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i nc r ease (s ee Figur e 5) . There is proba bly nothing un us ual
about the inf ormat i on pr esented i n this table, since it is
co rnmon for new religions to experience dramatic growth i n
t heir formative years.
FIGURE 5 . Newfound l a nd a nd Labrador Population by Religious
Denominations ( 19 35 a nd 1945) 1<
De nomination 19 35 1945 • In c r e a se
Pen t e co s t al
Roman Catholic
3, 721
93,925
7 , 5 5 8
106, 006
10 3 . 1
12.8
Church of England 92 ,709 1 0 0, 87 8 8 .8
Un i ted Church
Sa lvation Armv
76,134
18,054
80, 094
22 ,571
5 . 2
25
* Ca lculated from t h e 19 35 an d 1945 Censuses of Newfoundland
a nd Labrador.
Fr om 19) 0 to 1937 Newfoundland Pentecostalism was
established i n an other 19 communities , in add ition to three in
Labrador. 12 I n Alice B. Garrigus ' opinion , howev er, the
f igure o f 3, 721 Pentecostals in Newfound land a nd Labrado r i n
19 35 was "a ve r y low eetImate" . She was pleased that asacm-
bIl e s had " sprung up pr acti cally all over the island" . She
the n c ompiled her own l i s t of growth fa ctors . First, t he
c ontribu t ion of missionary boats , two o f which operated a long
t h e Lab r ador coast and the French s hore, a nd the s out he r n
s hore. secondly, a missionary emphasis challeng e d people to
evangelize. Thirdly, assemblies were " i n charge of conse-