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Georgia
Georgia ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒə/ (help·info)) is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States...
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch within Christianity that contains many denominations with differing practices and doctrines. It principally originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, begun with Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517....
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism is a renewal movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit which is evidenced by speaking in tongues. The term Pentecostal is derived from...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 3 %
Roman Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole. Although for many the term usually refers to...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 8 %
Islam
Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] ( listen)) is the religion articulated by the Qur’an, a book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of the single incomparable God (Arabic: الله, Allāh), and by the Islamic...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Church of Christ
Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and see themselves as restoring the New Testament church...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Mormonism
Mormonism comprises the religious, institutional, and cultural elements of the early Latter Day Saint movement and its modern denominations deriving from the leadership of Brigham Young. Most specifically, the term Mormonism is used to refer to The...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to Reverend John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 11 %
Buddhism
Buddhism, as traditionally conceived, is a path of salvation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality. It encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama,...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenarian Christian denomination. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism; they report convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual Memorial...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Church of God
The Church of God (Anderson) is a Holiness Christian non-denominational body, with roots in Wesleyan pietism and also in the restorationist and anabaptist traditions. Founded in 1881 by Daniel Sidney Warner, the church claims 1,170,143 adherents....
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the 16th century German reformer Martin Luther. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation. The...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 2 %
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is the religion of a number of different Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, and organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 3 %
Non-denominational Christianity
In Christianity, non-denominational institutions or churches are those which have not formally aligned themselves with an established denomination, or remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 1 %
Christianity
Christianity
is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Holy Bible. Christians
believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the
Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 7 %
Baptist
A Baptist is a Christian who subscribes to a theology and may belong to a church that, among other things, is committed to believer's baptism (as opposed to infant baptism) and, with respect to church polity, favors the congregational model. The...
As of date:
- 2002
Percent of population:
- 37 %
