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Protestantism in Bolivia

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A Pentecostal church in La Paz

Bolivia has an active Protestant minority of various groups, especially Evangelical Methodists.[1] Other denominations represented in Bolivia included Mennonites. In 1970s Baptist, Seventh-day Adventists, and various Pentecostal denominations gained increasing adherents.[2]

At present, Protestant groups in Bolivia account for somewhere between 16-19% of the population, with most of the demographic concentration being within the poorer Native majority population.

References

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  1. ^ Canessa, Andrew (April 1998). "Evangelical Protestantism in the Northern Highlands of Bolivia". Studies in World Christianity. 4 (1): 21–40. doi:10.3366/swc.1998.4.1.21. ISSN 1354-9901.
  2. ^ Calestani, Melania (2012-11-06). An Anthropological Journey into Well-Being: Insights from Bolivia. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-94-007-5669-4.