Number of Calvinists?

[Jonih]

Hello!

I wonder how big part of Christians are calvinists (today)? I would presume it has decreased due to the strong increase of charismatics in the last 100 years or so. Am I right?

 

[cygnusx1]

Hello!

I wonder how big part of Christians are calvinists (today)? I would presume it has decreased due to the strong increase of charismatics in the last 100 years or so. Am I right?

Difficult to say really , but judging by the amount of books and Calvinistic Book Publishers I would say things look better than you may realise ..........

 

[Sola Gratia]

In Minneapolis there is a reform church that is growing by leaps and bounds with many young people.

That is consistent with an observation that Reform Doctrine is enjoying a comeback on college campuses .

This is from '91

Although many of the nation's best-known denominations are associated with Reformed or Calvinist theology, a slightly larger share of pastors claimed to be Wesleyan or Arminian in their theological views than Calvinist (37% versus 32%, respectively). Pastors serving churches in the western states were considerably more likely to associate with Wesleyan theology (44%) than with Calvinist theology (28%). Pastors who were not seminary graduates were also more likely to associate with a Wesleyan view (39%) than with a Calvinist perspective (29%). Pastors of non-denominational churches were twice as likely to embrace Calvinism as to endorse Wesleyanism (30% vs. 14%, respectively).

 

[cygnusx1]

In Minneapolis there is a reform church that is growing by leaps and bounds with many young people.

That is consistent with an observation that Reform Doctrine is enjoying a comeback on college campuses .

This is from '91

Although many of the nation's best-known denominations are associated with Reformed or Calvinist theology, a slightly larger share of pastors claimed to be Wesleyan or Arminian in their theological views than Calvinist (37% versus 32%, respectively). Pastors serving churches in the western states were considerably more likely to associate with Wesleyan theology (44%) than with Calvinist theology (28%). Pastors who were not seminary graduates were also more likely to associate with a Wesleyan view (39%) than with a Calvinist perspective (29%). Pastors of non-denominational churches were twice as likely to embrace Calvinism as to endorse Wesleyanism (30% vs. 14%, respectively).

which reminds me ....

"What denominations embrace Calvinism today?

Calvinism, or Reformed theology in general, is predominant in the following denominations: National Primitive Baptist Convention of the USA (1 million members), Presbyterian Church in America (200,000 members), Reformed Church in America (200,000 members), Evangelical Covenant Church (90,000 members), Primitive Baptists (72,000 members), Moravian Church (60,000 members), Evangelical Presbyterian Church (56,000), Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (40,000), remnants of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (40,000), Reformed Baptists (300 to 400 churches), Orthodox Presbyterian Church (20,000 members), and about ten other denominations, each with memberships between 1,000 and 10,000. A large number of Congregationalist churches are also Calvinist. Nearly all churches in these denominations classify themselves as evangelical or fundamentalist, and most (non-Primitive) support education and missions programs."

http://faith.propadeutic.com/calvinism.html