The Iglesia Ni Cristo of the Philippines

The Guadalupe Center is a religious nonprofit organization under the umbrella of the Providence Hospital community outreach program. The agency was founded in 2003 by the sisters of charity when they saw necessities of the Hispanic community and other underserve groups. The Guadalupe center was created to help immigrants who were being discriminated and undertreated because of their race, lack of education and language barrier. The Guadalupe Center used to be funded by Mission and Ministry Inc., but it is now completely funded by the Providence Hospital. Due to this changes in funding the Guadalupe Center had to move from Semmes were the agency had its own building to Cody Road in Mobile were they have to share the

Galindo analyzes that the fundamental “mission” of a congregation is the same as any other congregation that exists in any part of the world. He argues that though every congregation has a mission and a vision, at the same time, it shares a basic common mission. (43) This reminds me of my home church The First Church of Evanston and my Field Site, The Evanston Vineyard Church. Both churches have a common mission of welcoming people to the church, irrespective of their ethnic, cultural, racial, and economic and, gender backgrounds. The mission is to help people be received in the house of God with due and deserved Christian love so that they feel loved and welcomed. Both these churches encourage church attendees to attend the service and receive the Eucharist.

Roman Catholic and Jewish faiths gain enormous strength from New Immigration. Cardinal Gibbons was immensely popular with both Roman Catholics and Protestants

As a Christian Church or Christians, we need to project the Great Commission in the base of the needs of the people that will be our “target” or focus of attention. Hispanic immigrants need to understand many things about the United States of America and its culture. The first step for an immigrant that will try to understand,

In his book Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible M. Daniel Carroll R. argues the New Testament contains ideals that all Christians should follow in their approach to immigration (128). Carroll R. mainly finds these ideals in Jesus’s life, ministry, and teachings. For example, Carroll R. claims all Christians should follow Jesus’s approach to outsiders and the call for hospitality. M. Daniel Carroll R. makes a convincing case that all Christians should embody the ideals of Jesus’s approach to outsiders in response to immigrants.

Hispanic groups of all origins have a profound interest when relocating to the United States. Hispanic groups such as Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans and Central and South Americans share the same common interest of prosperity and a future for their families. Language of these groups is commonly Spanish speaking and they relish with religion of the Roman Catholics and Protestant faith. The United States Census Bureau shows different percentages in poverty and the differences of these groups acquiring the English language separately. The Pew Hispanic Center offers information of each of these Hispanic groups unemployment rate in the United States. The Cuban Americans and the Puerto

More than simply a guide to personal spiritual development, Santeria is a social religion. Reminiscent of the Yoruba emphasis on family relationships and the importance of respecting and communicating with ancestors, but more directly imitative of the bonds forged in Cuba’s Cabildo Africano Lucumi that were based on initiation rather than kinship, the modern practice of Santeria in the US is based around the Ile, the community of believers. The santero/a who leads an initiate into the faith becomes the godfather or godmother to the new member, who joins the godparent’s Ile. A system of hierarchy exists within the Ile based on how long ago members were initiated. The Ile gathers together for festivals and to celebrate new initiations into the religious community.

Religion in this period began to be forced on South Americans during the time of the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) came in to this region, but failed in converting many people to the monotheistic religion of Christianity. Before the Jesuits, South Americans believed in a polytheistic faith, such of that of the Inca “Sun God” and “Thunder God”. Jesuits, originating in French Canada or Spain, worked hard to convert those to Christianity by mastering native languages, along with creating boarding schools for young boys and girls, along with setting up model agricultural communities for converted Americans. They established churches throughout the region such as in in Huron and Algonquin territories. While the culture never really adapted to that of the Christian faith but instead continued to have faith in their deity’s. Due to the lack of acceptance, the church in the end redirected its missions and resources to different countries such as French settlements, founding schools, hospitals and churches.

Understanding religion is also complex. In American society, Christianity is the largest religion; however, there are vast differences among Christians, as to what one is to believe and how one’s beliefs are to be put into practice. It’s the mixture of beliefs and practices of other religions and the absence of any religious belief. America is indeed a melting pot when

The increase in religious alternatives in the Americas presents another challenge to Christianity. This rise in the exposure to other faiths in the Americas is due largely to an increase in immigration, especially after World War II (Stott 72). People, emigrating from other

Even though there has been some faith denominations within the Hispanic community in the United States, but the church does influences the “family life and events that go on within the community which gives spiritual meaning to the Hispanic culture” (Clutter & Nieto, n.d.).

Our ancestors came to America to escape prosecution of religion in England; however, in arriving,

We can see the impact of immigration to the States that changed the country from what had been an almost exclusively to one with three major faiths which is Catholic, Jewish, Protestant.The Catholic population has been increased by subsequent immigration from Latin America and the Philippines. African immigrants have added to the Muslim population. The Jewish population is actually declining, while there are increases among Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs.Immigration also can be a factor of intermarriage across religious lines and this situation are not the same than 50 years ago.Survey shows how immigration is changing even more American religious demographic. For example, Muslims now account for roughly 0.6% of the U.S. adult population, and Hindus IS more than eight in ten of whom are foreign born, now account for approximately 0.4% of the population.

The influence that Churches have created throughout the course of history has greatly impacted lives of many people. Catholic, protestant, Christian, and Islamic churches have all had an effect towards the way their people live, think, and behave. Churches in each society have an effect that positively influences people. When people know that they have a God and savior who is at their side they feel comfortable, this keeps people together. Many societies base their whole life around their religion. Their religion is the rulebook, their faith, and their go to when in need of help.

The Philippines was very lucky because our country was rich in natural resources. And that is the reason why many foreign countries had colonized our country.