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When the Spanish and Portuguese came to Latin America, it was the start of a new age. Indigenous societies were annihilated. Cultures were crushed. The last thing that could be expected was that the native people would adopt the faith of the conquerors who had brought nothing but misery.

Yet, that is exactly what happened. With surprising swiftness, the people of Latin America became overwhelmingly Christian. However, their faith, worship and devotion were definitively Latin American.

Today, Latin Americans have created one of the most dynamic centers of Christianity in the world. This is the chronicle of their vibrant experience of Jesus.

Narrator:
Tony Plana

To the Europeans who settled in the New World, North America appeared to be a vast wilderness-a Promised Land - just waiting for them to put their stamp of God upon it. They came with few supplies, a handful of compatriots and an enormous dream for an ideal community in Jesus. That nation is a direct reflection of Protestant culture - a social experiment that continues to this very day. It continued to be a "Promised Land", absorbing a huge influx of Catholic believers in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Yet in North America, two groups did not share in the prosperity or piety of the European settlers. The first were the Native Americans, for whom the "Promised Land" was originally their home. The second group was the African slaves. Both would build their faith on an image of a Jesus in exile.

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Narrator:
Patricia Heaton