"For Barba, who hails from Stockton in the Central Valley, it’s noteworthy that this religious movement grew in rural agricultural areas.
He sees the influence of those early immigrant houses of worship today in the Spanish-language church signs across California’s Central Valley. A church that used to be 'First Baptist Church' in many cities in the Central Valley may now be 'Iglesia Bautista,' Barba said, adding that he also knows of church services in Mixtec among Indigenous Mexicans arriving in the area."
~ Alejandra Molina
"New book spotlights influence of Pentecostalism on California’s Mexican farmworkers" - The Presbyterian Outlook
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