Today, there are more than 500 million Pentecostal and charismatic believers across the globe, and it is the fastest-growing form of Christianity today.

The rules are intended to curb the nation's fastest-growing form of consumer fraud.

Fish farming, or "aquaculture," as the practice is called by its practitioners, is now the fastest-growing form of food production in the world.

Direct marketing is the fastest-growing form of marketing corn- munications in the world today.

Law enforcement authorities say abuses in what is known as telemarketing represent the nation's fastest-growing form of consumer fraud.

As a result, common-interest developments are the fastest-growing form of new housing.

One area of particular concern this year at the builders' show is identity theft, which has been called the country's fastest-growing form of crime.

Investing in Skates In-line skating is one of the fastest-growing forms of recreation, but not an easy play for investors.

"One of the strangest but fastest-growing forms of identity theft is between families," said Ms. Weems, who has studied the subject since last summer.

Virtually nonexistent four years ago, shopping on line is now the fastest-growing form of retailing.