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 | Do not publish numbers. This includes Christian Scientists; |
| Count only currently active members. |
| Include everyone who was baptized, usually as an infant, whether they actually darkened the door of a church later in life. This includes the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Exaggerate their numbers in order to appear like a larger group. |
U.S. membership numbers, as supplied by various denominations (in thousands) are: 1
| Denomination | Membership, in thousands in 2004 | Membership, in thousands in 1996 | Comments |
| Adventist Churches | 927 | 808 | |
| Apostolic Christian Church | 18 | 4 | Nazarene |
| Apostolic Christian Churches of America | 13 | 11 | |
| Baptist Churches | 30,002 | 36,613 | |
| Brethren | 191 | 51 | German Baptists |
| Christian Brethren | 95 | Plymouth Brethren | |
| Christian Church | 805 | 938 | Disciples of Christ |
| Christian Churches | 1,500 | 1,071 | Churches of Christ |
| Christian Congregation | 119 | 112 | |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance | 382 | 302 | |
| Christian Union, Churches of Christ in | 10 | 10 | |
| Churches of Christ | 1,500 | 1,651 | |
| Churches of God | 287 | 257 | |
| Church of the Nazarene | 637 | 598 | |
| Community Churches, Inter. Council of | 117 | 500 | |
| Congregational Christian Churches | 65 | 90 | |
| Conservative Congr. Christian Conference | 41 | 37 | |
| Eastern Orthodox Churches | 4,218 | 5,302 | |
| Episcopal Church | 2,333 | 2,505 | |
| Evangelical Church | 12 | 12 | |
| Evangelical Congregational Church | 21 | 24 | |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | 101 | 90 | |
| Evangelical Free Church of America | 243 | 227 | |
| Grace Gospel Fellowship | 60 | 60 | |
| Independent Fundamental Churches of America | 62 | 70 | |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 989 | 946 | |
| Latter-Day Saints | 5,448 | 4,766 | Mormon |
| Liberal Catholic Church | 7 | 3 | |
| Lutheran Churches | 8,152 | 8,350 | |
| Mennonite Churches | 346 | 294 | Includes Old Order Amish |
| Methodist Churches | 12,266 | 13,533 | |
| Metropolitan Community Churches | 44 | 30 | |
| Missionary Church | 41 | 28 | |
| Moravian Churches | 26 | 52 | |
| Nat. Org. of the New Apostolic Church | 36 | 42 | |
| National Spiritist Association of Churches | - | 4 | |
| Pentecostal Churches | 11,362 | 10,606 | |
| Polish National Catholic Church | - | 150 | |
| Presbyterian Churches | 4,048 | 4,193 | |
| Reformed Churches | 1,748 | 2,039 | |
| Reformed Episcopal Church | 6 | 7 | |
| Roman Catholic Church | 65,260 | 60,191 | |
| Salvation Army | 455 | 443 | |
| Schwenkfelder Church | - | 3 | |
| Society of Friends * | 206 | 108 | |
| Swedenborgian Church | - | 2 | |
| United Brethren in Christ | - | 25 |
* a.k.a. Quakers
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Reference:
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1997, World Almanac Books, Mahwah NJ
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