A NATIONAL
STUDY OF
HISPANIC PROTESTANT CHURCH GROWTH
IN THE USA
Preliminary Report
Produced by Clifton L. Holland
Executive Director of IDEA Ministries
October 13, 1993
TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTE: Some of the original documents
included in this report are only available in hardcopy;
therefore, we have substituted them with other documents with similar information that
are now available on the Internet or from our electronic files.
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HISPANIC IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY2.1 "Hispanics: The Invisable Minority" (by Harvey Conn in Urban Mission magazine, June 1993)
2.2 Hispanics in North America (Missions in North America by Earl Parvin, 1985, Moody Press; updated version 2006)
2.3 Chart of Principle Components of Ethclass Identity in the USA ?? (scan)
2.4 "What does 'Hispanic' Mean?" (by Patricia Braus in American Demographics magazine, June 1993)
2.5 " ¡Vivan Los Suburbios!" (by William H. Frey and William P. O'Hare in American Demographics magazine, April 1993)
2.6 "Hispanic America" (in American Demographics magazine, Reprint #906, 1991)
2.7 Chart of Religious Preference among Hispanics in the USA Updated to 1993 (based on a series of Gallup Polls)
2.8 Chart of Churched and Unchurched Hispanics in the USA Based on Religious Preference (Gallup Poll, 1988)
2.9 Chart of Churched and Unchurched Hispanic Protestants in the USA (Gallup Poll, 1988)
3. AN OVERVIEW OF HISPANIC POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN THE USA, 19903.1 The Hispanic Population in the USA, 1990 (by Andrew L. Toth)
3.2 Hispanic Population in the USA 1990 (U. S. Bureau of the Census)
3.3 Chart of Hispanic Population Increase Compared to Total U.S. Population Increase: 1970-1993 (Hispanic Business, October 1993, p. 10)
3.4 Maps of Distribution of Hispanic Population in the USA by Counties, 1990 (hardcopy only):
Southwest Region
Northwest Region
Midwest Region
Northeast Region
Southern Region
3.5 "American Diversity: The Largest Hispanic Metropolitan Areas" (in American Demographics magazine, 1991)
3.6 Census Bureau Releases 1990 Census Counts on Hispanic Population Groups (U. S. Bureau of the Census, CB91-216, June 12, 1992).
See the following updated documents:
Hispanics in the United States of America: 1980-2006 (U. S. Bureau of the Census), contains 1980 and 1990 Hispanic population distribution by U. S. counties.
Hispanic Origin Population by Specific Origin, 2006 (U. S. Bureau of the Census)
4. AN OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF KNOWN HISPANIC PROTESTANT CONGREGATIONS
IN THE USA BY CENSUS REGIONS, STATES AND COUNTIES4.1 Map of U. S. Census Regions and Divisions, 1990
4.2 Chart of National Distribution of Hispanic Population and Protestant Churches, 1993.
4.4 Map of Distribution of Hispanic Protestant Congregations by States (data point distribution by zipcode).
5. THE HISPANIC PROTESTANT CHURCH IN THE USA: A SUMMARY OF CURRENT DATA
AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE5.1 The Hispanic Protestant Church in the USA (by Andrew L. Toth)
5.3 Hispanic Protestant Congregations in the USA by Denominational Families (October 1993)
5.5 "A Special Report: The Hispanic Impact on the U.S. Protestant Church, ¡Viva Los Evangelicos!"
(in Christianity Today magazine, 28 October 1991)
A PRELIMINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HISPANIC MINISTRY IN THE USA, 1990
IDEA-PROLADES MINISTRIES
NATIONAL HISPANIC PROTESTANT DATABASE PROJECT
P. O. BOX 2410, ORANGE, CA 92669
(NOTE: this address from 1992 is no longer valid!)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
PROLADES
Apartado 1524-2050, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Telephone: (506) 2283-8300
E-mail: prolades@racsa.co.cr
Internet: www.prolades.com