Membership of U.S. religious & spiritual groupsChristian denominations: Sponsored link.
Included in this list are the major religious groups in the U.S. that
consider themselves to be Christian. It is important to realize that many
individuals, particularly conservative Christians, reject many of these groups
as sub-Christian, quasi-Christian or non-Christian, because they hold beliefs
that deviate from either historic Christianity or present-day conservtive Christian beliefs. Denominational membership numbers are difficult to compare exactly, because many faith
groups have different definitions of church membership. Some groups:
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Do not publish numbers. This includes Christian Scientists;
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Count only currently active members.
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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.
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Sponsored link 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 |
Nazarenes |
| Apostolic Christian Churches of America |
13 |
11 |
| Baptist Churches |
30,002 |
36,613 |
| Brethren |
191 |
51 |
German Baptists |
| Christian Brethren |
95 |
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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 |
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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:
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The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1997, World Almanac Books, Mahwah
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