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There are thousands of Protestant denominations in the world.
Protestant denominations are groups of Protestant congregations such as the Lutherans, Charismatics and Adventists. These denominations are prevalent in North America, Africa and Australia.
Many different denominations use baptism and thus the "baptistry". Most common is the "Baptist" denomination, however, you will find that most protestant denominations baptise.
Protestant denominations are prevalent in North America and Europe.
In a general sense, "denominations" refers to different categories or groups within a larger entity, often used in the context of religious or financial institutions. For example, within Christianity, there are various denominations such as Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox. In finance, denominations can refer to the different values of currency or securities.
There are multiple names for minister in Protestant denominations. One such name is preacher and another name is reverend.
Methodism is the smallest of the three main Protestant denominations, making up about 3.5% of the population.
The protestants make up 6 different religious groups; or denominations. The 6 different sects of the protestant religious groups are puritans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Adventists, Pentecostals.
Protestant churches are just that: protestant, not Catholic. There are currently (2014) over 40,000 denominations in the United States, so different from each other that there is no way to compare them, except in that all of them are not Catholic.
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Strictly speaking "denomination" is the better term for your question than "religion". Denominations are the subdivisions or varieties within a religion. Within Christianity there are many denominations. The denominations which are called Protestant share common roots in the Reformation of Roman Catholicism in the 16th century. Some examples of Protestant denominations would include: Lutheran, Baptist, Anglican/Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Evangelical Reformed, Methodist, and Congregationalist.