Rise of Evangelicals and Pentecostals
Growing Pietism
These two movements focused on experience, conversion, and personal piety often overlap. Yet while evangelicals are Protestant, charismatic Catholics also form part of the Pentecostal movement. Pentecostal and charismatic expressions of Christianity are the face of the rapid growth, renewal, and diversification of Christianity in the Global South. Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa are now the demographic centers of global Pentecostalism. Fast Pentecostal growth in the Gulf States is caused primarily by labor migrations from African and Asian nations.
While the majority of evangelicals are now found outside the West, the United States remains a fiscal and institutional center for the movement. America’s evangelical population, however, is declining.
Global Evangelicals
Evangelical Fact Sheet
Global Pentecostals/ Charismatics
Pentecostal Fact Sheet
