The Department of Defense has published a new list of
faith and belief codes it officially recognizes.
The list exists mainly to provide chaplains
knowledge of the beliefs they might encounter
as they minister to service members.
It is also used for statistical analysis of personnel issues.
The list is available online in several locations as a .pdf image.
To make it easier to read and manage, it is posted here as text.
The official name of the document is:
Faith and Belief Codes for Reporting Personnel Data of Service Members
Start Date means the date on which the category begins being officially recognized.
End Date means the date on which the category stops being officially recognized,
(usually because the category is being replaced by multiple new categories.)
Code Description Start Date End Date
A1 Protestant Episcopal Church 20170331 -
A2 Independent Baptist Bible Mission 20170331 -
A3 Baptist Bible Fellowship 20170331 -
A4 Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends 20170331 -
A5 Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends 20170331 -
A6 Anglican Orthodox Church 20170331 -
A7 Messianic 20170331 -
AC Advent Christian Church - -
AD Eckankar 20170331 -
AF American Council Christian Church 20170331 -
AH Heathen 20170331 -
AJ Jehovah's Witnesses - -
AK Korean Evangelical Church of America 20170331 -
AM Christian Crusade 20170331 -
AN Native American - -
AO Bretheren In Christ Fellowship 20170331 -
AQ Presbyterian Council For Chaplains And Military Personnel 20170331 -
AR American Baptist Convention 20170331 -
AS Seventh Day Adventists - -
AT Baptist General Conference 20170331 -
AV Adventist Churches - -
AX Bible Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
AY Church Of The Spiral Tree 20170331 -
B1 Southern Methodist Church 20170331 -
B2 Reformed Churches 20170331 -
B3 Grace Gospel Fellowship 20170331 -
B4 American Baptist Association 20170331 -
B5 Congregational Methodist Church 20170331 -
B6 Conservative Baptist Association of America 20170331 -
B7 General Conference of the Swedenborgian Church 20170331 -
B9 Association Of Free Lutheran Congregations 20170331 -
BA American Baptist Churches in USA - -
BB Baptist Churches - -
BC Southern Baptist Convention - -
BE Armenian Apostolic 20170331 -
BF Free Will Baptist Churches, Other - -
BG General Association Of General Baptists - -
BH Fundamental Methodist Church Inc. 20170331 -
BI United Presbyterian Church In The USA 20170331 -
BM National Association of Evangelicals 20170331 -
BN National Baptist Convention Of America - -
BP Progressive National Baptist Convention - -
BR General Association Of Regular Baptist Churches - -
BS Community Of Christ 20170331 -
BT American Baptist Conference - -
BU National Baptist Convention USA Inc. - -
BV Other Religions 20170331 -
BY Antiochan Orthodox Christian 20170331 -
C2 Independent Baptist Churches 20170331 -
C3 United Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod 20170331 -
C4 Methodist Episcopal Church 20170331 -
C6 Evangelical Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
C7 Baptist General Convention Of Texas 20170331 -
C9 Methodist Protestant Church 20170331 -
CB Primitive Methodist Church 20170331 -
CC Catholic Churches, Other - -
CF Evangelical Church Alliance 20170331 -
CL Christian Reformed Church 20170331 -
CO North American Baptist Conference 20170331 -
CP Bible Churches Chaplaincy 20170331 -
CR Roman Catholic Church - -
CU Elim Fellowship 20170331 -
CV Liberty Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
CX Free Will Baptist, NC State Convention 20170331 -
CY Pentecostal Churches Of God Of America, Inc. 20170331 -
D1 Reformed Judasim 20170331 -
D2 United Christian Church 20170331 -
D3 Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Conference 20170331 -
D4 Conservative Judaism 20170331 -
D6 American Lutheran Church 20170331 -
D7 Evangelical Methodist Church Of America 20170331 -
