Hispanic-american Song

Recently published hymnals have included a wide variety of congregational songs from Hispanic churches. This article describes the experience of Hispanic Christians in America and the music that is often used in Hispanic-American churches. Like other minorities in the USA, Hispanic congregations have been known for the manner in which they worship God by singing their favorite hymns. In order to understand this, one must go to the roots of Hispano churches all over this country. In the Southwest, which includes California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, the Mexican-Americans, which constitute most of the Hispanic people, trace their history back to the days when this territory used to be part of Mexico. Contrary to popular opinion, Protestants did not start their work in the Southwest by sending Anglo missionaries to convert the Catholic Mexicans. By the time the mainline denominations sent their missionaries, there were already evangelical cells functioning in private hom…