Updates

The simple search mechanism on the home page has recently been enhanced to include field names, dictionary entries and glossary terms, so there is more chance of finding what you're looking for.

Also, commonly searched-for terms that previously returned no results have been examined and hints provided for alternative search terms. Monitoring of search success will continue.

The real power of the online World Christian Database however remains in the ability to interrogate the data tables directly with user supplied criteria on almost any field. The home pages (Languages, Peoples, Religions etc.) each provide sample queries which can be altered by adding fields or selection criteria.

Each denomination has been coded by its membership of various Christian communions and councils and this data is now available to subscribers.

Christian Communions are made up of denominations with a similar ecclesiastical tradition, while Christian Councils include all participant churches at a given geographic level (world, continental, regional or national).

Subscribers can access the data on the Denominations home page through a known denomination, or through the section which lists the coded Communions and Councils.

Either pick a communion and drill to list its denominations, or pick a denomination and click to see its Communions and Councils.