List of Christian denominations by number of members

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This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members. According to the "Status of Global Mission, 2009" of Center for the Study of Global Christianity in the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (its main campus is located in South Hamilton, MA), the number of Christian denominations is about 40,000.^{[citation needed]}

In this data, they belong to six ecclesiastical megablocs. The membership by 6 ecclesiastical megablocs is as follows (mid-2009); Roman Catholics 1,134.584 million, Independents 419.958 million^{[clarification needed]}, Protestants 391.217 million, Orthodox^[who?] 254.170 million, Anglicans 84.723 million, marginal Christians 34.958 million.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Christian denominational families 2 Largest denominations in the world 2.1 Catholicism - 1.2 billion 2.2 Protestantism - 540 million 2.3 Eastern Orthodoxy - 210 million 2.4 Oriental Orthodoxy - 75 million 2.5 Anglicanism - 77 million 2.6 Nontrinitarianism - 26 million 2.7 Nestorianism - 1 million 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Christian denominational families

[edit] Largest denominations in the world

[edit] Catholicism - 1.2 billion

• Roman Catholic Church - 1,131 million^[1]
  • Latin Rite - 1,109.5 million
  • Eastern Rite - 21.5 million
    • Alexandrian
      • Coptic Catholic Church - 0.17 million
      • Ethiopian Catholic Church[1] - 0.21 million
    • Antiochian (Antiochene or West Syrian)
      • Maronite Catholic Church[2] - 3.1 million (1.4 m in Lebanon)
      • Syro-Malankara Catholic Church[3] - 0.42 million
      • Syriac Catholic Church[4] - 0.17 million
    • Armenian
      • Armenian Catholic Church[5] - 0.54 million
    • Chaldean (Eastern Syrian)
      • Syro-Malabar Catholic Church[6] - 4.0 million
      • Chaldean Catholic Church[7] - 0.46 million
    • Byzantine (Constantinopolitan)
      • Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church[8] - 4.3 million
      • Melkite Greek Catholic Church[9] - 1.6 million (0.7 m in the Middle East)
      • Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic[10] - 0.8 million
      • Hungarian Greek Catholic Church[11] - 0.3 million
      • Ruthenian Catholic Church[12][13] - 0.65 million (mainly in USA)
      • Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
      • Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church[14] - 0.01 million
      • Slovak Greek Catholic Church - 0.25 million
      • Croatian Greek Catholic Church[15] - 0.06 million in former Yugoslavia
      • Italo-Albanian Catholic Church - 0.07 million
      • Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.004 million
      • Greek Byzantine Catholic Church[16] - 0.003 million
      • Macedonian Greek Catholic Church - 0.012 million
      • Russian Byzantine Catholic Church[17] - NA
      • Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million^[2]
• Old Catholic Church - 0.5 million
  • Old Catholic Church in Europe - 0.31 million
  • Old Catholic Church of America - 0.001 million
• Catholic Churches, not under the jurisdiction of, or in no communion with Rome - 9.53 million
  • Philippine Independent Church - 6 million
  • Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - 0.7 million
  • American Catholic Church in the United States - 0.6 million
  • Mexican National Catholic Church, MNCC (website) - 0.5 million
  • Catholic Apostolic National Church - 0.3 million
  • Celtic Catholic Church - 0.25 million
  • Ancient Apostolic Communion - 0.2 million
  • Catholic Charismatic Church of Canada - 0.2 million
  • Catholic Apostolic Church in North America (website) - 0.2 million
  • Catholic Church, Inc. (website) - 0.08 million
  • Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 0.08 million
  • True Catholic Church - 0.08 million
  • North American Old Roman Catholic Church - 0.06 million
  • Polish National Catholic Church - 0.06 million
  • Latin Episcopal Church of Brazil - 0.05 million
  • Free Catholic Church - 0.04 million
  • Liberal Catholic Church - 0.03 million
  • Mariavite Church - 0.03 million
  • Communion of Christ the Redeemer - 0.03 million
  • Palmarian Catholic Church - 0.03 million
  • Spiritus Christi - 0.01 million

