An uncertain Hola - Professor analyzes whether the Episcopal Church truly welcomes Hispanics

“In the realm of Latino/Hispanic ministry, much is now happening for which all mission-minded Episcopalians can be grateful. But despite these gains, Latinos remain conspicuously absent from, or only sparsely present in, most of our English-speaking congregations, even in regions where Hispanics constitute a major segment of the English-speaking population.

Nearly three-fourths of Hispanics living in the United States are native-born citizens of this country, and most U.S. Hispanics are likely to be more comfortable speaking English than Spanish. We might reasonably expect to find greater numbers of them in our congregations, but we don’t. I, as a Latino, find it discouraging that so few Episcopalians seem curious enough to wonder why that is. “

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