D9 Evangelical Covenant Church In America 20170331 -
DA Troth 20170331 -
DB Greek Orthodox Church 20170331 -
DC Rosicrucianism 20170331 -
DG Association Of Evangelical Lutheran Churches 20170331 -
DJ Church Of God 20170331 -
DK Dian Wi (Dianic Wicca) 20170331 -
DL Church Of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saint - -
DM Orthodox Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
DP Sacred Wel Congregation 20170331 -
DQ Full Gospel Pentecostal Association 20170331 -
DR Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints - -
DS Church Of Living God International 20170331 -
DT Orthodox Judaism 20170331 -
DU Druid 20170331 -
DV Presbyterian Churches 20170331 -
DW Deism 20170331 -
DY Church Of God In North America 20170331 -
E1 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod 20170331 -
E3 Sikh 20170331 -
E8 Reformed Church In The USA 20170331 -
EA Anglican Catholic Church - -
EB Missionary Church 20170331 -
EC Episcopal Church - -
ED Independent Lutheran Churches 20170331 -
EE Episcopal/Anglican Churches, Others - -
EF Evangelical Methodist Church 20170331 -
EG Elim Missionary Assemblies 20170331 -
EI General Conference Of The Bretheren Church 20170331 -
EJ American Baptist Churches 20170331 -
EK Missionary Church Association 20170331 -
EL Anglican Church in North America 20170331 -
EM Independent Assemblies Of God 20170331 -
EN Evangelical Friends Alliance 20170331 -
EP National Association Of Congregational Christian Church 20170331 -
ER Reformed Episcopal Church - -
ES Seventh Day Baptist General Conference 20170331 -
ET Evangelical Congregational Church 20170331 -
EU Chaplaincy Full Gospel Churches (CFGC) 20170331 -
EW Church Of The United Bretheren Christ 20170331 -
EX Fellowship Of Grace Bretheren Church 20170331 -
EZ Communion Of Evangelical Episcopal Churches 20170331 -
F3 Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod 20170331 -
F4 Southwide Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
F5 Lutheran Church In America 20170331 -
F6 Central Bible Church 20170331 -
F8 Baptist Missionary Association Of America 20170331 -
F9 Anglican Church In America 20170331 -
FA Independent Churches Affiliated - -
FB Independent Fundamental Bible Churches - -
FC Independent Fundamental Churches Of America - -
FD Gard Wi (Gardnerian Wicca) 20170331 -
FE World Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
FF Fundamentalist Churches, Other - -
FG Associated Gospel Churches - -
FI Lutheran Council In The USA 20170331 -
FN Evangelical Church Of North America 20170331 -
FO International Communion Of The
Charismatic Episcopalian Church 20170331 -
FP Kingsway Fellowship 20170331 -
FQ Shaman 20170331 -
FR Militant Fundamental Bible Church 20170331 -
FT Fundamental Bible Churches 20170331 -
FV Seax Wi (Seax Wicca) 20170331 -
FW Conservative Congregational Christian Conference 20170331 -
FX Asatru 20170331 -
FZ Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
G3 Pagan 20170331 -
G5 Humanist 20170331 -
G6 Full Gospel Fellowship Church/Ministries International 20170331 -
GC Christian Church and Churches Of Christ - -
GE Christian Church (Disciples Of Christ) - -
GG Restoration Churches, Other - -
GT Tioga River Christian Conference (Removed) - 20170331
GX Church Of Christ - -
HA Church Of God (Anderson IN) - -
HC Churches Of Christ in Christian Union - -
HH Holiness Churches, Other - -
HN Church Of The Nazarene - -
HS Salvation Army - -
II Islam - -
JJ Judaism - -
KB Buddhism - -
KF Baha'i - -
KH Hindu - -
KK Eastern Religions, Other - -
LE Evangelical Lutheran Church In America - -
LL Lutheran Churches, Other - -
LM Lutheran Churches, Missouri Synod - -
MC Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - -
ME African Methodist Episcopal Church - -
MJ Union Messianic Jewish Congregations - -
MM Methodist Churches, Other - -
MN Free Methodist Church Of North America - -
MR Moravian Churches - -
MU United Methodist Church - -
