Denominations by Size Index - Revision history

Lavi123 at 04:18, 20 May 2010

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Graham grove: moved List of Christian Denominations to Denominations by Size Index: To be line with WikiChristian's page name policy.

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Graham grove: Made a few adjustments; unfortunately many of these figures don't add up

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Made a few adjustments; unfortunately many of these figures don't add up

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This list is in order of number of members.

==Largest denominations in the world==
;[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] - 1.2 billion
[[Catholic Church]] - 1,147 million<ref name="cathstats">{{cite web | title =Number of priests showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says| publisher =Catholic News Service | date =2008-03-09 | url =http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2009/0309/priests030909.shtml | accessdate =2009-08-22 }}</ref>
[[Latin Rite]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]) - 1,125.5 million
[[Eastern Rite]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) - 21.5 million
[[Alexandrian Rite|Alexandrian]]
[[Ethiopian Catholic Church]] - 0.21 million
[[Coptic Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
*[[Antiochene Rite|Antiochian]] (Antiochene or West Syrian)
**[[Maronite Church|Maronite Catholic Church]] - 3.1 million
[[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] - 0.5 million
[[Syriac Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
*[[Armenian Rite|Armenian]]
**[[Armenian Catholic Church]] - 0.54 million
*[[East Syrian Rite|Chaldean]] (Eastern Syrian)
**[[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] - 4.0 million
[[Chaldean Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
[[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]] (Constantinopolitan)
[[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] - 4.3 million
[[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] - 1.6 million
[[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic]] - 0.8 million
[[Ruthenian Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
[[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.37 million
[[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.29 million
[[Italo-Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.07 million
[[Croatian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.06 million
[[Belarusian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
[[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
[[Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics|Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million<ref>http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1199/_PR.HTM</ref>
[[Macedonian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
[[Albanian Greek-Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
[[Greek Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
[[Russian Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million

[[Breakaway Catholic Churches]] - 28 million
[[Apostolic Catholic Church]] - 5 million
[[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]] - 4 million<ref>http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=83&catid=3</ref>
[[Philippine Independent Church]] - 3 million
[[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]] - 1 million
[[Old Catholic Church]] - 0.6 million
[[Mariavite Church]] - 0.03 million

