Word: evangelistas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spiritual leader of Mexico's million-odd Evangelistas, Bishop David Ruesga of the Protestant Church of God is in a tough spot. In Roman Catholic Mexico the members of his sect, who are most numerous in rural areas, are generally treated as outcasts. Their revivalistic meetings are sometimes stoned. Small boys ring Evangelista doorbells, then run, or paint Viva Cristo Rey (Long Live Christ the King) on Evangelista walls. Since President Manuel Avila Camacho announced in 1940 that he was a "believer," and thus took the government heat off the Roman Catholic church, anti-Protestant persecution of the proselyting...
Courage. For setting these fires in the land, Evangelistas do not blame all Catholics. They regard Mexico City's Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez as a peaceful man with respect for the rights of minorities. But Archbishop José Garibi Rivera of Guadalajara makes no secret of his militant anti-Protestantism, and many a parish priest follows his lead. Said Evangelista Ruesga last week: "It has always taken courage to be an Evangelista in Mexico; right now, for the first time, I am scared...