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Survey: Religion 2009 (InfoGroup)
| Data Source: | Data collected by InfoGroup, organized by the ARDA, tabulated and processed by Social Explorer. |
Data set: Religions by Family Group (FG)
| Table: | T2. Major Families [20] |
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| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer Religion 2009 Documentation. Data collected by the InfoGroup, organized by the ARDA, tabulated and processed by Social Explorer. |
| Religion 2009 -> Religion by Families |
Many religious groups in America are formed through a complex series of schisms and mergers. As a result, many religious groups share a common historical background even if they now hold substantially different religious beliefs. The religious families listed below organize religious groups based on their religious ancestry or heritage. For more information on the Religion Families and the denominations within each family, please refer to the ARDA's Denominational Family Trees and Profiles: http://www.thearda.com/Denoms/families/trees.asp
A list of families assembled by InfoGroup:
- Adventist Family
- Anglicanism Family
- Baptist Family
- Christian Science Family
- Communal Family
- Eastern Liturgical Family (Orthodox)
- European Free-Church Family (Brethren, Mennonites, Quakers, Amish)
- Holiness Family
- Independent Fundamentalist Family
- Judaism Family
- Latter-day Saints Family (Mormonism)
- Liberal Family
- Lutheran Family
- Methodist/Pietist Family
- Other Groups
- Pentecostal Family
- Presbyterian-Reformed Family
- Spiritualist Family
- Western Liturgical Family (Catholicism)
The 233 religious groups and their category placement are as follows:
| Denomination Source Reported By InfoGroup | Religious Family |
|---|---|
| Advent Christian Church | Adventist |
| Adventists - Other | Adventist |
| Church of God General Conference | Adventist |
| Seventh Day Adventists | Adventist |
| Seventh Day Church of God | Adventist |
| American Baptist Association | Baptist |
| American Baptist Churches/USA | Baptist |
| Baptist General Conference | Baptist |
| Baptist - Other | Baptist |
| Baptist Bible Fellowship | Baptist |
| Baptist Missionary Association of America | Baptist |
| Cooperative Baptist Fellowship | Baptist |
| Independent Baptist Churches | Baptist |
| Conservative Baptist Association | Baptist |
| Free Will Baptists | Baptist |
| General Assoc. of Regular Baptists | Baptist |
| Assoc. of General Baptists | Baptist |
| General Association of Separatist Baptists | Baptist |
| National Baptist Convention of America | Baptist |
| National Baptist Convention-USA | Baptist |
| North American Baptist Conference | Baptist |
| Primitive Baptists | Baptist |
| Progressive National Baptist Convention | Baptist |
| Seventh Day Baptist Gen. Conference | Baptist |
| Southern Baptist Convention | Baptist |
| Southwide Baptist Fellowship | Baptist |
| United Baptist | Baptist |
| World Baptist Fellowship | Baptist |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | Methodist |
| African Methodist Episcopal Zion | Methodist |
| African Union Methodist Protestant | Methodist |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | Methodist |
| Congregational Methodist Church | Methodist |
| Evangelical Congregational Church | Methodist |
| Evangelical Methodist Church | Methodist |
| Independent Methodist Churches | Methodist |
| Methodist - Other | Methodist |
| Primitive Methodist Church | Methodist |
| Reformed Zion Union Apostolic | Methodist |
| Southern Methodist Church | Methodist |
| United Methodist Church | Methodist |
| American Association of Lutheran Church | Lutheran |
| Apostolic Lutheran Church of America | Lutheran |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations | Lutheran |
| Church of Lutheran Confession | Lutheran |
| Church of the Lutheran Brethren | Lutheran |
| Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Lutheran |
| Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church | Lutheran |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Lutheran |
| Lutheran - Other | Lutheran |
| Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod | Lutheran |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran | Lutheran |
