The top 25 churches reported in the 2010 Yearbook are in order of size

1. The Catholic Church, 68,115,001 members, up 1.49 percent. 2. Southern Baptist Convention,16,228,438 members, down 0.24percent. 3. The United Methodist Church, 7,853,987 members, down 0.98 percent. 4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,974,041 members, up 1.71 percent. 5. The Church of God in Christ, 5,499,875 members, no membership updates reported. 6. National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc, 5,000,000 members, no membership updates reported. 7. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,633,887 members, down1.62 percent. 8. National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., 3,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 9. Assemblies of God (ranked 10 last year), 2,899,702 members, up 1.27 percent. 10. Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 1(ranked 9 last year), 2,844,952 members, down 3.28 percent. 11. African Methodist Episcopal Church, 2,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 11. National Missionary Baptist Convention of America, 2,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 11. Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 2,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 14. The Lutheran Church-- Missouri Synod (LCMS), 2,337,349 members, down 1.92 percent. 15. The Episcopal Church, 2,057,292 members, down 2.81 percent. 16. Churches of Christ, 1,639,495 members, no membership updates reported. 17. Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 1,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 17. Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc., 1,500,000 members, no membership updates reported. 19. The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1,400,000 members, members, no membership updates reported. 20. American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., 1,331,127 members, down 2.00 percent. 21. Baptist Bible Fellowship International (ranked 22 last year), 1,200,000 members, no membership updates reported. 22. Jehovah’s Witnesses (ranked 23 last year) 1,114,009members, up 2.00 percent. 23. United Church of Christ (ranked 22 last year), 1,111,691 members, down 2.93 percent. 24. Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), (ranked 25 last year), 1,072,169 members, up 1.76 percent. 25. Christian Churches and Churches of Christ (ranked 24 last year), 1,071,616 members, no membership updates reported. Edited :: See Original Report Here http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/belief-blog/2010/feb/12/latest-church-growth-stats-in/ FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of religious, environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.