Fort Worth, Texas

=== Religion ===
[[File:St. Patrick Cathedral - Fort Worth, Texas 02.jpg|thumb|[[St. Patrick Cathedral (Fort Worth, Texas)|St. Patrick Cathedral]], see of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth]]]]

Located within the [[Bible Belt]], [[Christianity in the United States|Christianity]] is the largest collective religious group in Fort Worth proper, and [[Christianity in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|the Metroplex]]. Both Dallas and [[Dallas County, Texas|Dallas County]], and Fort Worth and Tarrant County have a plurality of [[Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]] residents.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Tarrant County, TX - Congregational Membership Reports |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?t=0&y=2020&y2=0&c=48439 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011236/https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?t=0&y=2020&y2=0&c=48439 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas County, TX - Congregational Membership Reports |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=0&c=48113 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531115951/https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=0&c=48113 |url-status=live }}</ref> Overall, the Dallas metropolitan division of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is more religiously diverse than Fort Worth and its surrounding suburbs, particularly in the principal cities' counties.

[[File:Greater Saint James Baptist Church Fort Worth Wiki (1 of 1).jpg|thumb|[[Saint James Second Street Baptist Church]], a historic [[Black church|predominantly African American Baptist church]]]]

The oldest continuously operating church in Fort Worth is [[First Christian Church (Fort Worth, Texas)|First Christian Church]], founded in 1855.<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Christian Church |url=https://www.fortworth.com/listings/first-christian-church/2757/ |access-date=October 3, 2020 |website=Visit Fort Worth |language=en-us |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929010310/https://www.fortworth.com/listings/first-christian-church/2757/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other historical churches continuing operation in the city include [[St. Patrick Cathedral (Fort Worth, Texas)|St. Patrick Cathedral]] (founded 1888), [[Saint James Second Street Baptist Church]] (founded 1895), [[Tabernacle Baptist Church]] (built 1923), [[St. Mary of the Assumption Church (Fort Worth)|St. Mary of the Assumption Church]] (built 1924), [[Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage]] (built 1929 and 1911), and [[Morning Chapel C.M.E. Church]] (built 1934).

According to the [[Association of Religion Data Archives]] in 2020, Tarrant County's Catholic community numbered 359,705,<ref name=":1" /> and was the Fort Worth metropolitan division's single largest Christian denomination or tradition with 378,490 adherents.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Fort Worth Metropolitan Division, DFW - TX Congregational Membership Reports |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?STCOD=48&c=48497&t=0&y=2020&y2=0&c=48367&c=48251&c=48439 |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Association of Religion Data Archives |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011235/https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?STCOD=48&c=48497&t=0&y=2020&y2=0&c=48367&c=48251&c=48439 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth]], there are approximately 1,200,000 Catholics altogether as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diocese History |url=https://fwdioc.org/history |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth |language=en |quote=Today the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth has grown from 60,000 Catholics in 1969 to 1,200,000 Catholics. The Diocese comprises 92 Parishes and 17 Schools, with 132 Priests (67 are Diocesan), 106 Permanent Deacons and 48 Sisters. |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709183150/https://fwdioc.org/history |url-status=live }}</ref> Among other Christian bodies embodying [[catholicity]], the Association of Religion Data Archives reported the [[Coptic Orthodox Church]] was the largest [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Christian]] group, followed by the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]] and [[Orthodox Church in America]], the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]], and [[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] numbering 6,216 altogether.

Home to a large [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]] community, [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptists]] were the second-largest single Christian denomination for Fort Worth's metropolitan division in 2020, with 347,771 adherents.<ref name=":6" /> Southern Baptists have been divided between the more traditionalist and conservative [[Southern Baptists of Texas Convention]], and the theologically moderate [[Baptist General Convention of Texas]]; according to the Baptist General Convention of Texas, there are 167 churches within the vicinity of Fort Worth proper as of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Churches |url=https://www.texasbaptists.org/about/churches |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Texas Baptists |language=en |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011235/https://www.texasbaptists.org/about/churches |url-status=live }}</ref> The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention listed 117 churches in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Find a Church |url=https://sbtexas.com/find-a-church/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Southern Baptists of Texas Convention |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011235/https://sbtexas.com/find-a-church/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Other prominent Baptist denominations such as the [[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America|National Missionary Baptist Convention]], [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.|National Baptist Convention]], [[National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc.|National Baptist Convention of America]], [[Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship]], [[American Baptist Association]], and the [[National Association of Free Will Baptists]] collectively numbered 51,261 at the 2020 study.

[[Nondenominational Christianity|Non- and inter-denominational churches]] dominated Fort Worth's religious landscape as the third-largest group of Christians. Having more than 289,554 adherents,<ref name=":6" /> non/inter-denominational Christians represented the growing trend of ecumenism within the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silliman |first=Daniel |date=2022-11-16 |title='Nondenominational' Is Now the Largest Segment of American Protestants |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/november/religion-census-nondenominational-church-growth-nons.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=News & Reporting |language=en |archive-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629095740/https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/november/religion-census-nondenominational-church-growth-nons.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=A 'Postdenominational' Era: Inside The Rise Of The Unaffiliated Church |url=https://religionunplugged.com/news/2022/11/15/are-we-entering-an-postdenominational-era-inside-the-rise-of-the-unaffiliated-church |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Religion Unplugged |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011235/https://religionunplugged.com/news/2022/11/15/are-we-entering-an-postdenominational-era-inside-the-rise-of-the-unaffiliated-church |url-status=live }}</ref> [[History of Methodism in the United States|Methodists]] were the fourth-largest Christian group with more than 100,000 adherents of the [[United Methodist Church]] spread throughout Fort Worth's metropolitan division. The [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]], [[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]], [[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]], and [[Free Methodist Church]] also formed a substantial portion of the area's Methodist population. [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]], descended from the [[Wesleyan-Holiness movement]] of Methodists, formed the fifth-largest Christian constituency and primarily divided between the [[Assemblies of God USA]] and [[Church of God in Christ]].

Among Fort Worther's non-Christian community, [[Islam in the United States|Islam]] and [[Judaism]] were the second- and third-largest religious communities.<ref name=":6" /> According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, there were an estimated 37,488 Muslims and 2,413 Jews living in Fort Worth's vicinity, although the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life estimated 5,000 Jews in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISJL - Texas Fort Worth Encyclopedia |url=https://www.isjl.org/texas-fort-worth-encyclopedia.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |language=en |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011236/https://www.isjl.org/texas-fort-worth-encyclopedia.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Religions including [[Hinduism]] and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baha'i]] had a minuscule presence in the Fort Worth area according to the 2020 study, and [[Christendom]] remained more prevalent than in the Dallas metropolitan division.<ref name=":6" />
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