In 1913 Protestant missionaries working in Mexico brought a severely wounded revolutionary soldier to the United States where doctors saved his life, but had to amputate one leg. The solider was young Alberto Rembao. He went on to become one of the key architects in the development of a socially conscious Latino Protestantism in the generation preceding liberation theology. Some writers accuse Rembao and his generation, the so-called "liberal phase" of Latin American Protestantism, of acquiescing to white American missionaries and focusing on reaching Latin Americas elite with liberal...
In 1913 Protestant missionaries working in Mexico brought a severely wounded revolutionary soldier to the United States where doctors saved his life, ...