Church membership, in Christianity, is the state of belonging to a local church congregation, which in most cases, simultaneously makes one a member of...

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a church membership council (formerly called a disciplinary council) is an ecclesiastical...

membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as of December 31, 2023, was 17,255,394. The LDS Church defines membership...

: 143 : 398  and Brigham Young assumed leadership over a majority of the church's membership.: 556–557  Young had been a close associate of Smith's and was the...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) releases membership, congregational, and related information on a regular basis. The latest...

were controversial among the membership, and they led to the formation of breakaway churches such as the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...

Reformed church thought that requiring church membership beginning at birth was inconsistent with the New Testament example. They believed that the church should...

growth. Headquartered in Boston, the church does not officially report membership, and estimates as to worldwide membership range from under 100,000 to about...

2009, the Church announced plans for a new UFOLand in Las Vegas. A strictly hierarchical organization, there are two levels of membership. The majority...

people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians. The church has recorded a regular decline in membership and Sunday attendance since the 1960s, particularly...

personal liberty and individualism. The Church dismisses the idea of a “Satanic Community” and does not share membership lists with its members, arguing members...

described as "worldly". Amish church membership begins with adult baptism, usually between the ages of 16 and 23. Church districts have between 20 and...

membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) within the United States. Official LDS Membership - Membership count...

Some denominations do have a worldwide scope and distribution of church membership, while others are confined to a single country. A majority of Protestants...

Adventist Church is as of 2016[update] "one of the fastest-growing and most widespread churches worldwide", with a worldwide baptized membership of over...

within it. The church reports a worldwide membership of 16 million. The church's definition of "membership" includes all persons who were ever baptized...

mainline churches versus 39,930,869 members of evangelical Protestant churches. There is evidence that there has been a shift in membership from mainline...

the people in the backcountry in an effort to support the growth of church membership and the formation of new congregations.[citation needed] Another key...

except New South Wales, which has the largest membership[citation needed]. The theology of the church is now generally conservative and Reformed[citation...

membership withdrawal. Formal membership restriction denies some privileges but does not include a loss of church membership. Once formal membership restrictions...

affiliation with Methodist churches in America and later the United Methodist Church. The church experienced rapid growth in membership throughout most of the...

LDS Church reported a membership of 16,805,400. The terminology preferred by the church itself has varied over time. At various points, the church has...

partial church membership adopted by the Congregational churches of colonial New England in the 1660s. The Puritan-controlled Congregational churches required...

current primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church is Mark Strange, elected in 2017. In terms of official membership, Episcopalians constitute well under 1...

people joined the church, and by the beginning of 1961, membership had grown to a thousand. Having grown too large for its tent, the church purchased its...

baptism is the door to church membership, with candidates taking baptismal vows. It has also given its name to the Baptist churches and denominations. Certain...

particular area. LDS Church portal The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada LDS membership statistics (World) LDS membership statistics (United...

relationship in linguistics Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church Member, a participant...

redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership, and the formation of new religious movements and denominations. George...

Rite) Church membership and Indian Orthodox Church membership are more than 60,000. The Ethiopian and Russian Orthodox Churches have a membership of 70...