Bible Study in Latin America

For centuries Latin America was solidly Catholic; but by the year 2000, an estimated 60 million Latin Americans were evangelical Protestants. In sharp contrast to liberation theology, evangelicalism in Latin America emphasizes the salvation of souls, healing, spiritual gifts, and the second coming of Christ. The fastest-growing kind of evangelicalism in Latin America is Pentecostalism. This growth began with immigrant Protestantism but has accelerated through evangelism by Latin Americans, mass media, and mission societies from outside Latin America.