Latin America's evangelical churches hard hit by pandemic

People attend a religious service at the Oasis of Peace evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Evangelical churches have kept spreading the Gospel despite government measures meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Pastor Roberto Sanchez leads a service at Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The congregation knows the pandemic’s wrath: two of its pastors were among the more than 40 evangelical leaders who have died in Nicaragua since March. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

The tie belonging to the late evangelical Pastor Ovidio Valladares sits on a table in his former office, along with a portrait of him and his wife Aura Maria Valladares at Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Valladares died from COVID-19 related complications on June 5th, and more than 40 evangelical leaders have died since March from the disease nationwide. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

People sing and dance during a religious service at the Oasis of Peace evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Evangelical churches have kept spreading the Gospel despite government measures meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Women wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus pray during the afternoon service at Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The congregation knows the pandemic’s wrath: two of its pastors were among the more than 40 evangelical leaders who have died in Nicaragua since March. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Women wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus pray during the afternoon service at Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The congregation knows the pandemic’s wrath: two of its pastors are among the more than 40 evangelical leaders who have died in Nicaragua since March. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Men wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus are at the entrance to Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The congregation knows the pandemic’s wrath: two of its pastors are among the more than 40 evangelical leaders who have died in Nicaragua since March. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

Women wearing masks to curb the spread of the new coronavirus pray during the afternoon service at the Bethel evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. The congregation knows the pandemic’s wrath: two of its pastors are among the more than 40 evangelical leaders who have died in Nicaragua since March. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)