;[[Protestantism]] - 670 million
Historical Protestantism - 350 million
[[Baptists|Baptist churches]] - 105 million<ref>[http://www.bwanet.org Baptist World Alliance]</ref>
[[Southern Baptist Convention]] - 16.3 million<ref>http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2007/2007SBCAnnual.pdf</ref>
[[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]] - 7.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-usa-inc.html</ref>
[[National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.]] - 5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-of-america-inc.html</ref>
[[Nigerian Baptist Convention]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/nigerian-baptist-convention.html</ref>
[[Progressive National Baptist Convention]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/progressive-national-baptist-convention-inc.html</ref>
[[American Baptist Churches USA]] - 1.4 million
[[Brazilian Baptist Convention]] - 1.4 million
[[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]] - 1.2 million<ref name="Rhodes">Ron Rhodes, ''The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations'', Harvest House, 2007</ref>
[[Myanmar Baptist Convention]] - 1.1 million<ref name="BWA"/>
[[Baptist Community of the Congo River]] - 1 million<ref name="BWA">http://www.bwanet.org/default.aspx?pid=437</ref>
[[National Baptist Convention, Brazil]] - 1 million
[[National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.]] - 1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
[[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America]] - 1 million
[[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/samavesam-of-telugu-baptist-churches.html</ref>
[[Baptist Convention of Kenya]] - 0.7 million<ref name="BWA"/>
[[Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia]] - 0.6 million
[[Methodism]] - 75 million
[[United Methodist Church]] - 12 million
[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 3 million
[[Methodist Church Nigeria]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/methodist-church-nigeria.html</ref>
[[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]] - 1.5 million
[[Church of the Nazarene]] - 1.8 million
[[Methodist Church of Southern Africa]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/methodist-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
[[Korean Methodist Church]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea.html</ref>
[[United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ivory-coast/united-methodist-church-of-ivory-coast.html</ref>
[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 0.9 million
[[Methodist Church Ghana]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/methodist-church-ghana.html</ref>
[[Free Methodist Church]] - 0.7 million
[[Methodist Church in India]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/methodist-church-in-india.html</ref>
[[Lutheranism]] - 87 million<ref>[http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/1823.EN.html Lutheran World Federation]</ref>
[[Evangelical Church in Germany]] - 26.9 million<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90177.htm Germany]</ref>
[[Church of Sweden]] - 6.9 million
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] - 4.8 million
[[Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus]] - 4.7 million
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania]] - 4.6 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/EvLuthCchinTanzania-EN.html</ref>
[[Danish National Church]] - 4.5 million
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] - 4.3 million<ref>http://evl.fi/EVLUutiset.nsf/Documents/0DCC039A551C3C6CC22575320038BE6F?OpenDocument&lang=FI</ref>
[[Batak Christian Protestant Church]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/ProtChrisBatakCch-EN.html</ref>
[[Church of Norway]] - 3.9 million
[[Malagasy Lutheran Church]] - 3 million
[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] - 2 million
[[Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/LuthCchChristinNigeria-EN.html</ref>
[[United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/united-evangelical-lutheran-church-in-india.html</ref>
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/evangelical-lutheran-church-of-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/hraEvLuthCch-EN.html</ref>
[[Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/latin-america/brazil/evangelical-church-of-the-lutheran-confession-in-brazil.html</ref>
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/namibia/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-namibia.html</ref>
[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
[[Reformed churches]] - 75 million
[[Presbyterianism]] - 40 million
[[Presbyterian Church of East Africa]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/presbyterian-church-of-east-africa.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of Africa]] - 3.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/presbyterian-church-of-africa.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)]] - 3.0 million
[[United Church of Canada]] - 2.5 million
[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-presbyterian-community-of-congo.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of Korea]] - 2.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea/presbyterian-church-of-korea.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of Cameroon]] - 1.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
[[Church of Scotland]] - 1.1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/united-kingdom/church-of-scotland.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of the Sudan]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/sudan/presbyterian-church-of-the-sudan.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church in Cameroon]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-in-cameroon.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of Ghana]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/presbyterian-church-of-ghana.html</ref>
[[Presbyterian Church of Nigeria]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/presbyterian-church-of-nigeria.html</ref>
[[Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-presbyterian-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
*Continental [[Reformed churches]] - 30 million
**[[Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar]] - 3.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/madgascar/church-of-jesus-christ-in-madagascar-fjkm.html</ref>
[[United Church of Zambia]] - 3.0 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/zambia/united-church-of-zambia.html</ref>
[[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/netherlands/protestant-church-in-the-netherlands.html</ref>
[[Swiss Reformed Church]] - 2.4 million
[[Evangelical Church of Cameroon]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/evangelical-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
[[Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-evangelical-church-in-timor.html</ref>
[[Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/christian-evangelical-church-in-minahasa.html</ref>
[[United Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/united-church-in-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
[[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/philippines/united-church-of-christ-in-the-philippines.html</ref>
[[Protestant Church in Western Indonesia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-western-indonesia.html</ref>
[[Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/evangelical-christian-church-in-tanah-papua.html</ref>
[[Protestant Church in the Moluccas]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-the-moluccas.html</ref>
[[Reformed Church in Hungary]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/hungary/reformed-church-in-hungary.html</ref>
[[Reformed Church in Romania]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/romania/reformed-church-in-romania.html</ref>
[[Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-reformed-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
*[[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] - 5 million
**[[United Church of Christ]] - 1.2 million
[[Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/angola/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola.html</ref>
[[United Congregational Church of Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/united-congregational-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
[[Anabaptist|Anabaptism]] and [[Free church]]es - 5 million
[[Schwarzenau Brethren]]/[[German Baptist]] groups - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_84.html#596</ref>
[[Mennonite]]s - 1.5 million
[[Plymouth Brethren]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_513.html#3117</ref>
[[Moravian Church|Moravians]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/caribbean/antigua-and-barbuda/moravian-church-eastern-west-indies-province.html</ref>
[[Amish]] - 0.2 million
[[Hutterite]]s - 0.2 million
[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] - 0.4 million
[[Waldensians]] - 0.05 million
Modern Christian movements - 588 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/church-families/pentecostal-churches.html</ref>
[[Pentecostalism]] - 130 million
[[Assemblies of God]] - 60 million
[[New Apostolic Church]] - 11 million
[[International Circle of Faith]] - 11 million<ref>Association of Christian Churches. Dr. James B. Gould. Washington, DC, USA. 2006.</ref>
[[The Pentecostal Mission]] - 10 million
[[Church of God (Cleveland)]] - 9 million
[[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] - 8 million
[[Church of God in Christ]] - 5.5 million
[[Apostolic Church (denomination)|Apostolic Church]] - 6 million
[[Christian Congregation of Brazil]] - 2.5 million
[[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]] - 2 million
[[Church of God of Prophecy]] - 1 million
[[God is Love Pentecostal Church]] - 0.8 million
[[Indian Pentecostal Church of God]] - NA
[[Non-denominational Christianity|Non-denominational]] [[evangelicalism]] - 80 million
[[Calvary Chapel]] - 25 million
[[Born Again Movement]] - 20 million
[[Association of Vineyard Churches]] - 15 million
[[New Life Fellowship]] - 10 million{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
[[True Jesus Church]] - 2.5 million
[[Charismatic Episcopal Church]] - NA
[[African Initiated Church|African initiated churches]] - 40 million
[[Zion Christian Church]] - 15 million
[[Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim]] - 10 million
[[Kimbanguism|Kimbanguist Church]] - 5.5 million
[[Church of the Lord (Aladura)]] - 3.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/church-of-the-lord-aladura-worldwide.html</ref>
[[Council of African Instituted Churches]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/council-of-african-instituted-churches.html</ref>
[[Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit]] - 1.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-light-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
[[African Church of the Holy Spirit]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-church-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
[[African Israel Niniveh Church]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-israel-nineveh-church.html</ref>
[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] - 17 million
[[Restoration Movement]] - 7 million
[[Churches of Christ]] - 5 million
[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million

