Pentecostalism now rivals established Christian denominations with 125 million followers

Evidence

The rise of Mormonism is just a recent example of a broader pattern of history. Pentecostalism, a once obscure Christian “charismatic” sect established in Los Angeles in the early part of the twentieth century, has over 125 million followers worldwide and is fast becoming a contender to be the “third” force in Christianity, just behind Catholicism and Protestantism, soon displacing the venerable but demographically stagnating Orthodox branch. Like Mormonism, it is also one of the world’s fastest growing religions. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 24

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s broader religious-evolution analysis: Mormonism and Pentecostalism as contemporary exemplars of the Big God mechanism’s expansion into secular-modern contexts.