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Christianity is the most common religion worldwide.

Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings and life of Jesus of Nazareth. In Christianity, Jesus goes by many names such as Christ and Messiah. Jesus, who is the Son of God, is believed to be the deliverer of humanity in the world’s most popular religion.

A Christian denomination is a religious group within the larger Christian umbrella. A denomination is identified by things such as leadership, name, doctrine, and other things. There are several factors that are used to differentiate between denominations. These factors include things like Jesus’s nature, eschatology, and others.

Christian Denominations By The Numbers

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church considers itself to be a pre-denominational church. That is, it considers itself to belong to no domination since it precedes all other denominations. Within it, there are 24 autonomous Latin Churches and another 23 Eastern Catholic Churches. Catholics make up the biggest percentage of Christians. Within this denomination, there are approximately 1,285,000,000 people.

Protestantism
Protestants are Christians who branched away from the Roman Catholic Church during the times of the Reformation. Branches have also come to be divided into other branches although, strictly speaking, some of the branches cannot be considered to be Protestants.

Other Branches

There are other denominations among Christian that have substantial followings in the world as well. Some of them include the likes of Anglicanism (85,000,000), the Eastern Orthodox Church (270,000,000), and Oriental Orthodoxy (86,000,000).

The Eastern Orthodox Church has the second most followers in the world. This denomination follows the Orthodox jurisdictions and, like Catholicism, the church can track its beginnings to the times of the apostles. However, for this denomination, most of its churches are national churches that emphasize the independence of its building blocks.

Another particularly interesting denomination in this category is the Independent Catholicism one which has a memberships numbering about 18,000,000 worldwide. This particular denomination identifies itself as Catholics, but it is in no way whatsoever associated or acknowledged by the Catholic Church.

Summary

With well over 1 billion people identifying with the beliefs of the Catholic Church, the denomination is the only one to have a following beyond the 1 billion mark. In the second position, Protestantism comes close with 920,000,000 people but still falls short of one billion. However, an interesting argument arises. When it comes to differentiating Protestants from non-protestants, the distinctions are a bit blurry. For example, some religious scholars would argue that Anglicans are part of Protestantism. Going by that logic, then there are roughly 1.5 billion people who practice Protestantism in the world. This figure would then make Protestantism the most popular denomination followed by Catholics with approximately 1.3 billion.

Christian Denominations By The Numbers
Rank Christian Denomination Members

1 Catholic Church 1,285,000,000
2 Protestantism 920,000,000
3 Anglicanism 85,000,000
4 Eastern Orthodox Church 270,000,000
5 Oriental Orthodoxy 86,000,000
6 Restorationism and Nontrinitarianism 35,000,000
7 Independent Catholicism 18,000,000
8 Minor Branches 1,000,000

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/christian-denominations-by-the-numbers.html

Interesting


I'm proudly a Methodist, going by this classification, Methodist church is a protestant denomination

I thought it would be Redeemed Christian Church of God

God1000:
Interesting


I'm proudly a Methodist, going by this classification, Methodist church is a protestant denomination

I'm proudly a methodist
I'm proudly anglican
I'm proudly catholic
I'm proudly orthodox
I'm proudly jehovah's witness

Is this what Jesus had in mind when he established the church? A divided group of believers teaching different doctrines they all claim to be from Gods holy spirit?

nans24:
I'm proudly a methodist
I'm proudly anglican
I'm proudly catholic
I'm proudly orthodox
I'm proudly jehovah's witness

Is this what Jesus had in mind when he established the church? A divided group of believers teaching different doctrines they all claim to be from Gods holy spirit?

we are one family

God1000:
we are one family

One family with different doctrines.

.. in the context of holy scriptures Church is one born of holy spirit..this divide is as a result of pride and greed ..those who want to open a ministry most understand that is not bread and butter..some rush into ministry simply from earthly motives of answering man or woman of God ,having people to honour and worship them and also give them access to their money...such is wrong motives that will led many of the so called clerics to hell...those who insist on using scriptures to make people give them their money ....Will not use the same scriptures especially in act of apostles where it was written that Church members share everything they had with each other...that scripture will expose their greed ...they take people money to buy big cars and private jets and live in mansions yet their members are struggling to pay house rent....this is not the characters of real people of God....jesus is one and so is his bride Church ..born again Christians who live according to christ teachings are the real Christians...denominations are mere distraction

Some individuals view names like RCCG, MFM, and CAC as separate entities, forgetting that they are all part of the Pentecostal movement.

