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The Silent Pentecostals
Until recently, Latinos have been the most overlooked members of the Pentecostal family.
Gaston Espinosa | posted 4/01/1998 12:00AM
The Azusa Street Revival was noticeably "free of all nationalist feeling," according to one observer. "If a Mexican or a German cannot speak English, he gets up and speaks in his own native tongue and feels quite at home, for the Spirit interprets through his face, and the people say 'Amen.' No instrument that God can use is rejected on account of color or dress or education."
It is no accident that this observer's first example of varied ethnicity was "a Mexican," for since the beginning of Pentecostalism, Latinos have played an important role in the movement.
Old-time religion
Abundio and Rosa López were among the first to be baptized with "Holy Ghost and fire," at Azusa. "Thanks be to God for the Spirit which brought us to the Azusa Street Mission, the Apostolic Faith, old-time religion," they exclaimed. "We cannot express our gratitude and thanksgiving which we feel moment by moment for what He has done for us, so we want to be used for the healing of both soul and body."
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