| Association Reformed Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Bible Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Christian Reformed Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Churches of God (Findlay, OH) | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Congregational Christian Churches | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Conservative Congregation Christian Conference | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Evangelical Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Free Reformed Churches of North America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Free Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Orthodox Presbyterian Church | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Presbyterian Church in America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Presbyterian/Reformed - Other | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Presbyterian Church (USA) | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Protestant Reformed Churches | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Reformed Church in America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Reformed Church in the USA | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Cumberland Presbyterian Ch in America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| United Church of Christ | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| United Reformed Churches in North America | Presbyterian/Reformed |
| Maranatha Christian Churches | Pentecostal |
| Apostolic Church of Pentecost | Pentecostal |
| Apostolic Churches - Other | Pentecostal |
| Apostolic Faith Church | Pentecostal |
| Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church | Pentecostal |
| Assemblies of God | Pentecostal |
| Bible Way Church of Lord Jesus Christ | Pentecostal |
| Calvary Chapel | Pentecostal |
| Christian Church of North America | Pentecostal |
| Church of God (Cleveland, TN) | Pentecostal |
| Church of God of Prophecy | Pentecostal |
| Church of God - Mountain Assembly | Pentecostal |
| Church of God - Other | Pentecostal |
| Church of God By Faith | Pentecostal |
| Church of God in Christ | Pentecostal |
| Congregational Holiness Church, Inc. | Pentecostal |
| Church of the Living God | Pentecostal |
| Church of the Lord Jesus Christ | Pentecostal |
| Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith | Pentecostal |
| Deliverance Churches | Pentecostal |
| Church On the Rock | Pentecostal |
| Seventh Day Pentecostal | Pentecostal |
| Word Churches | Pentecostal |
| Elim Fellowship | Pentecostal |
| Faith Christian Fellowship | Pentecostal |
| Fire-Baptized Holiness Church | Pentecostal |
| First Church of Jesus Christ | Pentecostal |
| Full Gospel Fellowship | Pentecostal |
| Hall Deliverance Foundation | Pentecostal |
| International Foursquare Gospel | Pentecostal |
| International Pentecostal Church of Christ | Pentecostal |
| Association of Vineyard Churches | Pentecostal |
| Liberty Fellowship of Churches | Pentecostal |
| Open Bible Standard Churches | Pentecostal |
| Church of God (Original) | Pentecostal |
| Pentecostal Assemblies of the World | Pentecostal |
| Pentecostal Church of God | Pentecostal |
| Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church | Pentecostal |
| International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Pentecostal |
| Pentecostal - Other | Pentecostal |
| United House of Prayer | Pentecostal |
| United Christian Church | Pentecostal |
| United Pentecostal Church | Pentecostal |
| Victory Churches International | Pentecostal |
| Liberal Catholic Churches | Catholic |
| Polish National Catholic Church | Catholic |
| Roman Catholic Church | Catholic |
| Convents/Rectories/Monasteries | Catholic |
| Brethren - Other | Brethren |
| Fellowship of Grace Brethren | Brethren |
| Church of the Brethren | Brethren |
| Old German Baptist Brethren Church | Brethren |
| United Brethren in Christ | Brethren |
| Berean Fundamental Churches | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Church of the Open Door | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Independent Bible Churches | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Fundamental Bible Churches | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Grace Gospel Fellowship | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Independent Fundamental Churches | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Plymouth Brethren | Independent Fundamentalist |
| Anglican - Other | Episcopal |
| Anglican Episcopal of North America | Episcopal |
| Charismatic Episcopal Church | Episcopal |
| Episcopal Church | Episcopal |
| Anglican Orthodox Church | Episcopal |
| Reformed Episcopal Church | Episcopal |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Christian/Church of Christ |
| Christian & Churches of Christ | Christian/Church of Christ |
| Christian - Other | Christian/Church of Christ |
