A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THE LAST POST

I recall reading somewhere online that there were about 1,000 Christian sects in America and about 3,000 worldwide and according to this source, those are gross under-estimates:

Number of Christian Denominations:
According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, there are approximately 41,000 Christian denominations and organizations in the world. This statistic takes into consideration cultural distinctions of denominations in different countries, so there is overlapping of many denominations.