Espinosa ctd

the country that has experienced the most rapid independent Pentecostal growth is Brazil"¹ (279)

"Perhaps the best example of the "back to the fuiture" phenomena of Latin American Pentecostals returning to the United States to spread Pentecostalism is the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God."² (280)

Began with Macedo in 1986 (280) "Since then, the Church has planted at least twenty-five mother churches and a number of preaching points in most of the major Spanish-speaking barrios in the U.S." ³(280)

"the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God uses drama skits, Christian pop music, radio, and television to reach young and old alike." ⁴

1G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 279.

2G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 280.

3G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 280.

4G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 281.