MW Wesleyan Church - -
MZ African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - -
NC Christian, No Denominational Preference - -
NO No Religious Preference (Removed) - 20170331
OE Eastern Orthodox Churches - -
OO Orthodox Churches, Other - -
PC Church Of God In Christ - -
PD Full Gospel - -
PF International Church Of The Foursquare Gospel - -
PG Church Of God Of Prophecy - -
PH Pentecostal Holiness Church - -
PJ Pentecostal Church of God - -
PP Pentecostal Churches, Other - -
PS Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. - -
PT Church Of God (Cleveland TN) - -
PU United Pentecostal Church International - -
QB Bretheren Church - -
QF Friends (Quakers) - -
QQ European Free Churches, Other - -
QS Schwenkfelder Churches - -
RB Cumberland Presbyterian Church - -
RC Congregational Churches - -
RD Christian Reformed Church in North America - -
RF Reformed Church In America - -
RG Churches Of God General Conference - -
RI Presbyterian Church In America - -
RP Presbyterian Church (USA) - -
RR Reformed And Presbyterian Churches, Other - -
RU United Church Of Christ - -
SC Christian Science (1st Church Christ Scientist) - -
TN Protestant, no denominational preference (Removed) - 20170331
TO Protestant, other churches (Removed) - 20170331
UU Unitarian Universalist - -
VA Asbury Bible Churches - -
VB Plymouth Bretheren - -
VE Evangelical Covenant Church - -
VF Evangelical Free Church Of America - -
VM Christian And Missionary Alliance - -
VP Bible Protestant Church - -
VV Evangelical Churches Other - -
WW Not Applicable (Removed) - 20170331
XC Iglesia Ni Christo - -
XJ Churches Of The New Jerusalem - -
XN New Age Churches - -
XX Unclassified Religions - -
YW Wicca - -
YY Magick And Spiritualist - -
ZA Atheist - -
ZB Agnostic - -
ZW No Preference 20170331 -
ZX No Religion 20170331 -
ZY None Provided 20170331 -
ZZ Unknown - -
What, no Scientology? :lol:
Quote from: je_freedom on April 29, 2017, 07:40:19 PM
The Department of Defense has published a new list of
faith and belief codes it officially recognizes.
The list exists mainly to provide chaplains
knowledge of the beliefs they might encounter
as they minister to service members.
It is also used for statistical analysis of personnel issues.
The list is available online in several locations as a .pdf image.
To make it easier to read and manage, it is posted here as text.
The official name of the document is:
Faith and Belief Codes for Reporting Personnel Data of Service Members
Start Date means the date on which the category begins being officially recognized.
End Date means the date on which the category stops being officially recognized,
(usually because the category is being replaced by multiple new categories.)
Code Description Start Date End Date
A1 Protestant Episcopal Church 20170331 -
A2 Independent Baptist Bible Mission 20170331 -
A3 Baptist Bible Fellowship 20170331 -
A4 Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends 20170331 -
A5 Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends 20170331 -
A6 Anglican Orthodox Church 20170331 -
A7 Messianic 20170331 -
AC Advent Christian Church - -
AD Eckankar 20170331 -
AF American Council Christian Church 20170331 -
AH Heathen 20170331 -
AJ Jehovah's Witnesses - -
AK Korean Evangelical Church of America 20170331 -
AM Christian Crusade 20170331 -
AN Native American - -
AO Bretheren In Christ Fellowship 20170331 -
AQ Presbyterian Council For Chaplains And Military Personnel 20170331 -
AR American Baptist Convention 20170331 -
AS Seventh Day Adventists - -
AT Baptist General Conference 20170331 -
AV Adventist Churches - -
AX Bible Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
AY Church Of The Spiral Tree 20170331 -
B1 Southern Methodist Church 20170331 -
B2 Reformed Churches 20170331 -
B3 Grace Gospel Fellowship 20170331 -
B4 American Baptist Association 20170331 -
B5 Congregational Methodist Church 20170331 -
