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  2. List of Christian denominations by number of members

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    Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox (see above). There are an estimated 62 million Oriental Orthodox Christians, worldwide. [283] [284] [285]

  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. Governmental lists of cults and sects - Wikipedia

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    The new council listed 80 large sects which it considered potentially dangerous to Russian society, and mentioned that there were thousands of smaller ones. [38] Large sects listed included: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, and what the council called "neo-Pentecostals". [citation needed]

  5. Religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2015 study estimates some 450,000 Christian believers from a Muslim background in the country, most of them belonging to some form of Protestantism. [78] In 2010 there were approximately 180,000 Arab Americans and about 130,000 Iranian Americans who converted from Islam to Christianity.

  6. Protestantism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pilgrims Going to Church, a 1867 depiction of Puritans in the New England colonies, by George Henry Boughton.. Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's population (or 141 million people) in 2019. [1]

  7. Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo - Wikipedia

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    He also founded Price Memorial College in Amarillo and served as its first president. [8] In 1933, Gerken became archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. [9] The second bishop of Amarillo was Reverend Robert Lucey of the Diocese of Los Angeles, named by Pius XI in 1934. [10] He established the Texas Panhandle Register as the diocesan ...

  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. List of new religious movements - Wikipedia

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    A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious, ethical, or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern [clarification needed] origins. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider religion, in which case they will be distinct from pre-existing denominations.