[edit] Protestantism - 540 million

• Historical Protestantism - 350 million
  • Baptist churches - 105 million^[3]
    • Southern Baptist Convention - 16.30 million^[4]
  • Lutheranism - 87 million^[5]
    • Evangelical Church in Germany - 26.9 million^[6]
    • Church of Sweden - 6.9 million
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - 4.8 million
    • Church of Denmark - 4.5 million
    • Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus - 4.5 million
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - 4.3 million^[7]
    • Church of Norway - 3.9 million
    • Protestant Christian Batak Church - 3.8 million
    • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania - 3.5 million
    • Malagasy Lutheran Church - 3.0 million
    • Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod - 2.0 million
  • Methodism - 75 million
    • United Methodist Church - 12.0 million
    • African Methodist Episcopal Church - 5.0 million
    • The Church Of The Nazarene - 1.7 million
  • Reformed churches - 75 million
    • Mainstream Calvinism
      • Swiss Reformed Church - 2.4 million
      • Protestant Church in the Netherlands - 2.3 million
    • Presbyterianism
      • Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - 3.0 million
    • Congregationalism
      • United Church of Christ - 1.2 million
  • Anabaptism - 4.5 million
    • Mennonites - 1.3 million
    • Brethren in Christ - 0.4 million
    • Amish - 0.2 million
    • Hutterites - 0.2 million
    • Church of the Brethren - 0.13 million
    • Open Brethren - 1.85 million^[8]
    • Quakers (with quasi non-trinitarian and unitarian affinities) - 0.35 million
• Modern Protestantism - 190 million
  • Pentecostalism - 129 million
    • Assemblies of God - 54.7 million^[9]
      • Assemblies of God, USA - 2.83 million
    • New Apostolic Church - 11 million
    • International Circle of Faith - 10.9 million^[10]
    • Church of God (Cleveland) - 9 million
    • Church of God in Christ - 5.49 million
    • International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 8 million
    • The Pentecostal Mission - 6.7 million
    • Apostolic Church - 6 million
    • Christian Congregation of Brazil - 2.5 million
    • Church of the Lord (Aladura) - 2.5 million
    • Zion Christian Church - 2.5 million
    • Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost - 0.02 million
  • Non-Denominational Evangelicalism - 40 million
    • Calvary Chapel - 25 million
    • The Vineyard - 15 million
  • Seventh-day Adventists - 15 million
  • Restoration Movement - 6 million
    • Churches of Christ - 5 million
    • Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 0.75 million
    • Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ - 0.06 million
    • Evangelical Christian Church in Canada (Christian Disciples) - 10.6 thousand

[edit] Eastern Orthodoxy - 210 million

• Autocephalous churches
  • Russian Orthodox Church[18] - 125 million
  • Romanian Orthodox Church[19] - 18.8 million
  • Serbian Orthodox Church[20] - 15 million
  • Orthodox Church of Greece[21] - 11 million
  • Bulgarian Orthodox Church[22] - 8.8 million
  • Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church[23] - 5.0 million
  • Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople[24] - 3.5 million (0.08 in Turkey, 3.42 in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania)
  • Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch[25] - 2.5 million
  • Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria[26] - 1.65 million
  • Orthodox Church in America[27] - 1.2 million
  • Polish Orthodox Church[28] - 1 million
  • Albanian Orthodox Church[29] - 0.8 million
  • Cypriot Orthodox Church[30] - 0.55 million
  • Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem[31] - 0.36 million
  • Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church[32][33] - 0.074 million
• Autonomous churches
  • Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)[34] - 7,2 million^[11]
  • Moldovan Orthodox Church[35] - 2.58 million
  • Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia[36] - 1.25 million
  • Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church[37] - 0.50 million
  • Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia[38] - 0.62 million
  • Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church[39] - 0.45 million
  • Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric[40]- 0.34 million
  • Metropolis of Western Europe[41] - 0.15 million
  • Finnish Orthodox Church[42] - 0.08 million
  • Chinese Orthodox Church - 0.03 million
  • Estonian Orthodox Church[43] - 0.03 million
  • Japanese Orthodox Church[44] - 0.02 million
  • Latvian Orthodox Church[45] - 0.02 million
  • Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai[46]- 350 persons
• Churches in resistance
  • Not universally recognized churches
    • Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)[47] - 5,5 million^[12]
    • Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 2.4 million
    • Macedonian Orthodox Church[48] - 2 million
    • Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)[49]- 0.75 million
    • Croatian Orthodox Church - 0.36 million
    • Montenegrin Orthodox Church[50] - 0.05 million
    • Orthodox Church in Italy[51] - 0.12 million
    • Karamanli Turkish Orthodox Church - 200 persons
  • Churches which opted out
    • Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church[52] - 5.65 million
    • Old Believers - 1.8 million
    • Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece - 0.86 million
    • Russian True Orthodox Church[53] - 0.85 million
    • Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA[54] - 0.45 million
  • Of Eastern Orthodoxy origin but not recognized by any of the Eastern Orthodox Churches
    • Western Orthodox Church of America[55] - 0.05 million
    • Church of Kristenis & Katholism (K&K) - 0.02 million

