List of the largest Protestant denominations
National bodies
Although there are "mostly national" denominations like the United Methodist Church (mainly concentrated in the United States), or denominations with dispersed membership like the Apostolic Church and the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (both with membership dispersed around the world) that have a far larger membership than required to be on this list, they operate worldwide and cannot be considered alongside other national bodies like, for example, the Church of Christ in Congo, which operates solely in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is not active beyond that country's borders.

List of the largest Protestant denominations

Section Title: National bodies
Table Section Text: Although there are "mostly national" denominations like the United Methodist Church (mainly concentrated in the United States), or denominations with dispersed membership like the Apostolic Church and the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (both with membership dispersed around the world) that have a far larger membership than required to be on this list, they operate worldwide and cannot be considered alongside other national bodies like, for example, the Church of Christ in Congo, which operates solely in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is not active beyond that country's borders.

Emblem	Name	Orientation	Foundation	Leadership	Headquarters	Region	Membership	Notes

-	Church of England	Anglican	1534	Supreme Governor Queen Elizabeth II Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby	London, United Kingdom	England	26,000,000	The original denomination in England which broke off from the Roman Catholic Church following the controversy arising from the divorce of King Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon without papal approval.

Church of Christ in Congo	Methodists Pentecostals Baptists Mennonites Reformed Evangelicals United Protestants	1970	Bishop Pierre Marini Bodho	Kinshasa, Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25,500,000	Its creation was largely state-supported in order to organize all Protestants of the Democratic Republic of Congo in a single denomination.

Three-Self Patriotic Movement	State-regulated theology various Protestants	1951	Chairperson Fu Xianwei Secretary General Xu Xiaohong	Shanghai, China	China	23,000,000	It is the only Protestant denomination approved by the Chinese government. Its theology is regulated and controlled by the state.

-	Assembléias de Deus	Pentecostal	1911	General Superintendent José Wellington Bezerra da Costa	São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	22,500,000	Fragmented into smaller units which together gather the vast majority of Brazilian Pentecostals. The largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.

-	Evangelical Church in Germany	Prussian United Lutheran Reformed	1948	Praeses of the Synod Irmgard Schwätzer Chairman of the Council of the EKD Heinrich Bedford-Strohm	Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany	Germany	21,500,000	Postwar, renewed church confederation founded to bring all German Protestants under one umbrella. Earlier, the German Evangelical Church Confederation fulfilled that role during the Weimar Republic.

Born Again Movement	Evangelicals Charismatics Chinese house church	1968	Henan, China	China	20,000,000	House church, not recognized by the Chinese government.

Church of Nigeria	Anglican	1979	Primate of all Nigeria, Archbishop of Abuja Province Nicholas Okoh	Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria	Nigeria	18,000,000	Local province of the Anglican Communion.

Southern Baptist Convention	Baptist	1845	President Steve Gaines	Augusta, Georgia, United States	United States	15,000,000	The world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.

Church of Uganda	Anglican	1897	Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala Stanley Ntagali	Namirembe Hill, Kampala District, Uganda	Uganda	11,000,000	Local province of the Anglican Communion.

Fangcheng Fellowship	Evangelicals Charismatics Chinese house church	1971	China	10,000,000	House church, not recognised by the Chinese government.

Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus	Lutheran	1959	Bishop Dr. Wakseyoum Idossa	Addis Ababa, Chartered city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	8,310,129	The world's largest Lutheran denomination.

China Gospel Fellowship	Evangelicals Charismatics Chinese house church	1980s	China	8,000,000	House church, not recognized by the Chinese government.

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.	Baptist	1880	President Dr. Jerry Young	Montgomery, Alabama, United States	United States	7,500,000	The second largest Baptist denomination in the world. It is considered a black church with its membership being largely African American.

Nigerian Baptist Convention	Baptist	1915	Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Adeniyi Ayokunle, President (and chief executive officer)	Ibadan	Nigeria	6,500,000	The world's third largest Baptist denomination.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania	Lutheran	1963	Bishop Dr. Fredrick Onael Shoo	Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania	Tanzania	6,500,000	The world's second largest Lutheran denomination.

-	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden	Lutheran	1593	Archbishop of Uppsala Antje Jackelén	Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden	Sweden	6,000,000	The world's third largest Lutheran denomination, and the third largest Protestant one in Europe.

Anglican Church of Kenya	Anglican	1970	Jackson Ole Sapit	Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya	Kenya	5,000,000	Local province of the Anglican Communion.

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