;[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] - 210 million
*Autocephalous churches
[[Russian Orthodox Church]] - 125 million
[[Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 18 million
[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] - 15 million
[[Church of Greece]] - 11 million
[[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
[[Georgian Orthodox Church]] - 5 million
[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople]] - 3.5 million
[[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch]] - 2.5 million
[[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 1.5 million
[[Orthodox Church in America]] - 1.2 million
[[Polish Orthodox Church]] - 1 million
[[Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania|Albanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.8 million
[[Cypriot Orthodox Church]] - 0.7 million
[[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem]] - 0.14 million
**[[Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church]] - 0.07 million

*Autonomous churches
[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]] - 7.2 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua">http://www.patriyarkhat.org.ua/ukr/archive/article;143;388/</ref>
[[Moldovan Orthodox Church]] - 3.2 million
[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - 1.25 million
[[Metropolis of Bessarabia|Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia]] - 0.62 million
[[Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric]] - 0.34 million
[[Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate|Estonian Orthodox Church]] - 0.3 million
[[Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe|Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]] - 0.15 million
[[Finnish Orthodox Church]] - 0.08 million
[[Chinese Orthodox Church]] - 0.03 million
[[Japanese Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million
**[[Latvian Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million

*Non-universally recognized churches
[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate|Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)]] - 5.5 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua"/>
[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] - 2.4 million
[[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Macedonian Orthodox Church]] - 2 million
[[Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)]] - 0.75 million
[[Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.50 million
[[Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 0.45 million
[[Croatian Orthodox Church]] - 0.36 million
[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]] - 0.05 million
**[[Orthodox Church in Italy]] - 0.12 million
Other separated Orthodox groups

[[Old Believers]] - 1.8 million
[[Greek Old Calendarists]] - 0.86 million
[[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - 0.85 million

;[[Oriental Orthodoxy]] - 75 million
Autocephalous churches in communion
[[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 45 million
[[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 15.5 million
[[Syriac Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
[[Armenian Orthodox Church]] - 8 million
[[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 2.5 million
[[Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church]] - 2 million<ref>Not recgognized by the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]</ref>
**[[Holy See of Cilicia|Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia]] - 1.5 million

*Autonomous churches in communion
[[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]] - 1.2 million<ref>{{Cite book | author=Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan Milic; Mbiti, John S.; Vischer, Lukas; Bromiley, Geoffrey William | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Encyclopedia Of Christianity (Encyclopedia of Christianity) Volume 5 | date=2003 | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location= | isbn=0-8028-2417-X | pages=285}}</ref>
[[Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople|Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] - 0.42 million
[[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] - 0.34 million
[[French Coptic Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million
**[[British Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million

*Churches not in communion
**[[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] - 0.06 million