[edit] Oriental Orthodoxy - 75 million

• Autocephalous churches in communion
  • Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 13 million (of which 12.0 million in Egypt and Africa and 1.0 million ex-patriates mainly in Europe, North America and Australia)
  • Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch - 5.5 million
  • Armenian Orthodox Church - 5.0 million (3.5 million in Armenia and 1.5 million ex-patriates)
  • Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia - 1.66 million (0.46 million in Lebanon and 1.2 million ex-patriates in North and South America and Australia)
  • Indian Orthodox Church - 1.2 million (including 0.40 million in North America, Europe and Australia) (Autocephelacy not recgognized by the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
  • Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 45 million (42.0 million in Ethiopia and 3.0 million ex-patriates mainly in Europe and North America)
  • Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church - 2.5 million
• Autonomous churches in communion
  • British Orthodox Church - 0.01 million (mainly in the United Kingdom)
  • French Coptic Orthodox Church - 0.012 million (mainly in France, some in Belgium and the Netherlands)
  • Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church - 2.5 million
  • Armenian Orthodox church of Jerusalem - 0.34 million (0.29 million in Israel, Palestine and Jordan and 0.05 million ex-patriates)
  • Armenian Orthodox Church of Constantinople - 0.42 million (0.32 million in Turkey and 0.10 million ex-patriates mainly in Europe)
• Churhes not in communion
  • Malabar Independent Syrian Church of India - 0.06 million

[edit] Anglicanism - 77 million

• Anglican Communion - 75.5 million
  • Church of Nigeria - 18 million
  • Church of England - 17 million
  • Church of Uganda - 8.8 million
  • Church of South India - 3.8 million
  • Anglican Church of Tanzania - 2.5 million
  • Anglican Church of Southern Africa - 2.4 million
  • Episcopal Church in the United States of America - 2.15 million
  • Anglican Church of Canada - 2.0 million
• Continuing Anglican Movement - 1.5 million
  • Episcopal Missionary Church - 0.45 million
  • Anglican Church in America - 0.14 million
  • Anglican Catholic Church - 0.12 million
  • Reformed Episcopal Church - 0.013 million.^[13]
  • Orthodox Anglican Church (website) - 0.0012 million
  • Anglican Province of America - 0.008 million
  • Anglican Episcopal Church - 0.0006 million
  • Anglican Catholic Church of Canada - 0.006 million
  • Anglican Province of Christ the King - 0.005 million
  • Holy Catholic Church (Anglican Rite) (website) - 0.0035 million
  • American Anglican Church (website). - 0.0003 million
  • Anglican Church in the USA (website) - 0.003 million
  • United Episcopal Church of North America - 0.003 million
  • Diocese of the Holy Cross - 0.002 million
  • United Anglican Church (website) - 0.0016 million
  • Anglican Orthodox Church - 0.0003 million
  • Christian Episcopal Church - 0.0003 million
  • Southern Episcopal Church - 0.003 million
  • Anglican Independent Communion Worldwide (website) - 0.002 million
  • Anglican Church of America (website) - 0.0002 million

[edit] Nontrinitarianism - 26 million

• Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) - 13.4 million
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[56] - 13.2 million^[14][15]
  • Community of Christ - 0.2 million
• Jehovah's Witnesses[57] - 7.1 million
• Iglesia ni Cristo - 2 million^[16]
• Christadelphians - 0.05 million
• Oneness Pentecostals - 4.10 million
• Friends of Man - 0.07 million

[edit] Nestorianism - 1 million

• Assyrian Church of the East[58] - 0.5 million
  • Chaldean Syrian Church of the East[59] - 0.2 million
• Ancient Church of the East - 0.3 million
• Church of the East & Abroad

[edit] See also

• List of Christian denominations
• List of the largest Protestant churches of the world
• Major religious groups

[edit] External links

• Adherents.com
• Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
• National Council of Churches USA
• Pew Research Center - News Release 2002

[edit] References