<P> All Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while the Catholic Church by itself, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination . A 2008 Pew study categorizes white evangelical Protestants, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort; another study in 2004 estimates evangelical Protestants of all races at 30--35% . The United Methodist Church is the third largest church in the United States, and is the largest mainline denomination . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints (Mormons) is the fourth largest church in the United States, and the largest church originating in the U.S. </P> <P> Christianity was introduced to the Americas as it was first colonized by Europeans beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries . Going forward from its foundation, the United States has been called a Protestant nation by a variety of sources . Immigration further increased Christian numbers . Today most Christian churches in the United States are Mainline Protestant, Evangelical Protestant, or Catholic . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Christian denominations in the U.S. </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> U.S. interchurch (show) <Ul> <Li> National Association of Evangelicals </Li> <Li> National Council of Churches </Li> <Li> Churches Uniting in Christ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anabaptist and Friends (show) <Ul> <Li> Church of the Brethren </Li> <Li> Mennonite Church USA </Li> <Li> Amish </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anglican (show) <Ul> <Li> Anglican Church in North America </Li> <Li> Episcopal Church </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Baptist (show) <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Alliance of Baptists </Li> <Li> American Baptist Association </Li> <Li> American Baptist Churches </Li> <Li> Baptist Bible Fellowship International </Li> <Li> Baptist Missionary Association of America </Li> <Li> Conservative Baptist Association of America </Li> <Li> Converge </Li> <Li> General Association of Regular Baptist Churches </Li> <Li> National Association of Free Will Baptists </Li> <Li> National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. </Li> <Li> North American Baptist Conference </Li> <Li> Southern Baptist Convention </Li> <Li> Independent Baptist Churches </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <P> African - American Baptist </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> National Baptist Convention of America </Li> <Li> National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc . </Li> <Li> National Missionary Baptist Convention of America </Li> <Li> Progressive National Baptist Convention </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Catholic (show) <Ul> <Li> Catholic Church in the United States </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastern Christian (show) <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese </Li> <Li> Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America </Li> <Li> Orthodox Church in America </Li> <Li> Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia </Li> <Li> Serbian Orthodox Church </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> <P> Non-Chalcedonian </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Am . </Li> <Li> Coptic Orthodox Church </Li> <Li> Syriac Orthodox Church </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Holiness and Pietist (show) <Ul> <Li> Christian and Missionary Alliance </Li> <Li> Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) </Li> <Li> Evangelical Covenant Church </Li> <Li> Evangelical Free Church of America </Li> <Li> Church of the Nazarene </Li> <Li> The Salvation Army </Li> <Li> Seventh - day Adventist Church </Li> <Li> Wesleyan Church </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lutheran (show) <Ul> <Li> Evangelical Lutheran Church in America </Li> <Li> Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod </Li> <Li> North American Lutheran Church </Li> <Li> Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Methodist (show) <Ul> <Li> African Methodist Episcopal Church </Li> <Li> African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church </Li> <Li> Christian Methodist Episcopal Church </Li> <Li> Free Methodist Church </Li> <Li> United Methodist Church </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pentecostal (show) <Ul> <Li> Assemblies of God </Li> <Li> Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) </Li> <Li> Church of God in Christ </Li> <Li> Church of God of Prophecy </Li> <Li> Church on the Rock International </Li> <Li> Full Gospel Fellowship </Li> <Li> International Church of the Foursquare Gospel </Li> <Li> International Pentecostal Holiness Church </Li> <Li> Pentecostal Church of God </Li> </Ul> <P> Oneness Pentecostal </P> <Dl> <Dd> <Ul> <Li> Pentecostal Assemblies of the World </Li> <Li> United Pentecostal Church Intl . </Li> </Ul> </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Presbyterian and Reformed (show) <Ul> <Li> Christian Reformed Church in North America </Li> <Li> Conservative Congregational Christian Conference </Li> <Li> Cumberland Presbyterian Church </Li> <Li> Evangelical Presbyterian Church </Li> <Li> Korean Presbyterian Church in America </Li> <Li> International Council of Community Churches </Li> <Li> National Association of Congregational Christian Churches </Li> <Li> Presbyterian Church (USA) </Li> <Li> Presbyterian Church in America </Li> <Li> Reformed Church in America </Li> <Li> United Church of Christ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stone - Campbell (show) <Ul> <Li> Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) </Li> <Li> Christian churches and churches of Christ </Li> <Li> Churches of Christ </Li> <Li> International Churches of Christ </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Other (show) <Ul> <Li> LDS Church </Li> <Li> Community of Christ </Li> <Li> Grace Gospel Fellowship </Li> <Li> IFCA International </Li> <Li> Jehovah's Witnesses </Li> <Li> Messianic Jewish Alliance of America </Li> <Li> Plymouth Brethren </Li> <Li> Vineyard USA </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Christian denominations in the U.S. </Th> </Tr>

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