B6 Conservative Baptist Association of America 20170331 -
B7 General Conference of the Swedenborgian Church 20170331 -
B9 Association Of Free Lutheran Congregations 20170331 -
BA American Baptist Churches in USA - -
BB Baptist Churches - -
BC Southern Baptist Convention - -
BE Armenian Apostolic 20170331 -
BF Free Will Baptist Churches, Other - -
BG General Association Of General Baptists - -
BH Fundamental Methodist Church Inc. 20170331 -
BI United Presbyterian Church In The USA 20170331 -
BM National Association of Evangelicals 20170331 -
BN National Baptist Convention Of America - -
BP Progressive National Baptist Convention - -
BR General Association Of Regular Baptist Churches - -
BS Community Of Christ 20170331 -
BT American Baptist Conference - -
BU National Baptist Convention USA Inc. - -
BV Other Religions 20170331 -
BY Antiochan Orthodox Christian 20170331 -
C2 Independent Baptist Churches 20170331 -
C3 United Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod 20170331 -
C4 Methodist Episcopal Church 20170331 -
C6 Evangelical Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
C7 Baptist General Convention Of Texas 20170331 -
C9 Methodist Protestant Church 20170331 -
CB Primitive Methodist Church 20170331 -
CC Catholic Churches, Other - -
CF Evangelical Church Alliance 20170331 -
CL Christian Reformed Church 20170331 -
CO North American Baptist Conference 20170331 -
CP Bible Churches Chaplaincy 20170331 -
CR Roman Catholic Church - -
CU Elim Fellowship 20170331 -
CV Liberty Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
CX Free Will Baptist, NC State Convention 20170331 -
CY Pentecostal Churches Of God Of America, Inc. 20170331 -
D1 Reformed Judasim 20170331 -
D2 United Christian Church 20170331 -
D3 Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Conference 20170331 -
D4 Conservative Judaism 20170331 -
D6 American Lutheran Church 20170331 -
D7 Evangelical Methodist Church Of America 20170331 -
D9 Evangelical Covenant Church In America 20170331 -
DA Troth 20170331 -
DB Greek Orthodox Church 20170331 -
DC Rosicrucianism 20170331 -
DG Association Of Evangelical Lutheran Churches 20170331 -
DJ Church Of God 20170331 -
DK Dian Wi (Dianic Wicca) 20170331 -
DL Church Of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saint - -
DM Orthodox Presbyterian Church 20170331 -
DP Sacred Wel Congregation 20170331 -
DQ Full Gospel Pentecostal Association 20170331 -
DR Reorganized Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints - -
DS Church Of Living God International 20170331 -
DT Orthodox Judaism 20170331 -
DU Druid 20170331 -
DV Presbyterian Churches 20170331 -
DW Deism 20170331 -
DY Church Of God In North America 20170331 -
E1 Reformed Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Synod 20170331 -
E3 Sikh 20170331 -
E8 Reformed Church In The USA 20170331 -
EA Anglican Catholic Church - -
EB Missionary Church 20170331 -
EC Episcopal Church - -
ED Independent Lutheran Churches 20170331 -
EE Episcopal/Anglican Churches, Others - -
EF Evangelical Methodist Church 20170331 -
EG Elim Missionary Assemblies 20170331 -
EI General Conference Of The Bretheren Church 20170331 -
EJ American Baptist Churches 20170331 -
EK Missionary Church Association 20170331 -
EL Anglican Church in North America 20170331 -
EM Independent Assemblies Of God 20170331 -
EN Evangelical Friends Alliance 20170331 -
EP National Association Of Congregational Christian Church 20170331 -
ER Reformed Episcopal Church - -
ES Seventh Day Baptist General Conference 20170331 -
ET Evangelical Congregational Church 20170331 -
EU Chaplaincy Full Gospel Churches (CFGC) 20170331 -
EW Church Of The United Bretheren Christ 20170331 -
EX Fellowship Of Grace Bretheren Church 20170331 -
EZ Communion Of Evangelical Episcopal Churches 20170331 -
F3 Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod 20170331 -
F4 Southwide Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
