Churches are among the oldest and most famous institutions built by man. This has slowly translated into numbers and numbers into wealth. Churches today have evolved, adopting some new trends like commercializing religion while hanging on a few of the ancient practices. Churches own fine pieces of art, gold, and other special metals, lands, properties, and other investments. This can match the annual revenue of some of the biggest companies in the world.
Here are the top 10 richest churches in the world.
| Rank | Church | Worth |
| 1. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | $100 billion |
| 2. | Catholic Church in Vatican | $33 billion |
| 3. | Catholic Church in Germany | $26 billion |
| 4. | Catholic Church in Australia | $22.3 billion |
| 5. | Church of England | $12 billion |
| 6. | Trinity Church | $6 billion |
| 7. | Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church) | $3 billion |
| 8. | Church of Scientology | $2.5 billion |
| 9. | Catholic Church in the Philippines | $2 billion |
| 10. | Episcopalian Church | $2 billion |
