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Hispanic churches are newer, younger and more effectively evangelistic than the average U.S. Protestant church.

The number of Hispanic Protestant churches in the United States is up sharply over the past 23 years thanks to both immigration and evangelization according to a survey released Tuesday.

Diane and Jack Leahy of Miami Lakes, Florida, receive the second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at St. Patrick Catholic Church March 1, 2021, in Miami Beach. Miami Beach faith leaders and the fire department have joined resources to make vaccines available to older residents. (AP/Marta Lavandier) A new survey finds vaccine hesitancy has fallen among Americans overall and among all religious subgroups in just three months, with many who once balked saying they embraced inoculation against COVID-19 at the urging of faith leaders. Many stalwart subsets of "vaccine refuser...

summary Hispanic Protestants have been one of the most rapidly growing demographic groups in the United States over the last few decades. Sociologists have written about the cultural and political identities of this group, and theologians have reflected on theology and ethics from Hispanic Protestant perspectives, but considerably less attention has been paid to the predicadores/preachers in Hispanic Protestant congregations and the messages they proclaim on a weekly basis. In Predicadores: Hispanic Preaching and Immigrant Identity, Tito Madrazo explores the sermons of Hispanic Pr...