Top 10 Richest Religious Organizations

Organization

Worth

(billion USD)

Country

Religion/Belief

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

100.0

 United States

Christianity

Sree Venkateswara Swamy Temple

35.0

 India

Hinduism

Catholic Church in Germany

26.0

 Germany

Christianity (Catholicism)

Catholic Church in France

23.0

 France

Christianity (Catholicism)

Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple

22.0

 India

Hinduism

Catholic Church in Australia

20.5

 Australia

Christianity (Catholicism)

Seventh-day Adventists

15.6

 United States

Christianity

Church of England

11.97

 United Kingdom

Christianity

Church of Sweden

11.42

 Sweden

Christianity

Trinity Church

6.0

 United States

Christianity

Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church)

2.8

 Italy

Christianity (Catholicism)

Church of Scientology

2.0

 United States

Scientology

Holy See (Vatican)

 Vatican City

Christianity (Catholicism)

It’s difficult to associate religion with finance. After all, religions are supposed to be all about faith and spirituality. However, religion is much like any other organization. Religion has leadership. It has income and expenses.

Therefore, you can think of organized religion much like a business. In fact, there’s a lot of money that goes through religious hands, and it’s a good thing that most of that money is used for charity—at least we all would hope that’s the case. In any rate, there are many religions out there that are actually rich organizations, and here’s a list the world’s top ten.

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