;[[Anglicanism]] - 82 million
[[Anglican Communion]] - 80 million<ref name=aco>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/index.cfm Anglican Communion News Service Accessed 22-Aug-09]</ref>
[[Church of Nigeria]] - 18 million
[[Church of England]] - 13.4 million
[[Church of Uganda]] - 8.8 million
[[Church of South India]] - 3.8 million
[[Anglican Church of Australia]] - 3.7 million
[[Episcopal Church in the Philippines]] - 3.0 million
[[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]] - 2.5 million
[[Anglican Church of Tanzania]] - 2.5 million
[[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] - 2.4 million
[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church of the United States]] - 2.2 million
[[Anglican Church of Canada]] - 2.0 million
[[Anglican Church of Kenya]] - 1.5 million
[[Church of North India]] - 1.3 million
[[Church of the Province of Rwanda]] - 1 million
[[Church of Pakistan]] - 0.8 million
[[Anglican Church of Burundi]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/burundi/province-of-the-anglican-church-of-burundi.html</ref>
[[Church of the Province of Central Africa]] - 0.6 million
[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-anglican-community-of-congo.html</ref>
[[Scottish Episcopal Church]] - 0.4 million
[[Church of Ireland]] - 0.4 million

[[Continuing Anglican movement]] - 1.5 million
[[Traditional Anglican Communion]] - 0.5 million
[[Anglican Church in North America]] - 0.1 million

;[[Nontrinitarianism]] - 27 million
[[Latter Day Saint movement]] ([[Mormonism]]) - 14 million
[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] - 13.5 million<ref>http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1032-10,00.html</ref>
[[Community of Christ]] - 0.25 million<ref>http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp</ref>
[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] - 7.1 million
[[Iglesia ni Cristo]] - 6 million<ref>http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Iglesia_ni_Cristo</ref>
[[Oneness Pentecostalism]] - 6 million
[[United Pentecostal Church International]] - 4 million
[[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]] - 1.5 million
[[Church of Christ, Scientist]] - 0.4 million
[[Friends of Man]] - 0.07 million
[[Christadelphians]] - 0.05 million

;[[Nestorianism]] - 1 million
[[Assyrian Church of the East]] - 0.5 million
[[Ancient Church of the East]] - 0.3 million

==See also==
{{Christianityportal}}
[[List of Christian denominations]]
[[List of the largest Protestant churches of the world]]
[[Parachurch organization]]
[[Major religious groups]]

==External links==
[http://www.adherents.com/ Adherents.com]
[http://www.electronicchurch.org/ Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches]
[http://www.ncccusa.org/ National Council of Churches USA]
*[http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/poll2002.pdf Pew Research Center - News Release 2002]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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 ***[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
 ***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million
-*** [[Evangelical Christian Church in Canada]] (Christian Disciples) 30 thousand
+*** [[Evangelical Christian Church in Canada]] (Christian Disciples) 0.1 million
 ;[[Anglicanism]] (generally considered Protestant) - 82 million

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 ***[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
 ***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million
 ;[[Anglicanism]] (generally considered Protestant) - 82 million

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 This list is in order of number of members.
 ;[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] - 1.2 billion
-*[[Catholic Church]] - 1,147 million<ref name="cathstats">{{cite web | title =Number of priests showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says| publisher =Catholic News Service | date =2008-03-09 | url =http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2009/0309/priests030909.shtml | accessdate =2009-08-22 }}</ref>
+*[[Catholic Church]] - 1,147 million<ref name="cathstats">[http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2009/0309/priests030909.shtml Catholic News Service]</ref>
 **[[Latin Rite]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]) - 1,125.5 million
 **[[Eastern Rite]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) - 21.5 million
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 ***[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
 ***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million
 ;[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] - 210 million
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 *Autonomous churches in communion
-**[[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]] - 1.2 million<ref>{{Cite book | author=Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan Milic; Mbiti, John S.; Vischer, Lukas; Bromiley, Geoffrey William | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Encyclopedia Of Christianity (Encyclopedia of Christianity) Volume 5 | date=2003 | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location= | isbn=0-8028-2417-X | pages=285}}</ref>
+**[[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]] - 1.2 million<ref>{{The Encyclopedia Of Christianity (Encyclopedia of Christianity) Volume 5</ref>
 **[[Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople|Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] - 0.42 million
 **[[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] - 0.34 million
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 *Churches not in communion
 **[[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] - 0.06 million
 ;[[Nestorianism]] - 1 million
 *[[Assyrian Church of the East]] - 0.5 million
 *[[Ancient Church of the East]] - 0.3 million
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Denominations]]

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 ==See also==
 *[[List of Christian denominations]]
 *[[List of the largest Protestant churches of the world]]