Hispanic Baptist Leaders

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 of [...]

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 percent [...]

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 Camp [...]

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 my [...]

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 way [...]

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 [...]

The Greatest Legacy

GabeCortes — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:55:36 +0000

Yesterday was the last day of the 2009 Hispanic Senior Adult Summit. About 170 Hispanic Senior Adults registered and gathered at the First Mexican Baptist Church of San Antonio for 3 days of fellowship, worship, training and fun. It was a refreshing time! I enjoyed spending time with this great group of hermanos, so full of life [...]

Third Generation Hispanics : The New 3G Network

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:55:25 +0000

While Sprint and Verizon have been arguing over who has the largest 3G cellular network, Hispanic Baptists must make serious strides to develop their own “3G network” – one that will minister to third-generation Hispanics and beyond. The Numbers According to the Pew Hispanic Center, second and third-generation Hispanics currently make up 60% of the total Hispanic [...]