Major World Christian Denominations, Rank, Size, Members, Adherents, Number Born Again; # in Christ's Congregation

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Major World Christian Denominations,
Rank, Size, Members, Adherents, Number
Born Again; in Christ's Congregation

Seeking Bible upd:6/2/11

Major World Christian Denominations (aka Religions), Rank, Size, Members, Adherents, Number Born Again, Number in Christ's Congregation. For similar data compilations, concepts, and "based on" data, check the links below:

Tribulation Souls	8 Belief Categories
World Religions	Christ's Congregation	How Can We Know the Way ?
World Christian Denominations (this page)		How many will be in Heaven ?
USA Christian Denominations	Born Again Christians	The Christian's Sword (overcomes)
Seek, and Ye Shall Find	Righteousness	How to Overcome, and Endure

How was this table calculated? See notes at the end of this table.

Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Total Christians Worldwide (summary)	2,265.0	100.0%	26.0%	8.1%	170
Catholic	1,200.0	53.0%	13.6%	4.2%	47.111
Catholic Church	1,147.0	50.6%	13.6%	4.2%	45.030
Roman Catholic Church	1,125.5	49.7%	13.6%	4.2%	44.186
Eastern Catholic Churches	21.5	0.95%	13.6%	4.2%	0.844
Breakaway Catholic Churches	28.0	1.24%	13.6%	4.2%	1.099
other Catholic	25.0	1.10%	13.6%	4.2%	0.981
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Protestant	670.0	29.6%	53.7%	16.7%	103.888
Historical Protestant	350.0	15.5%	30.5%	9.5%	30.840
Baptist	105.0	4.64%	58.3%	18.1%	17.667
Southern Baptist Convention	16.3	0.72%	62.3%	19.4%	2.931
National Baptist Convention	12.5	0.55%	58.3%	18.2%	2.104
other Baptist (3.0 - 0.6)	16.7	0.74%	73.9%	23.0%	3.563
other Baptist (under 0.6)	59.5	2.63%	52.8%	16.4%	9.069
Lutheran	87.0	3.84%	14.9%	4.6%	3.742
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Methodist	75.0	3.31%	13.0%	4.0%	2.814
United Methodist Church	12.0	0.53%	13.0%	4.0%	0.450
Church of the Nazarene	1.8	0.08%	44.4%	13.8%	0.231
Free Methodist Church	0.7	0.03%	44.4%	13.8%	0.090
other Methodist	60.5	2.67%	11.7%	3.6%	2.043
Reformed Churches	75.0	3.31%	22.8%	7.1%	4.939
Mainstream Calvinism	20.8	0.92%	23.1%	7.2%	1.387
Presbyterian	24.0	1.06%	22.0%	6.8%	1.524
Congregational	2.6	0.11%	25.0%	7.8%	0.188
United Church of Christ	1.2	0.05%	21.1%	6.6%	0.073
other Congregational	1.4	0.06%	28.4%	8.8%	0.115
other Reformed	27.6	1.22%	23.1%	7.2%	1.840
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Anabaptism	5.0	0.22%	69.2%	21.5%	0.999
Brethren	1.5	0.07%	69.2%	21.5%	0.300
Mennonites	1.5	0.07%	69.2%	21.5%	0.300
Plymouth Brethren	1.0	0.04%	69.2%	21.5%	0.200
Moravians	0.6	0.03%	69.2%	21.5%	0.120
Amish	0.2	0.01%	69.2%	21.5%	0.040
Hutterites	0.2	0.01%	69.2%	21.5%	0.040
Quakers	0.4	0.02%	69.2%	21.5%	0.080
Waldensians	0.05	0.00%	69.2%	21.5%	0.010
other Historical Protestant	2.55	0.11%	80.0%	24.9%	0.589
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Modern Protestant	320.0	14.1%	79.1%	24.6%	73.048
Pentecostal	130.0	5.74%	88.9%	27.7%	33.354
Assemblies of God	60.0	2.65%	88.9%	27.7%	15.398
New Apostolic Church	11.0	0.49%	88.9%	27.7%	2.823
International Circle of Faith	11.0	0.49%	88.9%	27.7%	2.823
The Pentecostal Mission	10.0	0.44%	88.9%	27.7%	2.566
Church of God (Cleveland)	9.0	0.40%	93.8%	29.2%	2.437
Foursquare Gospel	8.0	0.35%	88.9%	27.7%	2.053
Church of God in Christ	5.5	0.24%	88.9%	27.7%	1.411
Apostolic Church	6.0	0.26%	88.9%	27.7%	1.540
other Pentecostal	9.5	0.42%	84.0%	26.2%	2.304
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Non-denominational, Evangelical	80.0	3.53%	68.1%	21.2%	15.720
Calvary Chapel	25.0	1.10%	69.2%	21.5%	4.994
Born Again Movement	20.0	0.88%	69.2%	21.5%	3.995
Assoc. of Vineyard Churches	15.0	0.66%	69.2%	21.5%	2.996
New Life Fellowship	10.0	0.44%	69.2%	21.5%	1.998
Messianic Jews	1.0	0.04%	95.0%	29.6%	0.274
other Non-denominational	9.0	0.40%	56.3%	17.5%	1.463
African initiated churches	40.0	1.77%	80.0%	24.9%	9.237
Seventh-day Adventist	17.0	0.75%	63.6%	19.8%	3.121
Restoration Movement	7.0	0.31%	49.1%	15.3%	0.992
Churches of Christ	5.0	0.22%	49.1%	15.3%	0.709
other Restoration Movement	2.0	0.09%	49.1%	15.3%	0.283
other Modern Protestant	46.0	2.03%	80.0%	24.9%	10.623
other Protestant	0.0	0.00%	80.0%	24.9%	0.000
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.
Eastern Orthodoxy	210.0	9.27%	13.6%	4.2%	8.244
Oriental Orthodoxy	75.0	3.31%	13.6%	4.2%	2.944
Anglican / Episcopalian	82.0	3.62%	16.7%	5.2%	3.953
Nontrinitarian	27.0	1.19%	44.7%	13.9%	3.482
Latter Day Saints (Mormons)	14.0	0.62%	56.7%	17.7%	2.291
Jehovah's Witnesses	7.1	0.31%	23.1%	7.2%	0.473
Church of Christ, Scientist	0.4	0.02%	42.1%	13.1%	0.049
other Nontrinitarian	5.5	0.24%	42.1%	13.1%	0.668
Nestorian	1.0	0.04%	42.1%	13.1%	0.122
Total Christians Worldwide (summary)	2,265.0	100.0%	25.96%	8.08%	169.743
Major World Christian Denominations	# Million Members Claimed	Percent of Total	% Born Again Claimed	Est % in Christ's Congre.	# Millions in Christ's Congrega.

