Ruben Cruzate was the longtime head of Latino outreach at a major evangelical church in Smithtown when a parishioner suggested he become a "missionary" -- not in another country, but in the immigrant stronghold of Farmingville.

Six years later, Cruzate's bilingual storefront church, Uno Mas Para Jesus -- One More For Jesus -- is emerging as a pivotal force in bringing the once strife-ridden hamlet together. It is attracting hundreds of immigrants, including day laborers, raised as Catholics and building bridges with longtime residents and the Suffolk County Police Department, with whom Hispanics in Farmingville often had an uneasy relationship.

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