Sect-to-church theory assumes that sects will become more church-like as members’ socioeconomic status improves. By abandoning tension-related characteristics, they decrease the level of tension with their social environment. Studying Pentecostal middle-class congregations in Argentina, this article shows that the reduction of tension involves impression management: the studied middle-class congregations display middle-class features (e.g., educational training) and selectively shield tension-related practices (e.g., glossolalia) from the glances of non-Pentecostal peers. Instead of abandoning tension-related practices to reduce tension, middle-class congregations strategically adjust their religious practices depending on the extent to which these are accessible for relevant outsiders, switching between sect-like and church-like styles of religion.

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当宗派成为中产阶级时：阿根廷中产阶级五旬节派的印象管理

宗派对教会理论假设，随着成员社会经济地位的提高，宗派将变得更像教会。通过放弃与紧张相关的特征，他们降低了与社会环境的紧张程度。研究阿根廷五旬节派中产阶级会众，这篇文章表明，减少紧张涉及印象管理：被研究的中产阶级会众表现出中产阶级特征（例如，教育培训）并选择性地屏蔽与紧张相关的做法（例如，口语）来自非五旬节派同龄人的目光。中产阶级会众没有放弃与紧张有关的做法来缓解紧张局势，而是根据相关局外人可以接触到的程度，战略性地调整他们的宗教做法，