General Baptists
- Solomons Baptist Association
Southeast Asia

India

Pakistan
- Pakistan Baptist Fellowship

Regional Bodies:

Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (formerly Asian Baptist Federation)

[edit] Europe and Eurasia

[edit] The Caribbean

Barbados
- Barbados Baptist Convention
- Spiritual Baptist
Cuba
- Baptist Convention of Eastern Cuba (Convención Bautista de Cuba Oriental)(American Baptist Churches)
- Baptist Convention of Western Cuba (Convención Bautista de Cuba Occidental)(Southern Baptist Convention)
Haiti
- Evangelical Baptist Mission of South Haiti (Southern Baptist)
- Baptist Convention of Haiti (Affiliated with American Baptist Churches (ABCUSA))
- Mission Baptist Conservatrice
Jamaica
- Jamaica Baptist Union
- Association of Independent Baptists Of Jamaica
- Jamaica Free Baptist Church
- Spiritual Baptist
Trinidad and Tobago
- Baptist Union of Trinidad & Tobago
- Spiritual Baptist
Other
- Cayman Baptist Association
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Puerto Rico
Regional Bodies
- Caribbean Baptist Fellowship
- Caribbean Baptist Federation

[edit] North America

Canada
- Association of Regular Baptist Churches
- Atlantic Region Ministries
- Baptist General Conference of Canada
  - Central Canada Baptist Conference
- Canadian Baptist Ministries
  - Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec
  - Baptist Union of Western Canada
  - Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
  - Union of French Baptist Churches of Canada (Union D'Églises Baptistes Françaises au Canada)
- Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
- Covenanted Baptist Church of Canada
- Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
- Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec (L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark du Québec)
- Primitive Baptist Conference of New Brunswick, Maine and Nova Scotia
- Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the United States and Canada
- Sovereign Grace Fellowship of Canada
- Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Convention of Canada
- Union of Slavic Churches of Evangelical Christians and Slavic Baptists of Canada

Mexico
- National Baptist Convention of Mexico (Convención Nacional Bautista de Mexico)

United States

United States - Regional bodies
- Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches of Northern California
- Association of Independent Baptist Churches of Illinois
- Baptist General Association of Virginia
- Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
- Baptist General Convention of Texas
- Dakota Baptist Association
- District of Columbia Baptist Convention
- Empire State Fellowship of Regular Baptist Churches
- General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc.
- Inter-Mountain Baptist Fellowship
- Minnesota Baptist Association
- Minnesota Baptist Conference
- Mountain States Baptist Fellowship
- New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship
- Ohio Valley Association of Christian Baptist Churches of God
- Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
- Wisconsin Fellowship of Baptist Churches

North America - Regional Bodies
- North American Baptist Fellowship

[edit] South & Central America

Central America
- Baptist Association of El Salvador (Asociacíon Bautista de El Salvador)(Liberation Theology Church Affiliated to World Council of Churches and American Baptist Churches)
- Baptist Convention of Costa Rica (Convención Bautista de Costa Rica)
- Baptist Convention of Nicaragua (Convención Bautista de Nicaragua)(American Baptist Churches)
- Baptist Convention of Panama (Convención Bautista de Panama)
- National Union of Baptist Churches (Union Nacional de Iglesias Bautistas de Costa Rica)

South America
- Brazil
  - Biblical Baptist Convention (Convenção Batista Bíblica)
  - Brazilian Baptist Convention (Convenção Batista Brasileira)
  - Brazilian Conference of Seventh Day Baptists Churches (Conferência Batista do Sétimo Dia Brasileira)
  - Independent Baptist Convention (Convenção Batista Independente)
  - National Baptist Convention (Convenção Batista Nacional)
  - Peace Baptist Churches (Igrejas Batistas da Paz)
  - Regular Baptist Convention (Convenção Batista Regular)
- Other countries
  - Baptist Cooperative Convention of Guyana
  - Bolivian Baptist Union (Unión Bautista Boliviana)
  - Colombia Baptist Youth Union
  - Ecuador Baptist Convention
  - Evangelical Baptist Convention of Chile (Convención Evangélica Bautista de Chile)
  - Evangelical Baptist Convention of Paraguay (Convención Evangélica Bautista del Paraguay)
  - Evangelical Baptist Convention of Uruguay (Convención Evangélica Bautista del Uruguay)
  - Latin American Baptist Youth Congress
  - Light and Truth Evangelical Assembly (Asamblea Evangélica Luz y Verdad)
  - Latin American Baptist Women Union
  - Union of Baptist Churches in Surinam
  - Venezuela Baptist Convention
  - Venezuela Mainstream Baptists
Regional Bodies
- Union of Baptists in Latin America (Unión Bautista Latinoamericana)

