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  2. List of Christian denominations by number of members

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    The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...

  3. List of Christian denominations - Wikipedia

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    A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.

  4. List of the largest Protestant denominations - Wikipedia

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    The world's largest Adventist denomination. Brings together the vast majority of the world's Adventists. The Apostolic Church: Pentecostal: 1911/1916 Worldwide 15,000,000 Trinitarian Pentecostal denomination which emerged from the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival. Zion Christian Church: African initiated: Zion City Moria, Limpopo, South Africa Southern ...

  5. Christian denomination - Wikipedia

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    A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote any ...

  6. Category:Christians by denomination - Wikipedia

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    Christians organized by denomination in which they are members. It should be remembered that some members of many of these may not describe themselves as "Christians", and a few denominations (e.g. Universalists and some subdivisions of Quakerism) explicitly state that denying any unique role of Jesus is consistent with the denomination's core beliefs.

  7. Christianity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    All Protestant denominations accounted for 48.5% of the population, making Protestantism the most common form of Christianity in the country and the majority religion in general in the United States, while the Catholic Church by itself, at 22.7% of the population, is the largest individual denomination. [11]

  8. List of religious populations - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Religious denomination - Wikipedia

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    A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name and tradition, among other activities. The term refers to the various Christian denominations (for example, Eastern Orthodox , Catholic , and the many varieties of Protestantism ).