The Indigenous Churches in Latin America
In Chile the independent, Pentecostal-type churches are probably four times the size of all the other denominations put together. In Mexico they are undoubtedly equal to all the other groups, and in Puerto Rico and Cuba they are growing rapidly. In Argentina the Pentecostals, having received much of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1961
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Practical anthropology
Year: 1961, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 97-110 |
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| Summary: | In Chile the independent, Pentecostal-type churches are probably four times the size of all the other denominations put together. In Mexico they are undoubtedly equal to all the other groups, and in Puerto Rico and Cuba they are growing rapidly. In Argentina the Pentecostals, having received much of their inspiration and dynamic from Chilean brethren, are growing with amazing vitality, both in the spreading urban areas and in certain rural regions. In the town of Sáenz Peña, in the northern part of Argentina, a small group of Bulgarian peasants who emigrated to Argentina after the war have now grown into a church of almost 300 members and have just completed the building of a Bible school, headed up by a Mexican pastor whom they have hired to develop the program. In Mexico City there is a group of some 8,000 people, who form the “Portales Church,” which has not only an imposing structure in the colonia of Portales, but some 100 small chapels in surrounding areas. The following article analyzes some of the characteristics of indigenous churches of Latin America, with special attention to their structure and to the content of their message. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical anthropology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182966100800301 |
