呢個update一D (2007),排名大約不變:
1. The Catholic Church, 69,135,254 members, reporting an increase of 1.94 percent.
2. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), 16,270,315 members, reporting a increase of .02 percent.
3. The United Methodist Church (UMC), 8,075,010 members, reporting a decrease of 1.36 percent.
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), 5,690,672 members, reporting an increase of 1.63 percent.
5. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC), 5,499,875 members, no increase or decrease reported.
6. National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. (NBC), 5,000,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), 4,850,776, reporting a decrease of 1.62 percent.
8. National Baptist Convention of America (NBCA), 3,500,000, no increase or decrease reported.
9. Presbyterian Church (USA) (PCUSA), 3,098,842 members, reporting a decrease of 2.84 percent.
10. Assemblies of God (AG), 2,830,861 members, reporting an increase of 1.86 percent.
11. African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), 2,500,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
12. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America (NMBCA), 2,500,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
13. Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC), 2,500,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
14. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), 2,440,864, reporting a decrease or .93 percent.
15. Episcopal Church (ECUSA), 2,247,819, reporting a decrease of 1.59 percent.
16. Churches of Christ (CoC), 1,639,495 members, reporting an increase of 9.30 percent (This increase reports the church’s growth since its last reported figures in 1999.)
17. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (GOA), 1,500,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
18. Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW), Inc., 1,500,000 members, no increase or decrease reported.
19. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ), 1,440,405 members, reporting an increase of .53 percent.
20. American Baptist Churches in the USA (ABCUSA), 1,396,700, reporting a decrease of 1.97 percent.
21. United Church of Christ (UCC), 1,224,297, reporting a decrease of 3.28 percent.
22. Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBF), 1,200,000, no increase or decrease reported.
23. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (Disciples), 1,071,615 members, no increase or decrease reported.
24. The Orthodox Church in America (OCA), 1,064,000 members, reporting no change.
25. Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW), 1,046,006 members, reporting a decrease of 1.56 percent.
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