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[1] [2] According to The Hartford Institute's database, approximately 50 churches had attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000 in 2010. [3] The same source also lists more than 1,300 such Protestant and Evangelical churches in the United States with a weekly attendance of more than 2,000, meeting the definition of a megachurch. [4]
Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the annual directory of the Catholic Church or Annuario Pontificio of 2024, there were 1.390 billion baptized Catholics in 2022.
The Leadership Network contains a directory of all Christian megachurches of the world (excluding Canada and USA). [5] This global list has over 270 megachurches. The Hartford Institute has compiled directories in Canada and the USA. The US list has more than 1,668 megachurches [6] [7] and the Canadian list 22. [8]
United States 13,200,000 [22] The world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus: Lutheran: 1959 Bishop Dr. Wakseyoum Idossa: Addis Ababa, Chartered city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopia: 12,000,000 [10] The world's largest Lutheran denomination ...
The United States has the largest Christian population in the world and, more specifically, the largest Protestant population in the world, with nearly 210 million Christians and, as of 2021, over 140 million people affiliated with Protestant churches, although other countries have higher percentages of Christians among their populations.
Saiva Siddhanta Temple in Kauai Island in Hawaii is the only Hindu monastery in the United States. Hinduism is the fourth largest faith in the United States, representing approximately 1% of the population in 2010s. [54] [148] [149] In 2001, there were an estimated 766,000 Hindus in the US, about 0.2% of the total population. [150] [151]
Together We Church is No. 48 on the 2023 Outreach 100 list of the fastest-growing churches in the U.S., and the Yukon church was No. 94 on the 2022 fastest-growing list.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.