Notes relating to how the table above was calculated:

     # Million Members Claimed:
          The data was adapted from:
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members

     Percent of Total:
          These values are calculated by dividing the "# Million Members Claimed" values,
               by the "Total Christians Worldwide" of 2,265.0 shown in the table above.

     % Born Again Claimed:
          The bold values were selected from:
               "TABLE 5 DENOMINATIONAL DIFFERENCES ON BEING BORN-AGAIN" contained in:
                    http://www.adherents.com/largecom/prot_classify.html     (Table 5 is also shown below)
          The remaining values are reverse calculated from the sums in "# Millions in Christ's Congregation".

TABLE 5

                      DENOMINATIONAL DIFFERENCES ON
                            BEING BORN-AGAIN
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                                    % Born Again (a)
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Church of God / Holiness              93.8   (32)
Pentecostal / Assem. of God           88.9   (45)
Other Protestant                      80.0   (30)
Other Baptist                         73.9   (46)
Other Fundamentalist                  69.2   (13)
Christian                             65.4   (52)
Seventh Day Adventist                 63.6   (11)
Southern Baptist                      62.3 (260)
Baptist                               58.3 (247)
Mormon                                56.7   (30)
Non-denominational                    56.3   (32)
Church of Christ                      49.1   (53)
Nazarene, Free Methodist              44.4   (18)
Other religions                       42.1   (19)
No preference                         36.5   (74)
Protestant, general                   29.2   (48)
Congregational                        25.0   (25)
Jehovah's Witness                     23.1   (13)
Reform                                23.1   (13)
Presbyterian                          22.0 (109)
United Church of Christ               21.1   (19)
Episcopalian                          16.7   (72)
Lutheran (not Missouri Synod)         14.9 (161)
Catholic                              13.6 (668)
Methodist                             13.0 (285)
Jewish                                 7.1   (42)
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(a) Of whose who said religion was important, % saying they have been born
   again, from combined 1980 and 1984 SRC American National Election Studies.

Estimated % in Christ's Congregation:
          These values are calculated by multiplying the "% Born Again Claimed" values by 0.311349:
               Using 0.311349 results in the total "# Millions in Christ's Congregation"
                    being equal to 170 (169.743), which is 2.5% of the world's population (1 in 40).
          The "World Population Total" of 6,790 (6,789.7), closely matches a Fall'2009 value from:
               http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html

          The value of 170, used for "Christ's Congregation of Born Again Christians who Overcome",
               has been set to 2.5% of the "World Population Total" (170 = 6,789.7 x .025 = 169.743),
               based on values established in "How many will be in Heaven ?"

          Similarly, in a typical group of 100 Christians (80 Born Again + 20 not = 100),
               how many would you expect to Overcome ?
                    (Multiplying 80 by our 0.311349 factor above = 25 = 1 quarter (1/4) of the 100 Christians.)
               For a vivid example of this, read "The Christian's Sword defeats (overcomes) Lucifer and his Army"
                    to see what it takes to Overcome !!!
               (This typical group exactly matches the "other Protestant" line in Table 5 above (80.0% Born Again),
                         but this typical group of 100 could be any mix of Christians from various denominations.)

     # Millions in Christ's Congregation (Worldwide):
          These values are calculated by multiplying the "# Million Members Claimed" values,
               times a scale factor (2,100/2,265), times the "Est % in Christ's Congregation".
          The scale factor adjusts the values in this survey (sum = 2,265),
               to match the values in our base survey (sum = 2,100 = 2.1 billion) shown at:
                    http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html