AN ON-LINE HANDBOOK OF
HISPANIC
PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS,
INSTITUTIONS AND MINISTRIES
IN THE USA
Compiled and Edited by the
PROLADES Team
Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES-General Editor
(PROgrama LatinoAmericano De Estudios Sociorreligiosos -
Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program)
~~ Meet the General Editor ~~
NOTE: the production of information
for this website
was concluded on 31 August 2012.
Introduction
List of Advisors in 2012 (alphabetical order)
The following studies were conducted between January 2010 and
August 2012:
A National Survey of Hispanic Protestant Denominations in the USA
Introduction to the Project
Historiography of the Hispanic Protestant Church
in the USA
Introduction to the Project
A Study of Hispanic Protestant Mega-Churches in
the USA
Introduction to the Project
NOTE:
14,400 local churches are listed as Spanish-speaking (62%); 8,676 are English-speaking (37%);Form for adding new information to the
Hispanic USA Database
Form for correcting information currently available in
the Hispanic USA Database
NOTE: 17.3% of the denominations/categories (39 largest out of 225)
have 86% of the local churches in our national HS-USA database (total = 23,189).
HISPANIC / LATINO POPULATION INFORMATION - 2010 CENSUS
The Hispanic
Population of the U.S. in 2010
U.S. Census Bureau (March 2011)
Overview of
Race and Hispanic Origin Population, 2010
U.S. Census Bureau
2010 Census
Shows Nation's Hispanic Population
Grew Four Times Faster Than Total U.S. Population
Maps of Hispanic/Latino Population by Counties, 2010 (see below)
Pew Hispanic Center:
Data Files on State and County Populations
by Hispanic Origin are available for download in Excel format
(shows population changes between the 2000 and 2010 census
by counties within a state)
The
10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups:
Characteristics, Rankings & Top Counties - 2010 Census Results
(Pew Hispanic Center, 12 July 2012)
Full
Report is available in PDF
The New Metro Minority Map: Regional
Shifts in
Hispanics, Asians and Blacks from Census 2010
(William H. Frey, Brookings.edu - 31 August 2011)
National Origin Composition of Hispanic / Latino Population, 2006
National Origin Composition of Hispanic /
Latino Population
by Principal Census Regions, 2006
Interactive Map of Percent Hispanic or
Latino by Counties, 2007
(Pew Hispanic Center Website)
National Hispanic Interdenominational Organizations
AETHA Working List of Hispanic Faith-Based Networks
Institute for Latino Studies, Notre Dame University:
A National Directory of Latino-Serving
Faith-Based Organizations
Programs of University-based Hispanic Theological Education
Reference Material:
Additional Studies by other organizations
USC - Latino Ministry
in Southern California:
A Preliminary Report on Protestant Churches (ca. 2000)
Pew Hispanic Center
Hispanics in the USA, Country of Origin
Profiles, 2007
Pew Hispanic Center
Changing Faiths:
Latino and the Transformation of American Religion, 2007
Pew Hispanic Center
Statistical
Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2008
Social and Economic Characeristics of the Hispanic Population, 2009
Reference Material:
"New Christian
Culture Emerges As Churches Appeal to Latinos"
(James Blair, Christian Science Monitor, August 28, 1997)
"Hispanc
Protestantism in the United States: Trends by Decade and Generation"
(Larry L. Hunt, Social Forces, Volume 77, Issue 4: 1601-1624)
"Catching
Up With Hispanics"
(Rodolpho Carrasco, Christianity Today Library, 2001)
"The Hispanic
Challenge"
(Jeff M. Sellers, Christianity Today, May 16, 2002)
"Hispanic
Protestant Churches
Experiencing Huge Growth in USA"
(Christian News Service, February 9, 2003)
The Community
Serving Activities of
Hispanic Protestant Congregations
(Amy Sherman: December 2003)
Good News from
the Hispanic Church
(August 15, 2004)
Latino
Religion in the US: Demographic Shifts and Trends
(Bruce Murray, FACSNET: March 29, 2005)
A Guide to Hispanics and Religion in the
U.S.
(ReligionLink.org: December 4, 2006)
The Rise of Pentecostal Churches
Hispanics
Transforming U.S. Religion
(ReligionNewsBlog.com Posted: Thursday
April 26, 2007)
National
Survey of Latino Protestants: Immigration and the 2008 Election
(Faith in Public Life: October 16, 2008)
Survey
Shows How the Faith of Americas Hispanics Has Changed
(The Barna Research Group, July 2009)
Census
Data Show Signs of a Hispanic Boom
(Chris Good, The Atlantic, 15 February 2011)
PRODUCED BY
PROLADES
PROGRAMA LATINOAMERICANO DE ESTUDIOS
SOCIORRELIGIOSOS -
THE LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM