An Overview of Representative Christian Denominations and Church Growth / Decline in the United States
Mainline Christian denominations in the United States are suffering declines in membership. The following
denominations are listed in the 77th annual edition of
The Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches as experiencing the highest rate of membership loss: the United Church of Christ (down 6.01 percent); the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (down 3.01 percent);
the Presbyterian Church (USA) (down 2.79 percent); the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (down 1.44 percent);
and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (down
1.35 percent).
Denominations in Canada
Denominations in Europe