LifeWay Spanish resources promote unity, strengthens Hispanic church in Brooklyn

“The long florescent tubes splash greenish hues across the face of Felipe Arias as he lifts his large black Bible from the pulpit to above his head. Arias is not a large man but his booming voice commands attention as it fills the narrow cinder-block church that was once an auto repair garage.

“It is hard but we have to be willing to learn the Word of God and apply it to every area of our lives,” he tells the 70 or so worshippers. “We spend a lot of time talking about fashion, or celebrities, or baseball and other things, but we must talk about biblical things. We learn about these other things but we must learn the Bible. Our conversations need to be more about Christ than these other things that don’t matter.””

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