Bell Shoals Baptist embraces Latino community

TBO.com Tuesday 17th April, 2012

BRANDON -- When Tomas Pizaña was growing up in Polk County, he was the only Hispanic kid in the Baptist church he attended. Until eighth grade, he worked part-time as a farm worker, as many kids in eastern Hillsborough County still do today. But Pizaña also went to college and got a degree in sociology, then worked as a certified financial planner – accomplishments he credits to the church community that supported him, both...

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