Submission Statement : The DOD has “Streamlined” it’s list of officially recognized faiths into the following 31
* Agnostic (AN)
* Baha’i faith (BH)
* Buddhism (BU)
* Christian – Assemblies of God (AG)
* Christian – Baptist (BA)
* Christian – Brethren (BR)
* Christian – Catholic (CA)
* Christian – Church of Christ (CC)
* Christian – Church of God (CG)
* Christian – Church of the Nazarene (CN)
* Christian – Episcopal/Anglican (EA)
* Christian – Evangelical (EV)
* Christian – Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW)
* Christian – Lutheran (LU)
* Christian – Methodist (ME)
* Christian – Non Denominational (ND)
* Christian – Orthodox (OX)
* Christian – Other (CO)
* Christian – Pentecostal (PE)
* Christian – Presbyterian (PR)
* Christian – Quaker (QU)
* Christian – Reformed (RE)
* Christian – Scientist (SC)
* Christian – Seventh Day Adventist (SA)
* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (CJ)
* Hindu (HI)
* Islam (Muslim) (IS)
* Judaism (Jewish) (JU)
* No Religion (NR)
* Other Religions (OR)
* Sikh (SI)
One may note the discrepancy that out of the 31 recognized faiths, 21 are various Christian denominations of various differentiation, while for example, Sunni and Shia are grouped under the “Islam” umbrella. Also the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) are not counted as “Christian”, which has [drawn comment from Utah Senator Mike Lee](https://xcancel.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2063272322799210514).
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Submission Statement : The DOD has “Streamlined” it’s list of officially recognized faiths into the following 31
* Agnostic (AN)
* Baha’i faith (BH)
* Buddhism (BU)
* Christian – Assemblies of God (AG)
* Christian – Baptist (BA)
* Christian – Brethren (BR)
* Christian – Catholic (CA)
* Christian – Church of Christ (CC)
* Christian – Church of God (CG)
* Christian – Church of the Nazarene (CN)
* Christian – Episcopal/Anglican (EA)
* Christian – Evangelical (EV)
* Christian – Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW)
* Christian – Lutheran (LU)
* Christian – Methodist (ME)
* Christian – Non Denominational (ND)
* Christian – Orthodox (OX)
* Christian – Other (CO)
* Christian – Pentecostal (PE)
* Christian – Presbyterian (PR)
* Christian – Quaker (QU)
* Christian – Reformed (RE)
* Christian – Scientist (SC)
* Christian – Seventh Day Adventist (SA)
* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (CJ)
* Hindu (HI)
* Islam (Muslim) (IS)
* Judaism (Jewish) (JU)
* No Religion (NR)
* Other Religions (OR)
* Sikh (SI)
One may note the discrepancy that out of the 31 recognized faiths, 21 are various Christian denominations of various differentiation, while for example, Sunni and Shia are grouped under the “Islam” umbrella. Also the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) are not counted as “Christian”, which has [drawn comment from Utah Senator Mike Lee](https://xcancel.com/BasedMikeLee/status/2063272322799210514).