In the 1920s, Swedish missionaries arrived in Spain, bringing the first Pentecostal experiences to the Iberian Peninsula. Pastors Julia and Martin Wahlsten, founded the first Pentecostal church in the city of Gijon. Other Swedish missionary families such as the Johansson’s, Stahlberg’s, Armstrong’s, and Forsberg’s helped to found congregations throughout the country (Martín-Arroyo and Branco 2011). However, by 1936, Pentecostals were forced out by the Civil War (1936–1939) and anti-evangelical sentiments grew afterwards, further hampering the evangelical efforts of a s…