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May 12, 2015 · Christians remain by far the largest religious group in the United States, but the Christian share of the population has declined markedly. In the past seven years, the percentage of adults who describe themselves as Christians has dropped from 78.4% to 70.6%. Once an overwhelmingly Protestant nation, the U.S. no longer has a Protestant majority.
Jun 25, 2019 · Initially, Christianity was considered a sect of Judaism (Acts 24:5). Denominations began to develop as the history of Christianity progressed and adapted to the differences of race, nationality, and theological interpretation. As of 1980, British statistical researcher David B Barrett identified 20,800 Christian denominations in the world.
Jan 14, 2024 · With centuries of schisms, reformations, and theological disputes, Christianity has fractured into a wide array of denominations. While an exact count is elusive, most experts estimate there are around 45,000 different Christian denominations globally as of 2024. The diversity within Christianity can make it challenging to study and categorize ...
Nov 23, 2012 · Many people quote the statistic that there are more than 30,000 christian denominations. It turns out this is mistaken. There are about 40,000 christian church organisations, three quarters of them independent churches, not denominations, in Africa. The number of denominations is way less, and the number of differences in belief less still.
World Christian Encyclopedia. World Christian Encyclopedia is a reference work, with its third edition published by Edinburgh University Press in November 2019. The WCE is known for providing membership statistics for major world religions and Christian denominations including historical data and projections of future populations.
Jul 8, 2021 · Fort Bend County, Texas (3%) The median age of Hindu American adults is 36, significantly lower than the median for all Americans (47) and among the youngest of all religious groups. The majority (58%) of Hindu Americans live in suburban areas, about four in ten (39%) live in urban areas, and 4% live in rural areas.
Jan 6, 2020 · ASARB conducted its first congregations count in 1990. Starting in 2000, the US Religion Census began to make religious diversity a priority, trying to go beyond the major denominations to count ...
