Largest U.S. Churches - Denominations

Denomination name	Members (thousands)
The Roman Catholic Church	65,270
Southern Baptist Convention	16,053
The United Methodist Church	8,298
The Church of God in Christ	5,500
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	5,311
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	5,100
National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.	5,000
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.	3,500
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)	3,456
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS)	2,540
African Methodist Episcopal Church	2,500
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America	2,500
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.	2,500
Episcopal Church	2,333
Churches of Christ	1,500
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America	1,500
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc.	1,500
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church	1,448
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A	1,443
United Church of Christ	1,359
Baptist Bible Fellowship International	1,200
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	1,072
The Orthodox Church in America	1,000
Jehovah’s Witnesses	989
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	932
Seventh-Day Adventist Church	901
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church	850
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada	805

NOTE: Includes the self-reported membership of religious bodies with 650,000 or more as reported to the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Groups may be excluded if they do not supply information. The data are not standardized so comparisons between groups are difficult. The definition of “church member” is determined by the religious body.

Source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 2003.

Largest U.S. Churches, 2003