A HISTORY OF

THE PROTESTANT MOVEMENT

IN CENTRAL AMERICA:  1750-1980

by

Clifton L. Holland

A Dissertation Proposal

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

Doctor of Missiology

School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena, California

June 1981

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

DEDICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ix

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  xiii

CHAPTER I: AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL AMERICA  . . . . . . . . 1

CHAPTER II: BELIZE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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CHAPTER III: GUATEMALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

CHAPTER IV: EL SALVADOR  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  141

CHAPTER V: HONDURAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  191
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CHAPTER VI: NICARAGUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

CHAPTER VII: COSTA RICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
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CHAPTER VIII: PANAMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  331
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CHAPTER IX: ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . .  381

APPENDICE A:  REVISED PROJECT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . .  401

APPENDICE B:  A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OF THE
PROTESTANT MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA . . . . . . . 411

APPENDICE C:  A CRONOLOGY OF THE PROTESTANT
MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  583

BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 595

(page numbers are approximations at this time)