Protestantism in Brazil Totally Explained

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On March 10, 1557, the first Protestant worship service was held in Brazil. Followers of Protestantism are rising in number and if the evangelical Christian movement continues to spread at the pace it has in recent years, statistics suggest that by 2022 Catholics will be a minority in a country that was about 90 percent Catholic in 1980 (External Link

). Until 1970, the majority of Brazilian Protestants belonged to one of the traditional churches - Lutherans, Presbyterians and Baptists mainly - but the Pentecostals have increased largely in numbers since then. According to a [Roman] Catholic Church study, 600,000 of their faithful convert annually to a Protestant denomination. There is also Seventh-day Adventist educational system with over 475 elementary schools, 67 secondary schools, two colleges and a university.
According to IBGE 2000 Census, these are the biggest Protestant denominations in Brazil (only listed those with more than a half million members):

Assemblies of God (Assembléias de Deus): 8,418,140 (5.0%) ť General Convention of the Assemblies of God (Affiliated with the US Assemblies of God, Springfield, MO): 3.6 million.

National Convention of the Assemblies of God (A.k.a. Madureira Ministry of the Assemblies of God): 2.5 million. ť Other independent Assemblies of God, such as Bethesda Assemblies of God: 1.9 million
Baptists: 3,162,691 (1.9%) ť Brazilian Baptist Convention (Affiliated to US Southern Baptists and BWA body member): 1.4 million adherents

National Baptist Convention (Charismatics Baptists and BWA body member): 1 million. ť Independent Baptist Convention (Scandinavian Baptists): 400,000.

Other Baptists: 300,000
Christian Congregation of Brazil (Italian-Brazilian Pentecostals): 2.6 million (1.5%)
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus): 2 million Neo-Pentecostal Movement (1.2%)
Adventists: 1.8 million (1.0%) ť Seventh-day Adventist Church: 1.6 million

Promise Adventist Church (Brazilian Pentecostal Adventists): 150,000 ť Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement: 50,000

Other Adventists: 100,000
Foursquare Gospel Church (Classic Pentocostals in US, but second-wave pentecostals in Brazil): 1,318,805 (0.8%)
Lutherans: 1 million (0.6%) ť Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confission

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil ť Other Lutherans
Reformed churches: 1 million (0.6%) ť Presbyterian Church of Brazil: 450,000

Independent Presbyterian Church: 300,000 ť Congregationalists: 100,000

Other Calvinists:150,000
Methodists: 340,963 (0.201%) ť Methodist Church of Brazil (Affiliated to US United Methodist Church): 200,000

Wesleyan Methodist Church (Brazilian Pentecostal Methodists): 100,000 ť Other Methodists: 40,000

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