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The Oriental Orthodox Churches are the Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite christology and theology, with a combined global membership of 62 million as of 2019. [42] [43] [44] These churches reject the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and those after it. They departed from the state church of the Roman Empire after the Chalcedonian Council.
The Protestant Christian Church – 0.5 million [90] Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia – 0.4 million [101] Evangelical Free Church of America – 0.4 million [105] The Indonesian Christian Church – 0.3 million [90] Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ – 0.3 million [106]
The churches are independent congregations and typically go by the name "Christian Church", but often use the name "Church of Christ" as well. Though isolated exceptions may occur, it is generally agreed within the movement that no personal or family names should be attached to a congregation which Christ purchased and established with his own blood, though geographical labels are acceptable.
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).
Zion Christian Church: African initiated: Zion City Moria, Limpopo, South Africa Southern Africa: 15,000,000 The world's largest African initiated church with Anglican, Pentecostal and evangelical influences. United Methodist Church: Methodist: 1968 None Worldwide 9,984,925 [32] The world's largest Methodist denomination. New Apostolic Church ...
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]
List of churches in Cape Verde; Lists of cathedrals; Lists of Catholic church buildings; List of Catholic churches in Tunisia; List of churches of the Jesuit Missions of Chaco; List of Catholic churches in Chile; List of Catholic churches in China; List of former Christian Science churches, societies and buildings; Lists of church buildings
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship.