Pentecostal Power From Its Origins In An Ame ...

Pentecostal Power From its origins in an AME Church on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Pentecostalism has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing Christian movement. The World Christian Encyclopedia reports more than 500 million followers, comprising 25% of the world’s Christians, up from 6% in 1906. The World Christian Database says there are nearly 80 million renewalists in the U.S. including Pentecostals, Charismatics, and neo-Charismatics, 84 million in Brazil, 72 million in China, 41 million in Nigeria, 38 million in India, and 25 million in the Philippines. (Pew Research Center 4/19/06)