[Binghamton_native]

Please read to see the real scoop about the number of Protestant denominations:

http://www.ntrmin.org/30000denominations.htm

Please note. If you have issues with this article, it is a review of World Christian Encyclopedia: A Comparative Survey of Churches and Religions in the Modern World A.D. 1900—2000 (ed. David A. Barrett; New York: Oxford University Press, 1982). The Barrett article is the source of the 20,000+ Protestant denominations often cited by Catholic apologists. If you don't like his conclusions, then please stop claiming 20,000+ denominations.

[dollars_for_dogma]

The Barrett article is the source of the 20,000+ Protestant denominations often cited by Catholic apologists. If you don't like his conclusions, then please stop claiming 20,000+ denominations.

Though I've used this figure before, it did seem to be more of a talking point for debate, than an valid census of the various denominations.

If, for example, every independent church were considered a separate denominational entity, and counted as such, it might work out to be 20,000....