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Ink Man

(171 posts)
4. The evangelical church is
Wed Nov 26, 2014, 05:36 PM
Nov 2014

growing in So Cal by Latinos not young white kids.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/14/why-has-pentecostalism-grown-so-dramatically-in-latin-america/

Tens of millions of Latin Americans have left the Roman Catholic Church in recent decades and embraced Pentecostal Christianity, according to a new Pew Research Center survey on religion in 18 Latin American countries and Puerto Rico. Indeed, nearly one-in-five Latin Americans now describe themselves as Protestant, and across the countries surveyed majorities of them self-identify as Pentecostal or belong to a Pentecostal denomination. Pentecostals share many beliefs with other evangelical Protestants, but they put more emphasis on the “gifts of the Holy Spirit,” such as speaking in tongues, faith healing and prophesying. With nearly 300 million followers worldwide, including many in Africa and Latin America, Pentecostalism is now a global phenomenon.

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