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600,000 Brazilian Evangelicals Participate in 'March for Jesus' Event Ahead of FIFA World Cup
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[link to m.christianpost.com]
Over half a million Christians gathered throughout Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, last week to partake in "March for Jesus," an annual event intended to showcase the country's growing evangelical population.
The march was held under the slogan "I belong to Jesus. I am a champion," in honor of the participants' faith and the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup, which Brazil is hosting beginning June 12. Many proclaimed the theme on jersey-style T-shirts, printed in the colors of the Brazilian flag and the national team's uniforms.
"We're here to represent our faith and show the strength of the evangelical population, which continues to grow," said Jardson Carioca, a 30-year-old bus driver who attended the march with 50 other members of his church, reports Hispanic news outlet Mundo Cristiano.
According to police, the hundreds of thousands of Christians that participated in this year's "March for Jesus" event are just a small part of the nation's burgeoning evangelical population, since the event usually draws a crowd between one and two million each year.
Although Brazil has more Catholics than any other country in the world, Catholicism is currently facing a huge challenge from evangelicals.
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