A Study of Protestant Mega-Churches
in Central America, 2011-2015
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Estudio de Mega-Iglesias Protestantes
en América Central, 2011-2015


Clifton L. Holland, Project Coordinator
Director of PROLADES
San Pedro, Montes de Oca, Costa Rica


SPANISH - ESPAÑOL


Hartford Institute For Religion Research:
Definition of a Mega-church

Project Description (May 2011) and
Report on Holland's April 2011 trip
to San Salvador and Guatemala City

A Research-in-Progress Report on Protestant Mega-churches in Costa Rica
b
y Sally May (principal author) and Clifton L. Holland (editor)
Last updated on 12 December 2011

A Study of Evangelical Mega-churches
in Central America, 2011-2015. An Initial Analysis.

by Sally May (30 November 2011)

A Research-in-Progress Report on
Protestant Mega-churches in Managua, Nicaragua

by Clifton L. Holland (February 2012)

A Research-in-Progress Report on
Protestant Mega-churches in Honduras:
San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa-Comayaguela

by Clifton L. Holland (June 2012)

A Research-in-Progress Report on
Protestant Mega-churches in Panama

by Clifton L. Holland (October 2012)


Guidelines for Researchers of Protestant Mega-Churches
(includes Questionnaire #1 - Basic Evaluation Form)

Questionnaire #2 (Senior Pastor)

Questionnaire #3 (Church Members)

Questionnaire #4 (Table of Observed Characteristics)


CURRENT MEGA-CHURCH STUDIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Guatemala

El Salvador

Honduras

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama


RANKING BY SIZE OF MEGA-CHURCHES
IN CENTRAL AMERICA


ARTICLES ON MEGA-CHURCHES WORLDWIDE

The Rise of Mega-Church Efforts in International Development:
A Brief Analysis and Areas for Further Research
(2009)


ARTICLES ON MEGA-CHURCHES IN CENTRAL AMERICA

The Collapse of Mega-Churches
Samuel Santana (28 October 2010)

Searching for the Spirit: Researching Spirit-filled Religion in Guatemela
C. Mathews Sampson (May 2010)

Asimilacion: A Study of Costa Rican Newcomers in their
search for a church, and the church's response to them

(includes two case studies of megachurches)
Osias Segura Guzman (October 2009)

Neo-Pentecostal Churches in Guatemala
with special reference to their presence and social role, 1976-2006

Israel Ortiz (October 2007)

Fundamentalism and the Church in Central America
Amzie Yoder (Mission Focus, Volume 2, 1994)


ANALYTICAL TOOLS - HERRAMIENTAS DE ANALISIS


PRODUCED BY
PROLADES
PROGRAMA LATINOAMERICANO DE ESTUDIOS SOCIORRELIGIOSOS -
LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM

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