Pew Research Center

Appendix B: Classification of Protestant denominations

In the Religious Landscape Study (RLS), we group Protestant respondents into one of three “traditions” – the evangelical tradition, mainline tradition or the historically Black Protestant tradition – ...
National Catholic Register

Just How Many Protestant Denominations Are There?

The commonly cited figure of 33,000 has apparently been thoroughly debunked (see here and here). But this only raises the question: How many Protestant denominations are there really? It’s not easy to ...
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

First protestant church service in area at Singer’s Store

EDITOR'S NOTE: Caprock Chronicles is edited each week by Paul Carlson, emeritus professor of history at Texas Tech. This week’s essay, written by Carlson, looks at what is possibly the first ...
Pew Research Center

Appendix B: Classification of Protestant Denominations

This section documents the composition of the three major Protestant traditions (evangelical Protestantism, mainline Protestantism and historically black Protestantism) as they have been defined in ...