ENI – A new reference book lists 648 denominations and movements, making the Netherlands the country with the second-largest number of Christian groups in the world, after the United States which tops at 2,000 in a similar book.
The authors discern a general trend of a return to the “atmosphere” of the early Christian communities. While larger denominations are losing members, evangelical, Pentecostal and house congregations flourish.
The Catholic Church with 1,400 parishes and the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, which has about 1,800 congregations, are the country's two largest denominations.
