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Global Christianity: Movements and Denominations

Pew Research Center, December 19, 2011

A Pew Research Center report, published December 19, 2011, analyzing Center for the Study of Global Christianity data on Christian movements and denominations worldwide. It estimates about 279 million Pentecostal Christians and about 305 million Charismatic Christians as of 2010, together placing Renewalist Christianity, the umbrella term for the two movements combined, at more than a quarter of the world's roughly two billion Christians.

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Publisher
Pew Research Center
Publication Year
2011
URL
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/12/19/global-christianity-movements-and-denominations/
Source Type
Demographic study
Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Pew's own published analysis of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity's demographic estimates for Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity worldwide, relaying a named external dataset rather than a survey Pew itself fielded; a credible institutional secondary account of a named scholarly estimate.
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Global, Continents

This source names Global directly: "analyzing Center for the Study of Global Christianity data on Christian movements and denominations worldwide."

Source Global Christianity: Movements and Denominations

This source names Pew Research Center directly: "A Pew Research Center report, published December 19, 2011, analyzing Center for the Study of Global Christianity data on Christian movements and denominations worldwide."

Source Global Christianity: Movements and Denominations
Claims Backed By This Source (15 claims)

This source backs 15 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
  • Denominations, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 general references.
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