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Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [10] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
Tonga became a Christian state under George Tupou I in the 19th century, [20] [81] with the Free Wesleyan Church, a member of the World Methodist Council, being established as the country's state Church. [82] Under the rule of George Tupou I, there was established a "rigorous constitutional clause regulating observation of the Sabbath". [20]
The list includes the following Christian denominations: the Catholic Church (including the Eastern Catholic Churches), Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members (including Anglican churches, which are sometimes described as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism), the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), the Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots ...
United States. 13,200,000 [21] The world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Church of Uganda. Anglican. 1897. Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala Stanley Ntagali. Namirembe Hill, Kampala District, Uganda.
Catholic Church by country. The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the pope)." [ 2 ] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [ 2 ]
The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East is the Anglican church responsible for the Middle East and North Africa. It is quite small, with only some 35,000 members throughout the area. The Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf looks after 30,000-40,000 Anglicans in the area and ministers to Protestants and others.
Christendom [2] [3] refers to Christian states, Christian-majority countries or countries in which Christianity is dominant [4] or prevails. [2]Following the spread of Christianity from the Levant to Europe and North Africa during the early Roman Empire, Christendom has been divided in the pre-existing Greek East and Latin West.
Note that most Calvinist and Lutheran churches in mainland Europe have merged to united Protestant churches (e.g. in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland). Exclusive Lutheranism still prevails in the Nordic countries. Methodism is an important minority denomination in Great Britain (especially Wales) and parts of Northern Ireland.