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Christians have made many contributions in a broad and diverse range of fields, including the sciences, arts, politics, literatures, sports and business This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
With more than 1.1 billion baptized members, the Catholic Church is the largest Christian church and represents 50.1% [1] of all Christians as well as 16.7% of the world's population. [ 390 ] [ 391 ] [ 392 ] Catholics live all over the world through missions , diaspora , and conversions .
Ananias and Sapphira – Ananias and his wife Sapphira were, according to the Acts of the Apostles, members of the Early Christian church in Jerusalem. Sceva – Sceva, or Scevas, apparently related to the Greek word skeuos meaning a vessel or implement, a Jew called a "chief priest" (archiereus in Greek) in Acts 19:14.
The Methodist movement is represented by 60–80 million people [verification needed] (a figure including adherents but non-members), found in denominations including the following; [23] [190] the World Methodist Council (WMC) is the fifth largest communion. [191] Not all of the following churches are member churches of the WMC.
Christians have composed about 33 percent of the world's population for around 100 years. The largest Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion adherents, representing half of all Christians. [57] Christianity remains the dominant religion in the Western World, where 70% are Christians. [4]
Methodists were among the first Christians to accept women's ordination since the Montanists. Some 60-80 million Christians are Methodists and members of the World Methodist Council. [86] [97] [98] The holiness movement emerged within Methodism in the 19th-century. [A] As of 2015, churches of the movement had an estimated 12 million adherents ...
David Dreier – Member of the United States House of Representatives [17] Bob Goodlatte – Member of the United States House of Representatives [18] William Higgs (politician) (1862-1951) – Australian Senator and member of the House of Representatives, Treasurer of Australia [n 3] Gustav A. Hoff (1852-1930), American businessman and Mayor ...
Dominican Associates are Christian women and men; married, single, divorced, and widowed; clergy members and lay persons who were first drawn to and then called to live out the charism and continue the mission of the Dominican Order – to praise, to bless, to preach.