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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.
Evangelical Church in Germany – 10.8 million, [82] with the remainder of the denominations's 19.2 million members being non-Lutheran; Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus – 10.4 million [83] Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania – 7.9 million [84] Church of Sweden – 5.5 million [85] [86]
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 ...
This is a list of the largest Protestant denominations. It aims to include sizable Protestant communions, federations, alliances, councils, fellowships, and other denominational organisations in the world and provides information regarding the membership thereof.
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 ).
United Methodist Church (UMC) is the largest mainline Protestant denomination among the "Seven Sisters" with 5.4 million members in the United States in 2022. [19] Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is the second largest mainline denomination with approximately 2.9 million members and 8,600 congregations at the end of 2022. [20]
Affirming Christian denominations (7 C, 3 P) Ancient Christian denominations (4 C) Christian groups with annihilationist beliefs (2 C, ...
Catholic denominations (7 C) Charismatic denominations (1 C, 41 P) Congregationalist denominations (6 C, 15 P) E. Eastern Orthodox Church bodies (8 C, 1 P)