Pentecostals -Good for the Economy

[OP_Carl]

On the topic, could it be that this second great awakening of Evangelical and Pentecostal growth is getting different results because it is reaching to a different type of person?

The mainline Protestants and Catholics are largely traditional, old-school, old-money, educated, and not well-versed in the Word.

The typical new convert to Pentecost is:

a) Somebody that is willing to recognize that they need help
b) Somebody that shows themselves to be receptive to instruction
c) Somebody that wants to change.

Which is not going to be typical of somebody the same age attending a mainline denomination.

So the Pentecostals and Evangelicals are finding that by reaching to the dregs of society, with a Gospel that is truly for "Whosoever will," they are acquiring ranks of enthusiastic people that are deficient in basic life skills.

Could it be that as a movement we have identified this deficiency and have taken measures to address it via teaching and training of basic life skills, money management, etc., in the church?

This isn't an analysis based on data and facts, but speculative conjecture based on my understanding of human nature, Pentecostals, and some aspects of the situation.