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Federation of most Congolese Protestants. Largest United Protestant denomination worldwide. Three-Self Patriotic Movement: State-regulated theology various Protestants: 1951 Chairperson Fu Xianwei Secretary General Xu Xiaohong Shanghai, China China 23,000,000 [16] It is the only Protestant denomination approved by the Chinese government.
[7] [22] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred. [8] According to one source, Protestants constituted respectively 2.5% of South Americans, 2% of Africans and 0.5% of Asians in 1900. [ 8 ]
[247] [248] [249] Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches. [247] [250] However, Protestant Eastern Christianity within itself, does not constitute a single communion. This is due to the diverse polities, practices, liturgies and orientations of the denominations which fall under this category.
The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members. [9] The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism (if it is considered a single group), or the Eastern Orthodox Church (if Protestants are considered to be divided into multiple denominations).
Roman Catholics (44% of the population) constitute the largest group, followed by Protestant denominations (29%). The United Church and the Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, and Pentecostal churches are the largest Protestant groups. Approximately 2% of the population is Muslim and 1% is Jewish.
The National Baptist Convention, USA, is one of four major Black Baptist denominations in the U.S. and is the oldest and largest of the four. The denomination, with between 5.2 million and 7.5 ...
The largest denomination is the Catholic Church with more than 1.3 billion members. [24] The smallest of these groups may have only a few dozen adherents or an unspecified number of participants in independent churches as described below. As such, specific numbers and a certain size may not define a group as a denomination.
Outgoing president of nation's largest Black Protestant denomination addresses U.S. presidential election and convention division in farewell address.