Articles for tag: Hispanic

July 27, 2013

By Brian Mavis “I really liked today”s Mass, Father.” If you are a preaching minister, you”ve probably been greeted like that after church. It”s not news that in the United States many former Catholics are attending and converting to Protestant churches. What is news, though, is that many of those Catholics aren”t from Irish or Italian decent””rather, they are Latinos.1 Latin America has been experiencing Latino conversions from Catholicism to Protestantism much longer than the U.S.: “¢ From 1900 to 2000 the number of Latin American Protestants swelled from 50,000 to 64 million! “¢ In 1930, Protestants amounted to 1

July 14, 2011

Christian Standard

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Indiana Church to Host Hispanic Christian Convention

Next week, Plainfield (IN) Christian Church will host the 2011 Hispanic Christian Convention. PCC”s sister congregation, Iglesia Cristiana Westside, and hundreds of members from other churches across the country will gather for the three-day convention. Ramon Rendon, minister at ICW, is the convention president this year.

April 22, 2011

Christian Standard

Culture & Public Square Race

Â¿Hablas Espanol?

By Kent E. Fillinger The odds are good that the face of your neighborhood has changed in the last decade, regardless of where you live, because “between 2000 and 2007 alone, the number of Hispanics grew in 2,991 of America”s 3,141 counties.”1 A recent Pew Research study said that “using 2009 population estimates from the American Community Survey, Hispanics accounted for 51 percent of the nation”s population growth since the 2000 Census. From 2000 to 2010, the nation”s population grew 9.7 percent. From 2000 to 2009 (the last year available), the Hispanic population grew 37 percent.”2 Another study said by

June 24, 2007

Marilyn Custer

Organizations & Events Conferences & Gatherings

La ConvenciÃ³n Nacional Cristiana

Founded in 1984, the National Christian Convention (Hispanic) has grown into a family-focused gathering for Spanish-speaking churches. Learn its purpose, programming, and this year’s Dallas convention theme: “To the Glory of God.”

July 31, 2005

Michael D. Starks

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

CHURCH IN THE CITY 3: Better Than Oscar in Torrance, California

Michael D. Starks reflects on victory as a spiritual celebration and shares how Greater First Christian Church brought hope, baptisms, and growth through outreach in a once-dangerous neighborhood.