Imagens de Fé: charge e proselitismo na imprensa Assembleiana (2007-2013)

Abstract

This article aims to analyze, through the book Charges, Cartoons and Pastimes - Geração JC, by Flamir Ambrósio, the use of official forms, by the Assembly of God church, as a tactic to bring together its audience of faithful young people, in order to to transmit and reinforce the conservative positions of the church also among this audience of readers. In order to understand the role played by printed material in the Assembly of God, we will make a brief analysis of the growth of the pentecostal movement in Brazil and, consequently, of the Assembly of God church, trying to show the tactics used by this church to keep in constant expansion, co-opting great number of believers.