North American fundamentalist Protestants of all denominations and categories increasingly have journeyed to Latin America to proselytize and convert its people. Clearly, Alvin M. Goffin writes, they have been successful. He also concludes in this case study of one underdeveloped country that Protestant evangelistic activity in Ecuador has done more harm than good.
While the Catholic church traditionally has dominated religious matters in Ecuador, Protestant groups--principally fundamentalists from North America--gained a foothold late in the nineteenth century. Goffin traces their...