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=== High growth of pentecostalism ===

=== High growth of pentecostalism ===

[[Pentecostalism]] has experienced explosive growth for the past half-century. The membership is young and fast-growing.  

[[Pentecostalism]] has experienced explosive growth for the past half-century. The membership is young and fast-growing. The [[Atheism|atheist]] author and advocate David Madison, PhD wrote in March 2019: "I remain haunted—and terrified—by what I read on a Christian website, not long after the turn of this century: that by 2025, there will be one billion (yes, that’s with a “b”) Pentecostals in the world."<ref>[https://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2019/03/atheist-author-and-advocate-is.html Atheist author and advocate is absolutely TERRIFIED about the future growth of pentecostal Christianity], ''Examining Atheism'', March 2019</ref>

In 2011, a Pew Forum study of worldwide Christianity found that there were about 279 million classical Pentecostals, making 4 percent of the total world population and 12.8 percent of global Christendom Pentecostal.<ref name=PewGlobalChristianity67>Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (December 19, 2011,), [http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf ''Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population''], p. 67.</ref>

In 2011, a Pew Forum study of worldwide Christianity found that there were about 279 million classical Pentecostals, making 4 percent of the total world population and 12.8 percent of global Christendom Pentecostal.<ref name=PewGlobalChristianity67>Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life (December 19, 2011,), [http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Christian/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf ''Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population''], p. 67.</ref>