Behind its bland, warehouse-like exterior, Comunidad Cristiana Hosanna on Sunday morning is a feast for the senses. …The trappings of the religion that dominates the Latin American culture in which these worshipers were raised — the Roman Catholic rosaries and golden chalices–give way to shouts and tambourines at this Pentecostal church …Since the opening of Comunidad Cristiana Hosanna, dozens of similar churches have popped up … These churches are part of what researchers say is a worldwide shift toward evangelical faiths among Hispanics. Their popularity in the United States also underscores another cultural shift–that of immigrants taking on that all-American penchant to choose one’s own faith.”

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