A look at multicultural and multilingual churches, particularly English-Spanish

1. 411
Dialing…
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for
English 1 2 3
4 5 6
Managing different cultures
7 8 9
and languages
in your community
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and in your church

3. Why focus
on Latinos?

4. 1 out of 8
*2000

5. 1 out of 6
Florida = 16.8%
*2000

6. 1 out of 3
Florida = 16.8%
Texas = 32.0%
California = 32.4%
*2000

7. What do Latinos
look like?

8. What do Latinos
look like?

9. What do Latinos
look like?

10. A few facts

11. A few facts
“Hispanic” is an
ethnicity, not a race

12. A few facts
60% of Latinos
were born
in the United States

13. A few facts
Of U.S.-born Latinos,
60% identify
themselves as primarily
English speakers

14. A few facts
Percentage of
population that is
Hispanic is expected to
double from 2000 to
2050

15. This is no time to stick
our head in the sand!

16. Jonah

17. Acts 6:1-7

18. Ephesians 2:11ff

19. Colossians 3:11

20. So what
should we do?

24. “Who is my neighbor?”

25. Take a
good look
at your
community

26. Take a
good look
at your
community
Get to know some Hispanics!

27. “I have become all things
to all men so that by all
possible means I might
save some.”

28. Determine
the best model
for your context

29. Some Hispanic church models

30. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only

31. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only

32. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Dan Rodriguez
daniel.rodriguez@pepperdine.edu
(310) 506-4767

33. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual

34. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual
Separate services→Celebration model
•

35. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual
Separate services→Celebration model
•
Full bilingual
•

36. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual
Separate services→Celebration model
•
Full bilingual
• Tomás Allen
torch2@roadrunner.com
(909) 630-2967

37. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual
Separate services→Celebration model
•
Full bilingual
• Carlos Gonzales
spanglishmusic@yahoo.com
(909) 717-6672

38. Some Hispanic church models
Spanish only
English only
Bilingual
Separate services→Celebration model
•
Full bilingual
•
Mixed language
•

39. “Choose seven men
from among you
who are known to be full
of the Spirit and wisdom.”

40. Partnership
not
paternalism

41. “For he himself
is our peace,
who has made
the two one and has
destroyed the barrier,
the dividing wall of hostility”

42. Full integration
as a
long-term goal

43. Acts 11:19-26