Tuesday, February 26, 2013

"Is Anyone Out There?": God? Christianity?

 Ever morning I take time to meditate for a half hour or so listening to "Deep Praying Instrumental Music.

I believe in God and Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and belong to a local church because I believe in the Pastor and his sermons are all inspiring and he shares wisdom and knowledge of other humans thoughts and experiences. As you can see by the menu below that  the choices of  what denomination or communions to belong to is large. I have chosen to follow Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior and not  a church created by man. I try to follow his teachings.  A great way to know how to make a great decision is to ask yourself: How would Jesus handle it








"Christianity is the most popular religion in the United States, with around 73% of polled Americans identifying themselves as Christian in 2012.[1] This is down from 86% in 1990, and slightly lower than 78.6% in 2001.[2] About 62% of those polled claim to be members of a church congregation.[3] In the mid-1990s the United States had the largest Christian population on earth, with 224 million Christians.[4]
Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while Roman Catholicism, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. A Pew study categorizes white evangelicals, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort;[5] another study estimates evangelicals of all races at 30–35%.[6] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) is the fourth largest church in the United States, and the largest church originating in the US.[7][8]
Christianity was introduced to the Americas as it was first colonized by Europeans beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today most Christian churches are Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, or Roman Catholic.

Christianity is the most popular religion in the United States, with around 73% of polled Americans identifying themselves as Christian in 2012.[1] This is down from 86% in 1990, and slightly lower than 78.6% in 2001.[2] About 62% of those polled claim to be members of a church congregation.[3] In the mid-1990s the United States had the largest Christian population on earth, with 224 million Christians.[4]
Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3%, while Roman Catholicism, at 23.9%, was the largest individual denomination. A Pew study categorizes white evangelicals, 26.3% of the population, as the country's largest religious cohort;[5] another study estimates evangelicals of all races at 30–35%.[6] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) is the fourth largest church in the United States, and the largest church originating in the US.[7][8]
Christianity was introduced to the Americas as it was first colonized by Europeans beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Today most Christian churches are Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, or Roman Catholic."


Christianity in the United States

Protestant: Mainline vs. Evangelical
Family:Total:[9]US%[9]Examples:Type:
Baptist38,662,00525.3%Southern Baptist ConventionEvangelical
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.Mainline
Pentecostal13,673,1498.9%Assemblies of GodEvangelical
Lutheran7,860,6835.1%Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaMainline
Lutheran Church–Missouri SynodEvangelical
Presbyterian/
Reformed
5,844,8553.8%Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)Mainline
Presbyterian Church in AmericaEvangelical
Methodist5,473,1293.6%United Methodist ChurchMainline
African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchEvangelical
Anglican2,323,1001.5%Episcopal ChurchMainline
Anglican Church in North AmericaEvangelical
Adventist2,203,6001.4%Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchEvangelical
Holiness2,135,6021.4%Church of the NazareneEvangelical
Other Groups1,366,6780.9%Church of the BrethrenEvangelical
Friends General ConferenceMainline

 

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