The city of Houston which historically was centered on Protestant Christianity, and a part of the Bible Belt, is now home to many different religions owing to its large ethnic diverse population. According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 73% of the population of the city identified themselves as Christians, with 50% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 19% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. while 20% claim no religious affiliation. The same study says that other religions (including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism) collectively make up about 7% of the population. , 46% of the Houston-area population was Protestant, 31% was Catholic, 5% was of other religions, and 18% was of no religion. History For much of its history Houston was overwhelmingly Christian. The amounts of other religious groups did not grow because for the most part immigration was predominately from majority Christian Europe, favored by the quotas in federal immigration law at the time. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removed the quotas, allowing for the growth of other religions. In 2016, Rice University conducted a poll of Houston area residents on whether they attend religious services other than weddings and funerals within the past month. It showed that 45% of respondents stated that they did, a decline from previous eras, when a majority of those polled stated they did. Christianity Christianity is the most prevalently practiced religion in Houston (73% as of 2014 according to the Pew Research Center). Kate Shellnut of the Houston Chronicle described Houston as a "heavily Christian city". Lakewood Church in Houston, led by pastor Joel Osteen, is the largest church in the United States. A megachurch, it had 44,800 weekly attendees in 2010, up from 11,000 weekly in 2000. Since 2005 it has occupied the former Compaq Center sports stadium. In September 2010, Outreach Magazine published a list of the 100 largest Christian churches in the United States, and inside the list were the following Houston-area churches: Lakewood, Second Baptist Church Houston, Woodlands Church, Church Without Walls and First Baptist Church. Judaism As of around 1987 about 42,000 Jews lived in Greater Houston. In 2008 Irving N. Rothman, author of The Barber in Modern Jewish Culture: A Genre of People, Places, and Things, with Illustrations, wrote that Houston "has a scattered Jewish populace and not a large enough population of Jews to dominate