An evangelical preacher’s journey from the world of crime to the kingdom of Jesus
The Strongest Drug
A video from August 2020 on the YouTube channel of the missionary Nilton Pereira shows the evangelical preacher holding a bible in his hands. He is wearing a T-shirt with the words “JESUS TRANSFORMS” written on it, standing next to a hooded youth. The young man wears a gold chain with a pistol-shaped pendant, and in his right hand, he holds a gun resting on his leg. The missionary says:
Evangelical preacher
Though Brazil is a majority Catholic country—and the country with the largest Catholic population in the world—evangelical Christianity is an increasingly important part of its religious make-up.
