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The 24-hour prayer sessions are the true test of a warrior for Jesus.\u00a0 They require Herculean stamina, the patience of Job, the rigor of elite marathon runners hitting the wall in a fiery sweat pit at high altitude, primed for God\u2019s finish line. In many small storefront Pentecostal<\/a> churches these \u201cpray-a-thons\u201d are women\u2019s spaces; hubs of music, food, caregiving, and intense witnessing.\u00a0 My student Stacy Castro* is a bass player in her Pentecostal church\u2019s band.\u00a0 She is also the pastor\u2019s daughter and a regular participant in the pray-a-thons, a mainstay in some evangelical congregations. Much of her weekends are focused on church activities. And though she is an intelligent gifted speaker, up until her participation in the\u00a0Women\u2019s Leadership Project<\/a>\u00a0she thought little about pursuing college and wanted to go to cosmetology school.\u00a0 Stacy\u2019s aspirations are not atypical of students at Washington Prep High School in South Los Angeles. \u00a0In a community that is dominated by churches of every stripe only a small minority go on to four year colleges and universities.<\/div>\n
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Over the past decade, Pentecostal congregations have burgeoned in urban communities nationwide, as Pentecostalism<\/a> has exploded amongst American Latinos disgruntled by rigid Catholic hierarchies, alienating racial politics, and sexual abuse scandals.\u00a0 The gendered appeal of Pentecostalism is highlighted in a 2008 American Religious Identification Survey which\u00a0concludes<\/a>\u00a0that, \u201cLatino religious polarization may be influenced by a gender effect, as in the general U.S. population, with men moving toward no religion and women toward more conservative religious traditions and practices. Two traditions at opposite poles of the religious spectrum exhibit the largest gender imbalance:\u00a0the None population is heavily male (61%) while the Pentecostal is heavily female (58%)<\/em>. Italics added.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/div>\n
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The 24-hour prayer sessions are the true test of a warrior for Jesus.\u00a0 They require Herculean stamina, the patience of Job, the rigor of elite marathon runners hitting the wall in a fiery sweat pit at high altitude, primed for God\u2019s finish line. 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