To: grania
I live in an area that is now very heavily hispanic. Basically we are now a very minor minority here. And, what’s surprised in this transformation is the number of ‘evangelical’ Hispanics, their congregations and size of memberships. I’m sure many are Catholic, also, but there’s a yuuuuuge number of evangelicals among the Hispanic ‘migrant’ community. Wonder if the Pope knows that?
111 posted on
02/18/2016 9:46:06 AM PST by
EDINVA
To: EDINVA
"And, whatâs surprised in this transformation is the number of âevangelicalâ Hispanics, their congregations and size of memberships."
Part of the explanation is that many Hispanics practice a kind of folk-Christianity which most Catholic intellectuals - and most Catholic priests - have been taught to look down upon as backward and superstitious.
Unlike a great many of North American Catholics, evangelical Christians still seriously believe in the power of prayer, in spiritual healing, in spiritual transformation, and in an actual experience of the Holy Spirit and the power of Jesus to transform lives. This is appealing to many Hispanics.
I am a fan of the British TV series, Midsomer Murders, in which most clergymen are Anglican vicars. For them, religion is reduced to mumbling prayers from a book, prayers which no one really believes. Much of Catholicism is also like that, and many Hispanics want more than that.
139 posted on
02/18/2016 10:01:06 AM PST by
Steve_Seattle
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