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Top 25 Churches
Are you a member of one of the top 25 churches? I go to a UCC church, and I was surprised at how small it was.
Top 25 churches: source, National Council of Churches 2011 Yearbook
(this list was posted in our local paper)
#1 Catholic 68.5 million
#2 Southern Baptist Convention 16.1 million
#3 United Methodist 7.7 million
#4 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 6 million
#5 Church of God in Christ 5.5 million
#6 National Baptist Convention, USA 5 million
#7 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 4.5 million
#8 National Baptist Convention of America 3.5 million
#9 Assemblies of God 2.9 million
#10 Presbyterian Church 2.7 million
#11 African Methodist Episcopal 2.5 million
#12 National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 2.5 million
#13 Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod 2.3 million
#14 Episcopal 2 million
#15 Churches of Christ 1.6 million
#16 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 1.5 million
#17 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 1.5 million
#18 African Methodist Episcopal Zion 1.4 million
#19 American Baptist 1.3 million
#20 Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1 million
#21 United Church of Christ 1 million
#22 Church of God 1 million
#23 Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 1 million
#24 Seventh-Day Adventist 1 million
#25 Progressive National Baptist Convention 1 million
Only six churches are reported as "growing" in membership. (However, more than half of the top 25 didn't have membership updates...)
Re: Top 25 Churches
I am a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod - #13.
I wouldn't ever be a member of a church without researching it first and its history, beliefs, etc.
Most congregations in this denomination require all people wishing to join take s
I grew up Catholic, but as a divorced Catholic that has remarried, I can no long fully participate in Mass.
I just happened to marry a Preacher's kid so we go to my FIL's church. Full Gospel, Pentecostal.