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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. According to Pew Research, Nigeria is the second most religious country in the world. Its populace is evenly divided between the largely Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south. Below is a list of notable churches in Nigeria. It also contains the year of establishment, founder ...
Church Association Year completed Capacity Location Hand of God Cathedral Salvation Ministries: Under construction 120,000 [9] Port Harcourt, Nigeria The Ark Living Faith Church Worldwide: Under construction 109,345 [10] Lagos, Nigeria Glory Dome: Dunamis International Gospel Centre 2018 100,000 [11] [12] Abuja, Nigeria Champions Royal Assembly ...
The National Church of Nigeria. The National Church of Nigeria (previously known as the Nigerian Ecumenical Centre and officially known as the National Christian Centre) is a non-denominational church building of the Christian Association of Nigeria, the umbrella body of many of Nigeria's Christian denominations. [39] The church is located in ...
The largest church in East Asia [citation needed] Grace Cathedral: 3,357 [87] 1910–1964 San Francisco United States: Anglican (Episcopal Church in the U.S.) Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul (Lewiston, Maine) 3,264 2,200 1906–1936 Lewiston, Maine United States: Catholic Largest church in the State of Maine, still serves mass in French.
The Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches comprise the world's largest Christian Church and the largest religious grouping globally. In 2005, there were an estimated 19 million baptised Catholics in Nigeria. [5] In 2010, the Catholic population accounted for approximately 12.6% of the population, [6] 70% of which can be found in Southeast Nigeria.
United Methodist Church – 10.0 million [193] African Methodist Episcopal Church – 2.5 million [194] Church of the Nazarene – 2.65 million [195] Methodist Church Nigeria – 2 million [196] The Salvation Army – 1.8 million [197] Methodist Church of Southern Africa – 1.7 million [198] African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – 1.4 ...
[73] [24] The majority of Nigeria's approximately 70 million Christians are either Catholic (at least 18.9 million) or Anglican (18 million), but a diverse group of Protestant churches also claim significant members, including Baptists (the Nigerian Baptist Convention claims 6 million worshipping members), Presbyterians, Assemblies of God ...
[8] [9] The Church of Nigeria is the largest Anglican province on the continent of Africa, accounting for 41.7% of Anglicans in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is "probably the first [largest within the Anglican Communion] in terms of active members." [10] Since 2002 the Church of Nigeria has been organised into 14 ecclesiastical provinces. It has ...