[edit] Other

Global
- Baptist World Alliance
- Independent Baptist
- Independent Fundamental Baptist
- Seventh Day Baptist World Federation
- Woman's Missionary Union
- Fundamentalist Baptist Hispanic Database[edit] Lutheran World Federation
  [edit] United and uniting churches with Lutheran roots
  [edit] International Lutheran Council
  [edit] Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference
  - All Saints Lutheran Church of Nigeria - Nigeria
  - Bulgarian Lutheran Church - Bulgaria
  - Confessional Lutheran Church (Latvia) - Latvia
  - Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mexico) - Mexico
  - Christ the King Lutheran (Nigeria) - Nigeria
  - Czech Evangelical Lutheran Church - Czech Republic
  - Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany) - Germany
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church "Concord" - Russia
  - Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church (Finland) - Finland
  - Evangelical Lutheran Confessional Church (Puerto Rico) - Puerto Rico
  - Evangelical Lutheran Synod (Peru) - Peru
  - Evangelical Lutheran Synod - United States
  - Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia - Australia
  - Gereja Lutheran Indonesia - Indonesia
  - The Lutheran Church of Cameroon - Cameroon
  - Lutheran Church of Central Africa Malawi Conference - Malawi
  - Lutheran Church of Central Africa Zambia Conference - Zambia
  - Lutheran Confessional Church (Sweden and Norway) - Sweden and Norway
  - Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church (Japan) - Japan
  - Ukrainian Lutheran Church - Ukraine
  - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - United States
  [edit] Evangelical Catholic
  - Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church
  - Association of Independent Evangelical Lutheran Churches
  - Evangelical Catholic Church
  - Evangelical Marian Catholic Church
  - Lutheran Episcopal Communion
  - Lutheran Church-International (formerly International Lutheran Fellowship)
  [edit] Unaffiliated Lutheran denominations
  - Alliance of Renewal Churches (ARC)
  - American Lutheran Synod (ALS)
  - Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
  - Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
  - Augsburg Lutheran Churches (ALC)
  - Australian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Australia)
  - Brotherhood of Popular Pastoral Action - Lutheran Coordination (Panama)
  - Canadian Association of Lutheran Congregations (Canada)
  - Chinese Lutheran Brethren Church
  - China Lutheran Gospel Church
  - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
  - Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Chad
  - Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC)
  - Concordia Lutheran Church (Sweden)
  - Concordia Lutheran Conference
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo EELC-Brazzaville
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Côte d'Ivoire
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Faroe Islands
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Gambia
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Guinea
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sudan
  - Evangelical Lutheran Church of Togo
  - Evangelical Lutheran Conference & Ministerium of North America (ELCM)
  - Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of the Reformation (Australia)
  - Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA)
  - Evangelical Lutheran Mission (Liberia)
  - Federation of Lutheran Churches in Middle Germany
  - Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church (India)
  - Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua
  - Independent Lutheran Diocese - United States
  - Istanbul Lutheran Church (Turkey)
  - Japan Lutheran Brethren Church
  - Laestadian Lutheran Church
  - Laos Evangelical Lutheran Church
  - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
  - Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tamil Nadu
  - Lutheran Alliance of Churches in renovation (ALIA) - Brazil
  - Lutheran Church of Cameroon
  - Lutheran Church of Central Africa (Malawi & Zambia)
  - Lutheran Church of Eritrea
  - Lutheran Church of Ethiopia
  - The Lutheran Church of India
  - Lutheran Church of New Zealand
  - Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR)
  - Lutheran Churches of the Reformation in Nigeria
  - The Lutheran Church of the Republic of China
  - Lutheran Church of Togo
  - Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (USA)
  - Lutheran Ministerium and Synod - USA
  - Lutheran Mission in Thailand (LMT)
  - Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church
  - North Western Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church(India)
  - Old Lutheran Church (Asia)
  - Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
  - Tagakaulo Lutheran Church of Christ in the Philippines
  - United Lutheran Mission Association (ULMA) (USA)
  [edit] See also
  - Lutheran church bodies in North America
  That's just two. I'd say the number is about 20,000 roughly

And they ALL believe something different!

Who knew!

That's just two. I'd say the number is about 20,000 roughly

I just KNEW I wouldn't have to wait that long before I would be able to remind you of what you recently said:

To: Colofornian; terycarl

Cronos, please note the context in which this discussion arose: Terycarl constantly tries to claim there are 20,000 different Protestant denominations...The implication is that there are 20,000 different sects with 20,000 sets of core beliefs.

oh, thanks for the correction -- well, tery, the thing is that there are not 20,000 different sets of core beliefs -- many retain the same beliefs but have different locations, or disagree on some organizational matter

Take just one sub-group: baptists -- there are about 50 odd baptist groups around the country, but I would guess there are no more than 3 or 4 different theological groups.

i would suggest stop using the 20,000 argument. The number is too random and too arbitrary and includes theological, geographical, linguistic and organizational differences

180 posted on Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:25:21 PM by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2963547/posts?q=1&;page=180

Did you forget?

[edit] Africa

[edit] Asia and Oceania

[edit] Europe and Eurasia

[edit] The Caribbean

[edit] North America

[edit] South & Central America

[edit] Other

[edit] United and uniting churches with Lutheran roots

[edit] International Lutheran Council

[edit] Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference

[edit] Evangelical Catholic

[edit] Unaffiliated Lutheran denominations

[edit] See also