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Christianity is the world's largest religion, with nearly 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Most articles about Christian people, churches, organizations, and so on are organized under the respective communion or tradition in Category:Christian denominations or geographically within Category:Christianity by region .
Methodists were among the first Christians to accept women's ordination since the Montanists. Some 60-80 million Christians are Methodists and members of the World Methodist Council. [86] [97] [98] The holiness movement emerged within Methodism in the 19th-century. [A] As of 2015, churches of the movement had an estimated 12 million adherents ...
Note: Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination. Church of Christ, 4th Watch – 0.6 million [citation needed] Church of Christ, Scientist – 0.1 million [321] World Mission Society Church of God – 0.1 million [322] Friends of Man – 0.07 million [citation needed]
Christians have composed about 33 percent of the world's population for around 100 years. The largest Christian denomination is the Roman Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion adherents, representing half of all Christians. [57] Christianity remains the dominant religion in the Western World, where 70% are Christians. [4]
[297] [298] [299] The so-called popular Protestantism [note 10] is one of the fastest growing religious categories in the world. [300] [301] [302] Nevertheless, Catholicism will also continue to grow to 1.63 billion by 2050, according to Todd Johnson of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. [303]
16 percent fall into a category named Liturgical Christians. They are predominantly Lutheran, Catholic, Episcopalian, Eastern Orthodox or Oriental Orthodox. They are regular churchgoers, have a high level of spiritual activity and recognize the authority of the church. 24 percent are considered Private Christians. They own a Bible but do not ...
This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. Christian denominations by century of establishment (14 C) Christian denominations by continent (11 C)
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. It is a secular and neutral term, generally used to denote any ...