Protestantism in Costa Rica
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Protestants represent 15% of population. There are different Protestant denominations that are active there mostly Evangelical
, Pentecostal and Adventist
.
Some reports suggest that people are leaving Catholic church in huge numbers. According to the Costa Rican Episcopal Vicariate, the Catholic Church is losing an average of 658 followers a day.
First Seventh-day Adventist missionaries arrived in 1903, and the Adventist church currently has
55,680 members in that Central-American country.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, Pentecostal and Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
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Some reports suggest that people are leaving Catholic church in huge numbers. According to the Costa Rican Episcopal Vicariate, the Catholic Church is losing an average of 658 followers a day.
First Seventh-day Adventist missionaries arrived in 1903, and the Adventist church currently has
55,680 members in that Central-American country.