F5 Lutheran Church In America 20170331 -
F6 Central Bible Church 20170331 -
F8 Baptist Missionary Association Of America 20170331 -
F9 Anglican Church In America 20170331 -
FA Independent Churches Affiliated - -
FB Independent Fundamental Bible Churches - -
FC Independent Fundamental Churches Of America - -
FD Gard Wi (Gardnerian Wicca) 20170331 -
FE World Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
FF Fundamentalist Churches, Other - -
FG Associated Gospel Churches - -
FI Lutheran Council In The USA 20170331 -
FN Evangelical Church Of North America 20170331 -
FO International Communion Of The
Charismatic Episcopalian Church 20170331 -
FP Kingsway Fellowship 20170331 -
FQ Shaman 20170331 -
FR Militant Fundamental Bible Church 20170331 -
FT Fundamental Bible Churches 20170331 -
FV Seax Wi (Seax Wicca) 20170331 -
FW Conservative Congregational Christian Conference 20170331 -
FX Asatru 20170331 -
FZ Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 20170331 -
G3 Pagan 20170331 -
G5 Humanist 20170331 -
G6 Full Gospel Fellowship Church/Ministries International 20170331 -
GC Christian Church and Churches Of Christ - -
GE Christian Church (Disciples Of Christ) - -
GG Restoration Churches, Other - -
GT Tioga River Christian Conference (Removed) - 20170331
GX Church Of Christ - -
HA Church Of God (Anderson IN) - -
HC Churches Of Christ in Christian Union - -
HH Holiness Churches, Other - -
HN Church Of The Nazarene - -
HS Salvation Army - -
II Islam - -
JJ Judaism - -
KB Buddhism - -
KF Baha'i - -
KH Hindu - -
KK Eastern Religions, Other - -
LE Evangelical Lutheran Church In America - -
LL Lutheran Churches, Other - -
LM Lutheran Churches, Missouri Synod - -
MC Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - -
ME African Methodist Episcopal Church - -
MJ Union Messianic Jewish Congregations - -
MM Methodist Churches, Other - -
MN Free Methodist Church Of North America - -
MR Moravian Churches - -
MU United Methodist Church - -
MW Wesleyan Church - -
MZ African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - -
NC Christian, No Denominational Preference - -
NO No Religious Preference (Removed) - 20170331
OE Eastern Orthodox Churches - -
OO Orthodox Churches, Other - -
PC Church Of God In Christ - -
PD Full Gospel - -
PF International Church Of The Foursquare Gospel - -
PG Church Of God Of Prophecy - -
PH Pentecostal Holiness Church - -
PJ Pentecostal Church of God - -
PP Pentecostal Churches, Other - -
PS Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. - -
PT Church Of God (Cleveland TN) - -
PU United Pentecostal Church International - -
QB Bretheren Church - -
QF Friends (Quakers) - -
QQ European Free Churches, Other - -
QS Schwenkfelder Churches - -
RB Cumberland Presbyterian Church - -
RC Congregational Churches - -
RD Christian Reformed Church in North America - -
RF Reformed Church In America - -
RG Churches Of God General Conference - -
RI Presbyterian Church In America - -
RP Presbyterian Church (USA) - -
RR Reformed And Presbyterian Churches, Other - -
RU United Church Of Christ - -
SC Christian Science (1st Church Christ Scientist) - -
TN Protestant, no denominational preference (Removed) - 20170331
TO Protestant, other churches (Removed) - 20170331
UU Unitarian Universalist - -
VA Asbury Bible Churches - -
VB Plymouth Bretheren - -
VE Evangelical Covenant Church - -
VF Evangelical Free Church Of America - -
VM Christian And Missionary Alliance - -
VP Bible Protestant Church - -
VV Evangelical Churches Other - -
WW Not Applicable (Removed) - 20170331
XC Iglesia Ni Christo - -
XJ Churches Of The New Jerusalem - -
XN New Age Churches - -
XX Unclassified Religions - -
YW Wicca - -
YY Magick And Spiritualist - -
ZA Atheist - -
ZB Agnostic - -
ZW No Preference 20170331 -
ZX No Religion 20170331 -
ZY None Provided 20170331 -
ZZ Unknown - -
One wonders how much compiling this list cost and how many man hours it took.