I'm a proud Catholic.
Ave !!!
Maria !!!

The number counts for nothing if they don't repent and stay repented. Salvation is beyond going to church only, you must daily live your life to honour God:

Ezek.18.30 - "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways," says the Lord GOD. "Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

You no include Tulumbu zombie group (20,000,000,000)


Tinubu till 2099

Denominationalism

God1000:
we are one family

Churches are not one family.

The doctrine are so contrast. Some says a woman can be pastor in church while some say women shd remain at the background.

Some pray through Jesus while others pray through Mary.

Some allow men to wear earrings while some forbid it.

Some allow women to wear trousers while it's an abomination in some .

Some say it's compulsory to pay first fruit while some say it's not necessary.

Some say you won't make heaven if you don't pay tithe while some say it's a lie.

So you see why I say churches are not one family.

Babalawo Shrine gang nko

tunjijones:
Churches are not one family.

Na all man for himself na.

nans24:
One family with different doctrines.

Doctrines are just way of your acceptance of the word of God but it doesn't change the word.

Remember the story of the disciples of Jesus and those of John the Baptist......


Jesus said, if a man is not against us, he is for us.

The history of Christianity is fascinating. I read about monasteries founded by the Catholic clergies,which were later transformed into primary schools,and then universities.

The earliest universities like Oxford, Bologna and University of Paris were founded by the church. So Christianity is the mother of civilization and science.

Senkasa:
Na all man for himself na.

I swear. Nothing even concern God with your religion. All religion are man made...

MALLEOLUS2017:
I'm a proud Catholic.
Ave !!!
Maria !!!

Ave who?

God1000:
Interesting


I'm proudly a Methodist, going by this classification, Methodist church is a protestant denomination

which diocese or archdiocese

donmorano22:
Ave who?

Ave eh, Ave eh Ave Maria

What of jehovah witness?

Catholic church are very stingy people. They can pretend to be very holy but they are very bunch of wicked individuals.
I prefer protestants, living faith(winners). Yes, they wear trousers and dont tie their hair when coming to church, but they are the best!

Okay nah. All the group of fraudsters in the new generation business centres are still not up to the creators of the religion, Catholic

digitaliz:
I thought it would be Redeemed Christian Church of God

What have you been smoking?

Is not a shame that despite the world record Churches we have in Nigeria..
their more atrocities like money rituals, corruption of the highest other among public officials who are mostly eminent personalities in the big Churches and other multifarious vices that infect the nation...

The day other Christians begin to ask for the true reasons why the catholic church calls them "Protestants" that's the day the real truth about Christianity will be let out of the bag and Christains will recieve true redemption

Love800:
What of jehovah witness?

Catholic church are vert stingy people. They can pretend to be very holy but they are very bunch of wicked individuals.
I prefer protestants, living faith(winners). Yes, they wear trousers and dont tie their hair when coming to church, but they are the best!

Ogun go soon kee you.

You just mentioned Winners Chapel that the MD just sacked his assistants at the age of 58 years so that his son can be the next MD. What gullible customers he has

Cele are protestants. They were the first group of individuals to break out of Catholic church. They find out that Catholic was too boring and no indigenous style in it. So they left and found their own mesmerizing, eccentric, musical, dancing, lively and local church which included speaking their local dialect together with english!

AntiChristian:
Cele

donmorano22:
Ave who?

Leave the idol worshiper ohh

MEGAWATCH:
Doctrines are just way of your acceptance of the word of God but it doesn't change the word.

Remember the story of the disciples of Jesus and those of John the Baptist......


Jesus said, if a man is not against us, he is for us.

Your definition of doctrine is false.

DOCTRINE: a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group.

If the belief and teachings of church A is totally different from church B, can you really say they are one?

Example: If church A allows it members to donate and accept blood and church B tells its members to never donate or accept blood, can you really say they are one under Christ?

Please think deeply before you quote me.