NewsOK reports on the effect of the Oklahoma immigration reform law on church attendance.
When the Rev. Leonel Blanco looks out into the pews of his south Oklahoma City church on Sundays, he sees only half the number of his predominantly Hispanic congregation
Attendance at Blanco’s Santa Maria Virgen, called the fastest-growing church in the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, has dwindled sharply — a 50 percent decrease that Blanco blames on the Oklahoma immigration reform law that goes into effect Thursday. “Four months ago, this church was very full, but now the people are nervous. They don’t like going out,” Blanco, a native of Guatemala, said in Spanish through an interpreter.
Read about the situation and what the churches in Oklahoma are doing here