<P> All Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3 % , while the Catholic Church by itself , at 23.9 % , was the largest individual denomination . A 2008 Pew study categorizes white evangelical Protestants , 26.3 % of the population , as the country 's largest religious cohort ; another study in 2004 estimates evangelical Protestants of all races at 30 -- 35 % . The nation 's second - largest church and the single largest Protestant denomination is the Southern Baptist Convention . The United Methodist Church is the third largest church and the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the United States . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints ( Mormons ) is the fourth - largest church in the United States and the largest church originating in the U.S. The Church of God in Christ is the fifth - largest denomination , the largest Pentecostal church , and the largest traditionally African - American denomination in the nation . Among Eastern Christian denominations , there are several Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches , with just below 1 million adherents in the US , or 0.4 % of the total population . </P>
<P> All Protestant denominations accounted for 51.3 % , while the Catholic Church by itself , at 23.9 % , was the largest individual denomination . A 2008 Pew study categorizes white evangelical Protestants , 26.3 % of the population , as the country 's largest religious cohort ; another study in 2004 estimates evangelical Protestants of all races at 30 -- 35 % . The nation 's second - largest church and the single largest Protestant denomination is the Southern Baptist Convention . The United Methodist Church is the third largest church and the largest mainline Protestant denomination in the United States . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints ( Mormons ) is the fourth - largest church in the United States and the largest church originating in the U.S. The Church of God in Christ is the fifth - largest denomination , the largest Pentecostal church , and the largest traditionally African - American denomination in the nation . Among Eastern Christian denominations , there are several Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches , with just below 1 million adherents in the US , or 0.4 % of the total population . </P>
what is the largest pentecostal denomination in the united states
what is the largest pentecostal denomination in the united states
The Church of God in Christ
The Church of God in Christ