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 the 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 ResearchFor specific demographic studies of your area, congregations can contact Kevin Grein of LCEF.
Phone 303.408.1971 Email: 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
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
- Building A Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church
- CPH – Spanish Language Materials
- Order Form – Spanish Language Hymnal (Himnario Luterano)
- 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)