Special report | Evangelicals
Of Bibles and ballots
Evangelical churches are political players in Brazil
A T 4PM EVERY Sunday in Barra de Pojuca, a poor town in Bahia, the streets suddenly empty. You may think people are taking a siesta, until you spot the crowded churches. “For every sister in church there’s a brother in the bar,” jokes Cremilda, a member of the Assemblies of God, as she climbs to the cinderblock chapel. But in the 20 years since she helped build the church, more men are choosing Bibles over beers.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Of Bibles and ballots”
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