Migration is an event that displaces one’s cultural, familial, and religious axes forever. This experience encompasses the migratory journey, the settling in a new socio-cultural context, and the process of learning how to navigate simultaneously multicultural worlds at family, work, neighborhood, and church. It also implies the redefinition of what is now “home” and the emotional toll it takes to face the dominant culture’s constant reminders that one is “different.” How do Latino/a Protestant immigrants bring to bear their spirituality into these experiences? And, in what ways do these realities shape their process of spiritual formation and religious practices? From a pastoral perspective this project seeks to address the compelling question of how to develop ministries of spiritual formation, guidance and renewal leaned to nurture and sustain Latino/a immigrants as they continue the Christian journey in the U.S.

Following the methodology of Liberation theology (Seeing- Judging-Acting), this research is aimed to capture the variety and complexity of the religious practices of Latino Protestant immigrant congregations through an empirical-qualitative approach in four congregations. This data is analyzed in light of the historical, ethnic, racial, and religious particularities undergirding the spiritualities of these communities. Finally, it recommends a ministerial approach to practices of spiritual formation, guidance, and renewal that are theologically informed, contextually aware, and transformative in response to the needs of these congregations.