Protestant Hispanic Churches of Oregon by Deborah L. Berhó,Leonard Sweet

By Deborah L. Berhó,Leonard Sweet

The variety of Hispanics residing in Oregon has burgeoned during the last a number of a long time. The variety of Spanish-speaking church buildings within the nation has additionally grown exponentially. besides the fact that, such a lot non-Hispanic Oregonians understand little or no concerning the Hispanic inhabitants. This lack of knowledge approximately Latinos, and approximately Hispanic ministries in particular, is located between teachers and Anglo Protestants alike. This e-book is the results of my wish to supply info that would function a bridge among Spanish-speaking and English-speaking church buildings and facilitate realizing among teams within the broader inhabitants, and supply a well-documented examine for the academy.

"Berhó sheds gentle on probably the most vivid and neglected streams of Christianity in North America--and she does so with the ability of a top-notch researcher and the sensitivity of an individual with a deep, firsthand wisdom of the Hispanic international . . . This ebook is an indispensible source to considering Christians all over the place who desire to develop their realizing of Spanish-speaking church buildings and the influence they're having at the broader culture."
--Chuck Conniry
Vice President and Dean
George Fox Evangelical Seminary

Deborah L. Berho is affiliate Professor of Spanish at George Fox college in Newberg, Oregon. She has released articles on a variety of subject matters of sociolinguistics and language acquisition.

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