reaching hispanics: our neighbors

Reaching Hispanics: Our Neighbors

Seeing Hispanics through the eyes of Scripture

1. Exodus 22:21 Do not vex or oppress the stranger because you were strangers in Egypt.

2. Exodus 23:9Do not oppress the stranger because you know what it’s like to be a stranger.

The Mandate

3. Deuteronomy 10:19 Love the stranger because you were strangers.

The MandateSeeing Hispanics through

the eyes of Scripture

The Mandate4. Leviticus 19:33-34 Love the stranger as one who is a native of your country.“And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.”

Seeing Hispanics through the eyes of Scripture

4. Ephesians 2:11-13, 18-19 Remember you were

strangers to the grace of God.

5. I Peter 1:1 Remember you are strangers to this world now.

The MandateSeeing Hispanics through

the eyes of Scripture

The Mission

Caribbean:

Cuba Dominican

Republic Puerto RicoCentral American: Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua PanamáEurope:

Spain

North American: Hispanic American Mexico

South American: Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

23 Hispanic Categories

Africa: Equatorial Guinea

Polynesia: Easter Island

Population of HispanicsMexico: 112 millionSpain: 47 million

Colombia: 46 millionThe United States:

53.5 million Hispanics The second largest Spanish-

speaking country in the world.

Latinos por País de ProcedenciaLos Diez Grupos Demográficos Latino más Grandes por País

de procedencia en los Estados Unidos.

LOCATIONS OF HISPANICS

Two-thirds of Hispanics live in just 5 states.

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Nearly half (47%) live in California and Texas alone.

Five other states have seen the fastest growth since 2000.

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Pew Research Hispanic Center tabulations of

2000 census and 2011 American Community

Survey.

16 - the number of states with at least a half million Hispanic residents

Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North

Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington

There are more people in the United States that

speak Spanish than in all of Central America.

So What?

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You can be a missionary without a passport.

The MethodLearn

about the Hispanic culture.• Language • Family• Time• Religion • Etiquette

EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

PUERTO RICO

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Discoverwhich Hispanics live in your community.

The Method

Prayfor a bilingual couple to be saved and discipledin your church.

The Method

DistributeSpanish tracts, literature and CDs.

Begin an ESL class. (English Second Language)

The Method

Our GoalsHispanic Ministries of

Baptist Church PlantersPLANTING Hispanic Baptist churches

PARTNERING with established churches

PREPARING Hispanic church leaders 

PLANTING Hispanic Baptist churches

Our BCP Hispanic Ministries

• Challenge churches to see the mission field all around them. • Provide tools for

ministry outreach.• Provide our on-line

magazine atwww.reachinghispanics.org.

PARTNERING with established churches to reach Hispanics

• Recruit church planters for Hispanic ministries.

PREPARING church leaders for Hispanic ministries

• Lead retreats and summits for training.

• Direct promotion and duplication of our 5 theological DVD courses (in Spanish).

Are you interested in . . .locating information and resources for

ministering to Hispanics?reaching Hispanics in your own community?joining our ministry team here at Baptist

Church Planters?

Feel free to contact our Hispanic Coordinator, Herb Taylor, at:

herbandwanda@gmail.comwww.herbandwanda.com; www.bcpusa.org540-660-1325

Reaching Hispanics: Our Neighbors