| Churches of Christ (Non-Instrumental) | Christian/Church of Christ |
| Church of God in Christ, Mennonite | Mennonite |
| Conservative Mennonite Fellowship | Mennonite |
| Amish (Mennonite) | Mennonite |
| Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference | Mennonite |
| Brethren in Christ | Mennonite |
| Mennonite Church USA | Mennonite |
| Mennonite Brethren Church | Mennonite |
| Church of Jesus Christ - Latter-day Saints | Latter-day Saints |
| Community of Christ (RLDS) | Latter-day Saints |
| Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist | Holiness |
| American Rescue Workers | Holiness |
| Apostolic Christian (Nazarean) | Holiness |
| Bible Methodist Connection | Holiness |
| Christian & Missionary Alliance | Holiness |
| Ch. of Christ in Christian Union | Holiness |
| Church of God (Anderson, IN) | Holiness |
| Churches of God (Independent Holiness) | Holiness |
| Church of God (Holiness) | Holiness |
| Pillar of Fire | Holiness |
| Evangelical Christian Church | Holiness |
| Evangelical Church of North America | Holiness |
| Free Methodist Church of North America | Holiness |
| Grace and Hope Mission | Holiness |
| Holiness - Other | Holiness |
| Missionary Church | Holiness |
| Mount Calvary Holy Church of America | Holiness |
| National Association of Holiness Churches | Holiness |
| Church of the Nazarene | Holiness |
| Rescue Mission | Holiness |
| Salvation Army | Holiness |
| Triumph the Church/Kingdom of God | Holiness |
| Wesleyan Church | Holiness |
| Christian Science Churches | Metaphysical |
| Swedenborgian Churches | Metaphysical |
| Metaphysical - Other | Metaphysical |
| National Spiritualist Association | Metaphysical |
| Spiritual Science Churches | Metaphysical |
| Spiritualist Churches/Organizations | Metaphysical |
| United Church of Religious Science | Metaphysical |
| Unity School of Christianity | Metaphysical |
| Church of Scientology | Metaphysical |
| Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America | Orthodox |
| American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox | Orthodox |
| Antiochian Orthodox Christian | Orthodox |
| Armenian Apostolic Church | Orthodox |
| Armenian Church of America | Orthodox |
| Byelorussian Orthodox | Orthodox |
| Greek Orthodox Church | Orthodox |
| Eastern Orthodox - Other | Orthodox |
| Orthodox Church in America | Orthodox |
| Romanian Orthodox Episcopate | Orthodox |
| Russian Orthodox Church | Orthodox |
| Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church | Orthodox |
| Ukranian Orthodox Church | Orthodox |
| Jewish - Other | Jewish |
| Orthodox Jewish Congregations | Jewish |
| Reconstructionist Jewish Congregations | Jewish |
| Reform Jewish Congregations | Jewish |
| Conservative Jewish Congregations | Jewish |
| Christadelphians | Evangelical Misc |
| International Council Community Churches | Evangelical Misc |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | Evangelical Misc |
| Evangelical Free Church | Evangelical Misc |
| Evangelical - Other | Evangelical Misc |
| Federated Church | Evangelical Misc |
| Friends (Quakers) | Evangelical Misc |
| Military Chapels | Evangelical Misc |
| Metropolitan Community Churches | Evangelical Misc |
| Moravian Church in America | Evangelical Misc |
| Neighborhood Churches | Evangelical Misc |
| Non-Denominational Churches | Evangelical Misc |
| Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations | Evangelical Misc |
| Schwenkfelder Church | Evangelical Misc |
| United/Union Churches | Evangelical Misc |
| Worldwide Church of God | Evangelical Misc |
| Non Classified Affiliation | Misc/Classified |
| Baha'i Faith | Misc/Classified |
| Buddhist Temples, Zen | Misc/Classified |
| Eckankar | Misc/Classified |
| Hindu Temples | Misc/Classified |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Misc/Classified |
| Krishna | Misc/Classified |
| Miscellaneous Cults and Sects | Misc/Classified |
| Muslim/Mohammed/Islam | Misc/Classified |
| Nichiren Shoshu Temple | Misc/Classified |
| Sikh Society | Misc/Classified |
| Miscellaneous Eastern Religions | Misc/Classified |
| Tenrikyo Churches | Misc/Classified |
| Unification Church | Misc/Classified |
| Unitarian Universalist Association | Misc/Classified |
| Yoga Institutes | Misc/Classified |
Churches originating from founder William Miller in the late 19th century, who taught that Christ would soon return to earth and that Saturday rather than Sunday should be observed as the Sabbath. The Adventist family includes the Seventh Day Adventist Church as well as offshoots such as the Advent Christian Church.
