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
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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:
[email protected]; www.bcpusa.org540-660-1325
Reaching Hispanics: Our Neighbors