A Study of
Hispanic Protestant Mega-Churches
in the USA, 2011-2015
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Un Estudio de
Mega-Iglesias Protestantes Hispanas
en los EUA, 2011-2015
Project
Description, May 2011
(Model = Central American Study)
Hartford Institute For
Religion Research:
definition of a mega-church
Preliminary Report on PROLADES
Hispanic Protestant Mega-Church Research in the USA
By Clifton L. Holland
Hispanic Mega Church Association (part of NHCLC)
List of Largest-known Hispanic
Mega-Churches in the USA (2003-2010)
THIS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED:
PLEASE SEND US YOUR RECOMENDATIONS!
Guidelines for
Researchers of Hispanic Protestant Mega-Churches
(includes Questionnaire #1 - Basic Evaluation Form)
Questionnaire #2 (Senior Pastor)
Questionnaire #3 (Church Members)
Questionnaire #4 (Table of Observed Characteristics)
NOTICE TO
PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS IN
UNIVERSITIES AND THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS
(1) We would like to invite you to
participate in this project by
training your students to conduct fieldwork and produce one or more case studies of
Hispanic Evangelical Mega-Churches and send us a copy to be included here.
(2) If you and your students have
already completed fieldwork and
produced one or more case studies of Hispanic Evangelical Mega-Churches
in the USA, then please send us a copy to be included here.
WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT!
ARTICLES ON MEGA-CHURCHES
WORLDWIDE
The Rise of
Mega-Church Efforts in International Development:
A Brief Analysis and Areas for Further Research (2009)
Fundamentalism and the Church in Central America
By Amzie Yoder (Mission Focus, Volume 2, 1994)
ANALYTICAL TOOLS - HERRAMIENTAS DE ANALISIS
PRODUCED BY
PROLADES
PROGRAMA LATINOAMERICANO DE ESTUDIOS
SOCIORRELIGIOSOS -
LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM
Apartado 1524-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Telephone: (506) 2283-8300; FAX: (506) 2234-7682
E-mail: prolades@ice.co.cr
Internet: www.prolades.com