Amarillo, Texas Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Religion === Part of the [[Bible Belt]], [[Christianity]] is the predominant religion in Amarillo and its metropolitan area. There are more than 200 churches in the area as of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|last=STAFF|first=GLOBE-NEWS|title=Keeping the Faith: Amarillo Magazine delves into city's religious community|url=https://www.amarillo.com/article/20131025/NEWS/310259644|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Amarillo Globe-News|language=en}}</ref> According to [[Sperling's BestPlaces]] in 2021, 77.83% of the population identified as religious, primarily adhering to Christianity. Out of the 77.83%, 74.53% identify as Christian.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Religion in Amarillo, Texas|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/texas/amarillo|url-status=live|website=Sperling's BestPlaces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515164109/http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/texas/amarillo |archive-date=May 15, 2012 }}</ref> Baptists made up 40.2% of the Christian population and Catholics were 13.3% of the local population. [[Methodism|Methodists]] and [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]] were the next largest Christian groups, followed by [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]], [[Mormons]], [[Anglicanism|Episcopalians or Anglicans]], and [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]]. Approximately 8.1% of the population were of another Christian faith. In 2021, about 0.1% of Amarillo's residents identified with [[Judaism]] and 2.1% were Muslim. An estimated 1.1% followed an Eastern religion such as [[Buddhism]] or [[Hinduism]]. The closest Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagan meeting officially advertised is located a 5-hour plus drive in Denton, TX despite there being a UU congregation in Amarillo it does not host a CUUPs chapter.<ref>[https://www.cuups.org/CUUPS-SouthWest-Chapters/ CUUPs Southwest]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Amarillo+Unitarian+Universalist+Fellowship/@35.192528,-101.9065786,11.68z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x87015006fc87a773:0xb79ebf5460508834!8m2!3d35.155982!4d-101.8974131 Google maps]</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page