Evangelical churches are booming in Brazil's poorest communities
Evangelical churches are booming in traditionally Catholic Brazil, particularly among the country's most deprived communities.
In Brazil's favelas, low-income slum settlements lacking access to resources such as healthcare, sanitation, transportation and property registration, the Church has become a vital support.
'The government doesn't help us so God is the only option for the poor,' Pastor Antonio, 37, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.