'''Mainline''' Protestantism is one of four major movements within Protestantism; the other three are [[evangelical]], [[fundamentalism]], and [[Pentecostal]]. They grew rapidly during the [[Great Awakening]] from the 1740s to the 1940s and dominated religion in America even into the 1950's, but they have been shrinking in membership and are now down to about 26 million. Though Catholics have long outnumbered Protestants in general, mainline adherents are now outnumbered by evangelical and Pentecostal/charismatic Christians; only fundamentalism has a smaller following among Protestants. | '''Mainline''' Protestantism is one of four major movements within Protestantism; the other three are [[evangelical]], [[fundamentalism]], and [[Pentecostal]]. They grew rapidly during the [[Great Awakening]] from the 1740s to the 1940s and dominated religion in America even into the 1950's, but they have been shrinking in membership and are now down to about 26 million. Though Catholics have long outnumbered Protestants in general, mainline adherents are now outnumbered by evangelical and Pentecostal/charismatic Christians; only fundamentalism has a smaller following among Protestants. |