Hispanic Baptist Leaders

Adelante…The Next 100 Years

Julio Guarneri — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:14:31 +0000

I am very excited about the “Adelante…the next 100 years” initiative that the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas officers are proposing at Convención’s annual meeting in San Antonio this year. Considering the growth of the Hispanic population in Texas, and the numerical strength of Hispanic work in Texas, this is the right time for such [...]

Growing Hispanic Population Article with Jesse Rincones

admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:42:05 +0000

It’s no secret that the Hispanic population in the United States continues to rise. What does this mean for Baptist? Read this article about how this can be an opportunity for Baptist to reach out to this people group. Jesse Rinconess is the face of the article. Read the article from Associated Baptist Press.

Dr. Albert Reyes Named Sixth President of Buckner

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:51:57 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Albert Reyes, today the Board of Trustees of Buckner International named him the sixth President of Buckner. We are extremely proud of this great honor. We are so glad that you have answered the calling that the Lord has put on your life. Dr. Reyes is a contributor of rDestino and is author [...]

Intergenerational Ministry VS Youth Ministry

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:35:24 +0000

The first half of this post was taken from ChristianityToday.com which posted a thought-provoking article titled, “Is the Era of Age Segmentation Over?” Read the Article here. The statistics are grim. Rainer Research estimates that 70 percent of young people leave the church by age 22. Barna Group argues that the figure increases to 80 [...]

Hispanic Singles Camp 2009

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:11:27 +0000

The summer is just about over and youth are getting ready to go back to school. However Singles are ending the summer late this year with Hispanic Singles Camp. This year Hispanic Singles along with Young Married couples will gather together in Glen Rose, TX to have what is labled this year as Hispanic Singles [...]

Surge Forward

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:30:18 +0000

What is SurgeForward? Surge Forward is an event for Hispanic 20 & 30 something’s who love Jesus and want their lives to reflect their faith. As you know we need more events that can attract Hispanics who fit in this age group. I’m glad that we have Hispanic Singles Camp here in Texas but from [...]

Who’s afraid of the big bad Hispanic population?

vinceg — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:22:04 +0000

Have you had a chance to read George Barna’s latest findings on the Hispanic community in the United States? It is quite an interesting read. It seems to me that the Hispanic Community as a whole is slowly becoming: 1) More Evangelical and less Catholic 2) More Biblically literate and less superstitious. Barna writes: “The [...]

Convención President Nomination: Pastor Victor Rodriguez

Julio Guarneri — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:07:18 +0000

This year as the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas will meet at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas, it will be electing a new president. The election of officers will launch a year of preparation for Convención’s centennial anniversary to be celebrated in San Antonio. Hispanic Baptist work in Texas has come a long [...]

New Old School Thinking

tinydominguez — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:52:01 +0000

A few months back I was sitting in Jesse Rincones’s office, and as we were talking about ministry, life and his iphone we got on track about something he had read in an article about growing ministries. The summary of the article was that we needed to get people in leadership that were not only [...]

Power and Overconfidence in Leadership

Julio Guarneri — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:38:43 +0000

In studying about the various theories and models of leadership, such as servant leadership, spiritual leadership, transactional leadership and transformational leadership, I was reminded of the old adage, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In the exercise of leadership, power is necessary. So the question for a leader who strives to be a servant and to [...]