[2] In the same year, the World Religion Database noted that Protestants comprised 8.43% of the population.
West Indian Protestants arrived on the island late 19th and the early 20th centuries, and by the 1920s, several Protestant organizations were established all throughout the country, which added diversity to the religious representation in the Dominican Republic.
These groups dominated the Protestant movement in the earlier part of the 20th century, but in the 1960s and 1970s Pentecostal churches saw the most growth.
Protestant denominations active in the Dominican Republic now include: Missionaries, Episcopalians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, and Mennonites, also travel to the island.
Jehovah's Witnesses, specifically, have been known to be migrating (more so during the last decade) to the Dominican Republic where they feel there is a "great need" for evangelizing their faith.