- Advent Christian Church
- Church of God (Seventh Day), Denver, Colorado
- Church of God (Seventh-Day, Salem, West Virginia)
- Church of God General Conference (Oregon, IL and Morrow, GA)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church
Churches originating in England that broke with Roman Catholicism during the 16th century Reformation, while retaining a hierarchical structure. Churches in the Anglican family include the Church of England and the Episcopal Church in the United States.
- Anglican Orthodox Church of North America
- Apostolic Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Church
- Reformed Episcopal Church
Baptists are a group of Christian denominations and churches who subscribe to a theology of believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism), salvation through faith alone, Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local church.
- American Baptist Association
- American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.
- Baptist Bible Fellowship International
- Baptist General Conference
- Baptist Missionary Association of America
- Conservative Baptist Association of America (CBAmerica)
- General Association of General Baptists
- General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
- General Six-Principle Baptists
- Independent Baptist Church of America
- Liberty Baptist Fellowship
- National Association of Free Will Baptists
- National Baptist Convention of America
- National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.
- National Primitive Baptist Convention, Inc.
- North American Baptist Conference
- Primitive Baptists
- Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.
- Regular Baptists
- General Association of Separate Baptists in Christ
- Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the United States and Canada
- Southern Baptist Convention
- United Baptists
Churches following the teachings of founder Mary Bake Eddy, who believed that personal healing was the central message of Christianity. The largest group in the Christian Science family is the Church of Christ Scientist.
- Church of Christ, Scientist
- Divine Science
One of the three great divisions of Christianity; the others are the Protestant churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The Catholic and Orthodox churches were originally united, but they parted in the eleventh century, when they differed over several points of doctrine, including the supreme authority of the pope, which Orthodox Christians reject.
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Armenian Apostolic Church of America
- Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of America
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church in North America
- Holy Orthodox Church in America (Eastern Catholic and Apostolic)
- Orthodox Church in America
- Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
- Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church for the U.S.A. and Canada
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A.
Churches that emerged out of the Methodist churches in the United States as they sought to restore John Wesley's teachings of personal holiness and total sanctification (perfection). Holiness bodies include the Church of the Nazarene and the various Church of God denominations.
- American Rescue Workers
- Christian and Missionary Alliance
- Christian Nation Church U.S.A.
- Christ's Sanctified Holy Church
- Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
- Church of the Gospel
- Church of the Nazarene
- Churches of Christ in Christian Union
- Churches of God, Holiness
- Evangelical Church of North America
- Free Methodist Church of North America
- Missionary Church
- Salvation Army
- Triumph the Church and Kingdom of God in Christ
- Wesleyan Church
- Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)
- Brethren Church (Ashland, Ohio)
- Brethren in Christ Church
- Church of God in Christ, Mennonite
- Church of the Brethren
- Conservative Mennonite Conference
- Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Conference
- Evangelical Mennonite Church
- Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches
- General Conference Mennonite Church
- Mennonite Brethren Church of North America (Bruedergemeinde)
- The U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
- Mennonite Church USA
- Old German Baptist Brethren Church
- Reformed Mennonite Church
Churches that left mainline and evangelical denominations, believing they were too liberal in theology. The Independent Fundamental Churches in America is the largest of these separatist bodies.
- American Evangelical Christian Churches
- Berean Fellowship of Churches
- Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren)
- Grace Gospel Fellowship
- Independent Fundamental Churches of America
A monotheistic religion based on the Torah, Talmud and other texts that are part of the Old Testament. There are several Jewish denominations, including Orthodox and Reform Judaism.
- Jewish Congregations
The denominations in this family follow at least some of the teachings of Joseph Smith, Jr., who published the Book of Mormon in 1830. The largest denomination in the family is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), founded in 1830 and currently headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The next largest is the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints), founded in 1860.
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Community of Christ
Churches following the teachings of reformer Martin Luther, particularly his teaching on justification by faith.
