| 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 Dan Sattelmeier, dsattelmeier@sbcglobal.net 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 Kevin Grein of LCEF. Phone 303-408-1971 E-mail: kevingrein@lcef.org 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. Rev Richard K Schlak, Executive Director of 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 Rev. Dr. Karl Heimer, Ysleta Lutheran Mission Pastor and CEO, El Paso, TX Rev. Stephen Heimer, Senior Pastor, Zion Lutheran, 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) |