| About the Rocky Mountain District Hispanic Ministry Task Force: |
| The mission of this task force is to – Educate and inform congregations and their leaders about latinos living in RM district who need to hear the gospel – Encourage and support congregational leaders in preparing their members to reach out to latino communities and provide welcome to new latino members – Provide congregations with resources and examples to aid them in outreach to latinos |
| Task Force Members: |
| Pastor Dustin Kear, pastor@ilcabq.org Keyler Masinelli, keymasinelli@icloud.com Pastor Joshua Vanderhyde, pastor@faithcarbondale.org Erica Jacoby, erica@higherthings.org |
| Background Information: |
| Demographic Research For specific demographic studies of your area, congregations can contact LCEF. Immigration CTCR document on Immigration |
| Hispanic Ministry Matters: |
| ‘A real hunger’: Opportunities abound for LCMS Hispanic ministry Hispanic Heritage Month: Q&A with the Rev. Zabdi Lopez |
| Services and Resources: |
| Workshops/Conferences/Webinars Seminario Reformador LatinoamericanoPALMConHispanic Missionary League Experts List Luciano Vega-Ayala, Pastor and Director of IBL – Instituto Bíblico Linc. Lutheran Hispanic Missionary Institute Rev. Dr. Alphonso Espinoza, Senior Pastor Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church of Irvine Vicar Moises Rodriguez, CMC Student, Concordia University Irvine Ysleta Lutheran Mission – El Paso, TX Rev. Lincon Guerra, Mission and Ministry Facilitator, Texas District Deaconess Noemi Guerra, Mission Support Specialist and Evangelist Trainer/Coach, Texas District Rev. Dr. Hector Hoppe, Director of Editorial Concordia Beatriz Hoppe-Garcia, Producer, Sentido Latino, 800-876-9880 Dr. Leopoldo Sanchez, Professor of Hispanic Ministries, Systematic Theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Books Faith that Engages the Culture A Future for the Latino Church: Models for Multilingual, Multigenerational Hispanic Congregations Building a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church Harvest Waiting: Reaching Out to the Mexicans CPH – Spanish Language Materials Coming soon – Spanish Language Hymnal A Simple Explanation of Christiany (Pack of 20, Spanish Version) Small Catechism VBS Materials for Children The 95 Theses of M.Luther & The Augsburg Confession Bible Studies Spanish Language or ESL Services LCMS Spanish Hymn Book ESL – Intercambio Para El Camino (Lutheran Hour Ministries, Spanish Version) Sentido Latino (Lutheran Hour Ministries Daily Life, Spanish Version) Organizations Hispanic Ministry – LCMS Center for Hispanic Studies, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis Cross-cultural Ministry Center, Concordia University, Irvine CA LCMS International Haciendo Discipulos (LCMS Life Ministry, Spanish videos about daily life issues & Christian education) |