Catholics, Baptists remain top U.S. church bodies

WASHINTON — The Roman Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention and United Methodist Church remain the nation’s largest church bodies, reports the new edition of the “Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches.”
The membership totals for the top three denominations are reported as follows: Roman Catholic Church, 62,018,436; Southern Baptist Convention, 15,729,356; United Methodist Church, 8,400,000.

The yearbook lists the following top ten U.S. church bodies: 1. Roman Catholic Church; 2. Southern Baptist Convention; 3. United Methodist Church; 4. National Baptist Convention, USA; 5. Church of God in Christ; 6. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; 7. Latter-day Saints/Mormons; 8. Presbyterian Church (USA); 9. National Baptist Convention of America; 10. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

The rest of the top 20 list includes: 11. Assemblies of God; 12. African Methodist Episcopal Church; 13. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America; 14. Progressive National Baptist Convention; 15. Episcopal Church; 16. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America; 17. American Baptist churches USA; 18. Churches of Christ; 19. United Church of Christ; 20. African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.