News Articles by David Raul Lema Jr.

PHOENIX (BP)--Hispanics celebrated the 524 professions of faith from the Crossover 2011 evangelistic outreach during a June 12 gathering at Central High School in Phoenix.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)–More than 1,000 Hispanics gathered June 13 at the First Baptist Church in Kissimmee, Fla., to fellowship and celebrate more than 300 professions of faith recorded during the Hispanic elements of Crossover 2010 evangelistic outreach in the Orlando area. “The success of the Crossover 2010 Hispanic activities was marvelous and the best we […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)–Richard Land is scheduled to address the topic of immigration during the National Hispanic Fellowship of Southern Baptist Churches meeting on Sunday afternoon, June 13, in Orlando, Fla. Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, will examine implications for Southern Baptists of the nation’s immigration issue. He also will […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–“Rekindling the Fire of God” is the theme for the Fellowship of Hispanic Churches of the SBC prior to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Louisville, Ky. Fellowship leaders noted that the group will support Crossover and other pre-SBC evangelistic and church planting activities in addition to their scheduled activities. The fellowship […]

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–For Joel and Marina Jimenez, a pastor and wife from northern California, the words of North American Mission Board President Geoff Hammond tugged at their hearts. “Time is running out and the need is urgent,” Hammond said at NAMB’s National Hispanic Celebration June 8. “Let’s partner together to fulfill the Great Commission with urgency […]

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Speaking in Spanish with a Portuguese accent, Geoff Hammond, president of the North American Mission Board, delighted a crowd of Hispanic Southern Baptists at a NAMB-sponsored National Hispanic Celebration June 8. “I love to be anywhere a Latin language is spoken,” Hammond told the 300-plus attendees. The multilingual missions leader, who became NAMB’s president […]

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Hispanics play an important role in the world missions strategy of Southern Baptists in South America, Jerry Rankin, president of the International Mission Board, told more than 100 pastors and leaders at a June 9 luncheon prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis. “I feel very much at home with people […]

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Despite morning downpours and flash-flood warnings, nearly 100 Southern Baptist volunteers staffed evangelistic block parties aimed at reaching Hispanics in metropolitan Indianapolis June 7.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–Floods and rain did not deter Hispanic leaders and pastors from around the United States from celebrating new life in Christ June 8 when the National Fellowship of Hispanic Churches of the Southern Baptist Convention held its annual business meeting in Indianapolis. Representatives from Florida, Texas, California, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, New York and Louisiana […]

INDIANAPOLIS (BP)–“Evangelistic Victory” will be the theme of Hispanic events June 7-9 in conjunction with Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Indianapolis. Local Baptist associations, the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana, the North American Mission Board and the National Fellowship of Hispanic Churches are working with Indianapolis-area Hispanic churches to make an impact in […]