Protestantism in Mexico

Protestants and Evangelicals are two of the most numerous religious associations in Mexico after the Roman Catholic majority. In Mexico, there are many denominations from virtually all doctrinal backgrounds, the largest are: Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostals and a group of unaffiliated non-denominational charismatic congregations. In the census, some of these congregations and their followers are grouped as "Neo-Charismatic", others are grouped as "Evangelicals".

The charismatic movement in Mexico has been growing in the last few years, particularly in the Southern state of Chiapas, where the National Presbyterian Church in Mexico is the strongest denomination (46% of the total Presbyterian population of Mexico).

In Mexico Protestants and Evangelicals are commonly referred to as "Christians", even by the Catholic majority.

In 2010 those who declared themselves Catholics represented 83.9 percent of the population aged 5 and older, evangelical Protestants or 7.6 percent, and other religions 2.5 percent and 4.6 percent reported having no religion.

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported that the number of evangelicals or Protestants rose from 4.9% in 1990 to 5.2% in 2000, to reach 7.6% em 2010.

A main category of the Protestant churches in Mexico are the so-called Historical denominations, which include the following churches: Presbyterian (and other Calvinistic groups), Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Congregational and Anglican (or Episcopalian). These constitute the 10% of the Protestant/Evangelical category. After these branches, we have the "Pentecostal and Neo-Pentecostal" segment, which constitutes about 22% of the non-Catholic category. With a 39% we have "Other evangelical" members, a group called "Light of the World" (based in the city of Guadalajara) makes 1%, and finally the "Non-Evangelical Biblical" categorization makes up for the remaining 28% of this figure.

Protestants/Evangelicals have had a respectful and often peaceful relationship with their overwhelming Catholic atmosphere. Some exceptions of intolerance are sadly common in indigenous communities in the State of Mexico and the southern state of Chiapas (the state with the greatest percentage of Protestants nationwide). Despite of their long-time status of minority, Mexican Protestants interact normally with the rest of Mexico.

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