Catholicism vs. Evangelicalism in Brazil
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Re: Catholicism vs. Evangelicalism in Brazil
One wonders what will happen when the La. church also stops having the resources to keep sending people and funding programs.
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That's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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Re: Catholicism vs. Evangelicalism in Brazil
Maybe the church will start sending missionaries to America.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 amThat's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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Re: Catholicism vs. Evangelicalism in Brazil
Maybe inadvertently. In the past year the church has lost close to 70 members from immigration (illegally) to the U.S.Soloist wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:02 pmMaybe the church will start sending missionaries to America.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 amThat's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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Interesting case… whereas the diocese has more local control (and thus local funding). In America they just close parishes when there aren’t enough priests and force consolidation. If a parish wants to fight to stay open the parishioners have to put in the legwork to recruit a priest. My own diocese I live in has this going on in several places.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 amThat's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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Apparently the folks involved in the WAPO account didn't get the memo...MaxPC wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:34 am Neither I nor many of the Catholic hierarchy see this as a competition with other denominations. As far as I am concerned, I am glad to see any population hunger for Christ and the Bible.
I see this as individuals seeking to meet their needs for faith-based gatherings when priests are not available. Indeed some of the local priests form associations with non-Catholic ministers to provide social services and ecumenical prayer meetings.
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The mission I served under, supported the Bible School, and some of the building projects. Did not salary local national pastors. That was a general policy. This was to make nationalizing the mission more straightforward. Americans and Canadians were paid out of their home countries.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 amThat's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
There were some exceptions if you were running a hospital or other medical facility.
The goal is to get our, after establishment of a church.
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A common question we were asked in Jordan while in language school “can you help me get to America “?HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:13 pmMaybe inadvertently. In the past year the church has lost close to 70 members from immigration (illegally) to the U.S.Soloist wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:02 pmMaybe the church will start sending missionaries to America.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 am
That's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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It is a tougher sell in rural Latin America where marriage and family is far more socially obligatory than in the US. There is basically no adult singles life in most of rural Latin America. And the undeveloped transportation and communications networks make it tougher for a single person to cover multiple towns. The big cities are perhaps different. But they aren't where the priest shortages exist.Josh wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:15 pmInteresting case… whereas the diocese has more local control (and thus local funding). In America they just close parishes when there aren’t enough priests and force consolidation. If a parish wants to fight to stay open the parishioners have to put in the legwork to recruit a priest. My own diocese I live in has this going on in several places.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 amThat's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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Re: Catholicism vs. Evangelicalism in Brazil
Yet somehow Catholicism thrived and become dominant in the past, when presumably family life was even more important and transportation and communication was less developed.Ken wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:49 pmIt is a tougher sell in rural Latin America where marriage and family is far more socially obligatory than in the US. There is basically no adult singles life in most of rural Latin America. And the undeveloped transportation and communications networks make it tougher for a single person to cover multiple towns. The big cities are perhaps different. But they aren't where the priest shortages exist.Josh wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:15 pmInteresting case… whereas the diocese has more local control (and thus local funding). In America they just close parishes when there aren’t enough priests and force consolidation. If a parish wants to fight to stay open the parishioners have to put in the legwork to recruit a priest. My own diocese I live in has this going on in several places.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:58 am
That's a good question. Right now, the salaries of the workers at the church (that includes Gringos and Locals) are paid for by the La church.
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