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As of 2014, according to Pew Research, Evangelical Protestants (includes family denominations under Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Pentecostal and more churches) are the largest religious group at 38%, followed by the unaffiliated at 18%, Catholicism at 15% and Mainline Protestants (includes American Baptist Churches USA, United Methodist Church, ELCA, Presbyterian Church and more) at 14%.
This church, now known as the Old North Church, is the oldest surviving missionary Baptist church in Texas, and cooperates with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. [6] After Texans achieved independence from Mexico, Baptists began to flourish in Texas. Many churches were formed in the days of the Republic of Texas.
To avoid being mistakenly associated with fundamentalist groups, many moderate Baptist churches have adopted names such as "Community Church" or "Community Chapel" that leave out the denomination's name. This fits into a general trend by church planters from many denominations to de-accentuate their denomination's name. [72]
The largest Methodist denomination, the United Methodist Church, had about 25 percent [192] of their churches disaffiliate between 2019 and 2023, some of whom joined the Global Methodist Church, thus figures for the two denominations are an ongoing process.
This list of Baptist denominations is a list of subdivisions of Baptists, with their various Baptist associations, conferences, conventions, fellowships, groups, and unions around the world. Unless otherwise noted, information comes from the World Baptist Alliance .
The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval as more than 7,000 congregations across the country, one quarter of the total, decided whether to leave the denomination or remain ...
Mainline churches tend to belong to organizations such as the National Council of Churches and World Council of Churches. Mainline Protestant denominations, such as the Episcopal Church (76%), [30] the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (64%), [30] and the United Church of Christ (46%), [31] [32] have the highest number of graduate and post-graduate ...
This church converted into a parish catering to German Americans in 1871 when the larger Annunciation Church opened. [7] The city's first black Catholic church was St. Nicholas, located in the Third Ward. [8] Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in the Second Ward. In 1910 there were no Mexican Catholic churches in Houston.