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===Contemporary movement=== Estimates suggest there are approximately 30 million Oneness Pentecostals worldwide. Demographically, the movement is notably diverse: around 40% of adherents are Black, 30% are Asian, 20% are Hispanic and Latino, and approximately 9% are White.<ref name="EGPO" /><ref name="French" /><ref name="RGCOPF">{{cite book |author1=Gilbert T. Rowe |editor1-last=Barba |editor1-first=Lloyd Daniel |editor2-last=Johnson |editor2-first=Andrea Shan |editor3-last=Ramírez |editor3-first=Daniel |title=Oneness Pentecostalism: race, gender, and culture |date=2023 |publisher=The Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park, Pennsylvania |isbn=9780271094540 |chapter=Foreward}}</ref> ====United States and Europe==== A majority of Black Pentecostal churches in both the [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] remain Oneness Pentecostal.<ref name="BrillPent">{{cite web |last1=Hollenweger |first1=Walter J. |title=Pentecostalism |url=https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/ECO/P.66.xml |website=The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online |publisher=Brill |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en |date=2011 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In [[Great Britain]] particularly, there is a substantial presence of Oneness African-[[Caribbean]] churches, originating from Oneness Pentecostal influence in the poor urban centers of [[North America]] and the villages of the Caribbean islands.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jelks |first1=Randal M. |last2=Gerloff |first2=Roswith I. H. |title=Black Churches |url=https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/ECO/B319.xml |website=The Encyclopedia of Christianity Online |publisher=Brill |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en |date=2011 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Additionally, Oneness Pentecostalism has seen growth in [[Western Europe]] through the [[Evangelism|evangelistic]] efforts of African organizations.<ref name="EGPO" /> ====South America==== The Oneness movement has grown throughout [[South America]]. The United Pentecostal Church of [[Colombia]] (the national branch of the UPCI) is the second-largest denomination in the country behind the [[Catholic Church]] and the largest Protestant denomination with over one million constituents,<ref name="RGCOPF" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zurlo |first1=Gina A. |title=World Christian Database |url=https://worldchristiandatabase.org/data/ |website=World Christian Database |access-date=7 May 2025 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="FacesofOP">{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=David A. |title=The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism |date=2014 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00709-3 |pages=52–70 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-companion-to-pentecostalism/then-and-now/9F977119102F107BE3576F84C7ED4410 |chapter=Then and Now: The Many Faces of Global Oneness Pentecostalism |url-access=subscription}}</ref> whereas countries such as [[Brazil]], [[Argentina]], and [[Chile]] have seen indigenous growth complemented by denominations from the United States.<ref name="EGPO" /> ====Asia==== The [[Asian Pacific]] region has seen substantial growth by Oneness Pentecostal organizations, especially in countries such as [[Indonesia]] and [[Australia]]. Particularly, in the [[Philippines]], there are over two million adherents across more than 120 different Oneness organizations.<ref name="EGPO" /> In [[China]], [[True Jesus Church]] became the largest indigenous Christian group in the country in 1949 and has a membership estimated at at least 500,000, possibly reaching up to one million.<ref name="FacesofOP" /> TJC has also seen extensive growth in [[Singapore]], the [[Philippines]], Australia, [[Europe]], and the Americas.<ref name="EGPO" /> Other Oneness Pentecostal groups account for at least one million adherents in China, though estimates are difficult to determine.<ref name="FacesofOP" />
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