- The first Christian Church was founded in Jerusalem about 50 years after the death of Christ
Statistics:
World Religions (Pew 2015 estimate):
Christian – 31.2%
Muslim – 24.1%
Unaffiliated – 16%
Hindu – 15.1%
Buddhist – 6.9%
Folk religions – 5.7%
Jewish – 0.2%
United States Religions (Pew 2014 estimate):
70.6% of adults 18 and up in the US identify as Christians.
Protestant – 46.5%
Unaffiliated (includes atheist and agnostic) – 22.8%
Roman Catholic – 20.8%
Mormon – 1.6%
Jewish – 1.9%
Muslim – 0.9%
Buddhist – 0.7%
Data collected from CNN https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/12/world/christianity-fast-facts/index.html
