Which of these things is not like the others?
The Roman Catholic Church, 67,117,06 members, down 0.59 percent. (Ranked 1)
The Southern Baptist Convention, 16,266,920 members, down 0.24 percent. (Ranked 2)
The United Methodist Church, 7,931,733 members, down 0.80 percent. (Ranked 3)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5,873,408 members, up 1.63 percent. (Ranked 4)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 4,709,956 members, down 1.35 percent. (Ranked 7)
Presbyterian Church (USA), 2,941,412 members, down 2.79 percent (Ranked 9)
Assemblies of God, 2,863,265 members, up 0.96 percent. (Ranked 10)
The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS), 2,383,084 members, down 1.44 percent. (Ranked 14)
The Episcopal Church, 2,116,749 members, down 1.76 percent. (Ranked 15)
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 1,400,000 members, down 3.01 percent. (Ranked 19)
American Baptist Churches in the USA, 1,358,351, down 0.94 percent. (Ranked 20)
United Church of Christ, 1,145,281 members, down 6.01 percent. (Ranked 22)
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1,092,169 members, up 2.12 percent (Ranked 23)
Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.), 1,053,642 members, up 2.04 percent. (Ranked 25)
Of the 14 largest denominations that had reported figures in the 2009 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches, only the Mormons, Assemblies of God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Church of God (Cleveland, TN) saw increases in membership in 2008. The biggest drops were from the PCUSA at 2.79%, AME Zion Church at 3.01, and the UCC at a staggering 6.01%. Take it for what you will.
UPDATE: A correspondent has directed my attention to information that indicates that the figure for the PCUSA is incorrect. The actual membership figure as of 2007 was 2,209,546. A 2.79% drop from that would give a 2008 membership of 2,147,900 (a loss of 61,646).
