Hispanic youth in America experience a 'spiritual revolution'. It's a revolution because it's affecting every aspect of the Hispanic generation. I would even equate it to the awakening of a great sleeping giant. Hispanic ministry leaders say their youth are fervently pursuing God all over the country and have participated in some of the largest youth gatherings in evangelical circles. Michelle Villanueva, a youth leader at First Spanish Pentecostal Church in Camden, N.J., says her church has experienced revival since 1998 and has grown to an attendance of 1,000.
Services often last four to five hours.
The Hispanic church is one of the fastest growing segments of the Assemblies of God. From 1989 through 1999, the AG added 353 new Hispanic churches and church membership increased 49 percent. Rodriguez believes the Hispanic resurgence will spill over into the church at large. We reached more people in the course of a week than in all the things we've done before. A Christian youth nightclub has ignited a passion for God among young people in Idaho's capital, and leaders of the ministry see the revival spreading to other parts of the Northwest.