- American Association of Lutheran Churches
- Apostolic Lutheran Church of America
- Association of Free Lutheran Congregations
- Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America
- Church of the Lutheran Confession
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Suomi Synod)
- Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS)
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Consists of churches that stress the importance of internal faith, spirituality, and Christian living over adherence to formal creeds and doctrine. The largest among these churches is the United Methodist Church, which follows the teachings of John Wesley, who in the 18th century broke away from the Church of England because of his emphasis on personal holiness.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Congregational Methodist Church
- Evangelical Congregational Church
- Evangelical Methodist Church
- Primitive Methodist Church in the U.S.A.
- Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
- Southern Methodist Church
- United Methodist Church
- American Mohammedian Society
- American Moslem Brotherhood Association
- Baha'i Faith
- Buddhist Churches of America
- Buddhist Mission of North America
- Buddhist Society of America
- Catholic Apostolic Church
- Christ Community Church (Evangelical-Protestant)
- Christ Unity Spiritual Science Church
- Christadelphians
- Christian Catholic Church
- Christian Union
- Church of God as Organized by Christ
- Church of God, General Assembly
- Church of God, Reformation Movement
- Church of Illumination
- Church of Revelation
- Churches of God (Greenville, S.C.)
- Federated Church
- Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association
- Liberal Catholic Church (International)
- Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States of America
- Mayan Temple
- National Organization of the New Apostolic Church of North America
- Non-sectarian Bible Faith Churches
- North American Catholic Church
- Reformed Catholic Church (Utrecht Confession), Province of North America
- Rosicrucian Fellowship
- Self-Realization Fellowship
- Social Brethren
- Theosophical Society in America
- Theosophists, Independent Society of New York
- Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
- Vedanta Society Church
A movement of churches that emerged in early 20th century America, stressing enthusiastic worship and the restoration of such practices evident in New Testament Christianity, such as speaking in tongues and healing.
- (Original) Church of God
- Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God
- Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon
- Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
- General Council of the Assemblies of God
- Association of Vineyard Churches
- Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World Wide, Inc.
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
- Church of God by Faith, Inc.
- Church of God in Christ
- Church of God of Prophecy
- Church of God, Mountain Assembly, Inc.
- Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.
- Church of the Living God (Christian Workers for Fellowship)
- Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth
- Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
- Congregational Holiness Church
- Elim Fellowship
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
- International Pentecostal Church of Christ
- Latter House of the Lord for All People and the Church of the Mountain, Apostolic Faith
- Mount Sinai Holy Church of God
- National David Spiritual Temple of Christ Church Union (Inc.) U.S.A.
- Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc.
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
- Pentecostal Church of God
- Pentecostal Church of God, National and International
- Pentecostal Church, Inc.
- Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church
- Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc.
- United House of Prayer for All People
- United Pentecostal Church International
- United Pentecostal Churches of Christ
The Protestant tradition based on the teachings of reformer John Calvin. The Reformed tradition consists both of Presbyterian churches as well as denominations that developed in continental Europe, such as the Dutch and the German Reformed.
- Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod)
- Bible Presbyterian Church
- Christian Church
- Christian Reformed Church in North America
- Churches of God, General Conference
- Congregational Christian Churches
- Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church
- Orthodox Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Presbyterian Church in America
- Protestant Reformed Churches in America
- Reformed Church in America
- Reformed Church in the United States
- Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America, General Synod
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
- Reformed Presbyterian Synod
- United Church of Christ
Churches and other religious associations teaching that believers can communicate with spirits and the deceased through such practices as seances and other paranormal activities. Churches in the Spiritualist tradition include the Swedenborgian Church and the International General Assembly of Spiritualists.
- General Church of the New Jerusalem
- International General Assembly of Spiritualists
- National Spiritual Alliance of the U.S.A.
- National Spiritualist Association of Churches
- Progressive Spiritualist Church
- Swedenborgian Church
Western Liturgical Family represented by or originating from the Roman Catholic Church. Such offshoots include the Old Catholic Church and the Polish National Catholic Church, which differ from the Roman Catholic Churchin their rejection of the authority of the pope.
- Polish National Catholic Church of America
- Roman Catholic Church
