Christian Pure

Grootste christelijke denominaties in de VS, gerangschikt op ledental

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  • De Katholieke Kerk is het grootste christelijke orgaan in de Verenigde Staten, met 61,9 miljoen aanhangers in de U.S. Religion Census van 2020, 66,3 miljoen bij de parochie aangesloten katholieken in de gids van 2025, en 19% van de volwassenen in het onderzoek van Pew uit 2023–24.
  • Nondenominational kerken staan samen op de tweede plaats, met 21,1 miljoen aanhangers in 2020, en de Southern Baptist Convention is de grootste protestantse denominatie, met 12.331.954 leden in 2025.
  • Volgens de Religious Landscape Study van Pew uit 2023–24 is 40% van de Amerikaanse volwassenen protestants, 62% is christen en 29% heeft geen religie.
  • Tussen 2010 en 2020 groeiden niet-confessionele kerken met bijna negen miljoen aanhangers, terwijl de Southern Baptist Convention en de United Methodist Church elk ongeveer twee miljoen leden verloren.
  • Ongeveer een kwart van de United Methodist-gemeenten in de VS verliet het kerkgenootschap bij de uittredingen die in 2023 eindigden, en in 2024 had het iets minder dan 4 miljoen Amerikaanse leden.
  • Onder de jongste volwassenen identificeert 46% zich als christen, vergeleken met 80% van de volwassenen van 74 jaar en ouder.

The largest Christian denomination in the country is the Catholic Church. The 2020 U.S. Religion Census counted 61.9 million Catholic adherents, and in Pew Research Center’s 2023–24 survey 19% of American adults were Catholic. Independent nondenominational churches rank second as a group, and the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination. Behind every one of these numbers is a room full of people at worship, in more than 345,000 Christian congregations by the census count. They sing different hymns,…

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