|
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.