WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest single Protestant denomination in the U.S., comprising one-tenth of American Protestants.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most prominent Protestant denominations include Pentecostal, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Non-denominational, Evangelical Free, and Church of Christ.

Detailed explanation-3: -This section documents the composition of the three major Protestant traditions (evangelical Protestantism, mainline Protestantism and historically black Protestantism) as they have been defined in this report.

Detailed explanation-4: -Baptist, member of a group of Protestant Christians who share the basic beliefs of most Protestants but who insist that only believers should be baptized and that it should be done by immersion rather than by the sprinkling or pouring of water. (This view, however, is shared by others who are not Baptists.)