Christianity is the predominant religion in the United States, although estimates vary among sources. According to a 2024 Gallup survey, approximately 69% of the U.S. population—about 235 million out
English Dissenters praying in "Embarkation of the Pilgrims", by Robert Walter Weir (1857)
Ever since the Second Great Awakening, Evangelicalism has been very influential. Note the increasing membership of Baptist and Methodist churches.
The National Cathedral (Episcopalian) in Washington, D.C.
The First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island (American Baptist Churches USA)
Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate that an overwhelming majority of Americans believ
The Washington National Cathedral.
Pilgrims Going to Church by George Henry Boughton (1867)
The Maryland Toleration Act secured religious liberty in the English colony of Maryland. Similar laws were passed in the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. These laws stood in direct contrast with the Puritan theocratic rule in the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
A Congregational church in Cheshire, Connecticut