{"id":3520,"date":"2024-05-24T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/largest-christian-denominations-america\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:06:22","slug":"largest-christian-denominations-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/largest-christian-denominations-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041a\u0440\u0443\u043f\u043d\u0435\u0439\u0448\u0438\u0435 \u0445\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043d\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0438\u0438 \u0432 \u0421\u0428\u0410, \u0440\u0430\u043d\u0436\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u043e \u043a\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0436\u0430\u043d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the United States, with 61.9 million adherents in the 2020 U.S. Religion Census and 19% of American adults in Pew Research Center&#039;s 2023\u201324 survey. Independent nondenominational churches rank second as a group, and the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination. RankDenominationAdherents in 2020 (U.S. Religion Census)Latest count reported by the church itself 1Catholic Church61,858,13766.3 million parish-connected Catholics (2025, Official Catholic Directory, compiled by CARA) 2Nondenominational Christian churches (independent congregations,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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