The Facts and Stats on 33000 Denominations: World Christian Encyclopedia (2001, 2nd edition): "The source does refer to 33000+ total "Christian" denominations, but it defines the word "denomination" as an organized Christian group within a specific country:"
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Q: How many religious congregations are there in the United States?
A: There is no official directory for all the congregations in the county, so sociologists of religion have to rely on statistical estimates extrapolated from surveys. These are often disputed, and to complicate matters, thousands of new churches open each year, while thousands of others close. Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches. Non-Christian religious congregations are estimated at about 12,000.
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Christian_denominations_are_there
http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/a106.htm
http://christianity.about.com/od/denominations/p/christiantoday.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations
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http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html
http://www.startingpoint.com/members/pdfs/Christian%20Denominations.pdf
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