It is the largest church originating on American soil, and it is the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith during the period of religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening.

The largest massacre was at Antioch, where 5, 000 Druze religious leaders were killed, followed by that of Aleppo.

In the United States, public school teacher unions, most notably the National Education Association ( the largest labor union in the USA ), argue against the idea of school vouchers for concern that it would erode educational standards and reduce funding, and that giving money to parents who choose to send their child to a religious or other school is unconstitutional ; however, the latter issue has been struck down by the Supreme Court case Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which upheld Ohio's voucher plan in a 5-4 ruling.

Herod the Great considerably enlarged the temple ( see Herod's Temple ), making it one of the largest religious structures in the world.

His was arguably the first, largest and most influential modern Islamic political / religious organization.

The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism ( Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism ), Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism.

The Jesuits today form the largest single religious order of priests and brothers in the Catholic Church, although they are surpassed by the Franciscan family of first orders Order of Friars Minor ( OFM ), OFM Capuchins, and Conventuals.

The largest religious and ethnic group in the Levant is Sunni Muslim Arabs, but there are also many other groups.

With a little help from Suegar, an apparent religious fanatic, and Tris, the leader of the female prisoners, he instills order and hope in the apathetic, distrustful inmates, makes them rehearse for quick embarkation ( disguised as a food distribution procedure ), and stages one of the largest mass breakouts in history.

* 2004 – The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

The two largest religious orders received many new privileges from Honorius IV, documented in his Regesta.

The five largest religious groups by population, estimated to account for between 5 and 7 billion people, are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism ( with the relative numbers for Buddhism and Hinduism dependent on the extent of syncretism ) and Chinese folk religion.

Following the disturbances, the Abbey was still the largest religious city-state in Switzerland, with over 77, 000 inhabitants.

** Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Dutch Superior General of the Society of Jesus, the largest male religious order of the Catholic Church

The Circus was Rome's largest venue for ludi, public games connected to Roman religious festivals.

* The current Cathedral of Reggio, re-built after the last earthquake, actually the largest religious building in Calabria.

The ancient cathedrals of England, of Northern France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Sicily, the Baroque cathedrals of South America, and many individual cathedrals from Italy and other parts of Europe, are among the largest and finest religious buildings.

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland is the largest religious denomination, followed by the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland.

The Bahá ' í Faith, Iran's largest non-Muslim religious minority, is not officially recognized, and has been persecuted during its existence in Iran.

The Archbishop's Palace contains a Byzantine museum containing the largest collection of religious icons on the island.

The largest religious bodies were The Southern Baptist Convention ( with 14, 727 members ) and The United Methodist Church ( with 3, 305 members ).

In recent years, the county was declared a disaster area in September 1979 due to damage from Hurricane Frederic The largest religious bodies were The Southern Baptist Convention ( with 27, 789 members ) and The Catholic Church ( with 10, 482 members ).

The largest religious bodies were The Southern Baptist Convention ( with 7, 576 members ) and The United Methodist Church ( with 1, 811 members ).

Eastern Orthodoxy is the second largest single denomination in Christianity, with over 200 million adherents.

Estimates of the total number of Protestants are very uncertain, partly because of the difficulty in determining which denominations should be placed in these categories, but it seems clear that Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians after Catholicism in number of followers ( although the Orthodox Church is larger than any single Protestant denomination ).

Other groups originating in this time period include the Christadelphians and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with over 14 million members.

With over 55, 000 missionaries worldwide, the church currently has a membership of over 14. 4 million and is ranked by the National Council of Churches as the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States.

Conservative Judaism enjoyed rapid growth in the first half of the 20th century, becoming the largest American Jewish denomination.

Working with this 1990s trend of diversity and institutional growth, Conservative Judaism remained the largest denomination in America, with 43 percent of Jewish households affiliated with a synagogue belonging to Conservative synagogues ( compared to 35 percent for Reform and 16 percent for Orthodox ).

For the first time in nearly a century, Conservative Judaism is no longer the largest denomination in America.

For example, in 1988 the United Church of Canada, that country's largest Protestant denomination, affirmed that " a ) All persons, regardless of their sexual orientation, who profess Jesus Christ and obedience to Him, are welcome to be or become full member of the Church ; and b ) All members of the Church are eligible to be considered for the Ordered Ministry.

The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (, abbreviated PKN ) is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in the Netherlands.

Most churches in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States, also practice their own form of open communion, provided those who receive are baptized and believe in the Real Presence.

The Anglican Church is the largest Protestant denomination.

* The largest denomination banknote ever officially issued for circulation was in 1946 by the Hungarian National Bank for the amount of 100 quintillion pengő ( 100, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, or 10 < sup > 20 </ sup >; 100 million million million ) image.

In May 2012 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest LDS denomination, dedicated a temple in the Shoal Creek area of Kansas City North.

Methodism boasts the largest number of higher education ministries, including teaching positions, of any Protestant denomination in the world in close competition with the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Methodist Church is the third largest denomination throughout the Samoan Islands, in both Samoa and American Samoa.

( In contrast, the second largest Latter Day Saint denomination, the Community of Christ, is Trinitarian and monotheistic.

Roman Catholic is the largest denomination, but Pentecostal, Anglican and other Evangelical denominations are also strong.

Neopaganism in the United States accounts for roughly a third of all contemporary Pagans worldwide, and for some 0. 2 % of US population, figuring as the sixth largest non-Christian denomination in the US, after Judaism ( 1. 4 %), Islam ( 0. 6 %), Buddhism ( 0. 5 %), Hinduism ( 0. 3 %) and Unitarian Universalism ( 0. 3 %).

Conversely, Baptists are underrepresented, a reflection of their quite recent expansion in numbers ; there has been only one Roman Catholic president, although they are currently the largest single denomination, and there have been no Lutheran, Pentecostal, or Latter Day Saint presidents.

Joseph Smith, Jr. who established the Church of Christ in 1830, is considered a prophet by members of the Latter Day Saint movement, of which The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest denomination.

Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U. S., followed by the Presbyterian Church in America.

The very first Youth Triennium was held in 1980 at Indiana University and the conference for teens is an effort of the Presbyterian Church ( U. S. A .), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the nation ; Cumberland Presbyterian Church ; and Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America, the first African American denomination to embrace Presbyterianism in the reformed tradition.