May 20, 2004
Largest religious bodies -- listed by number of adherents
(The Southern Baptists have some catching up to to do. -- E.T.B.)
Religious Body Number of Adherents
Catholic Church** 1,050,000,000
Sunni Islam* 900,000,000
Eastern Orthodox Church* 225,000,000
Jinja Honcho* 83,000,000
Anglican Communion* 73,000,000
Ethiopian Orthodox Church 35,000,000
Assemblies of God* 32,000,000
Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)* 27,400,000
Sikhism 23,000,000
Juche (North Korea) 19,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses** 15,374,986
Southern Baptist Convention* 15,000,000
Source: www.adherents.com
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- http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/index.html
- http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/xnity.html
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/
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