Georgia Baptist Mission Board staffer Ovidio Cabrera speaks during a Hispanic church strengthening conference in Savannah on Saturday. By ROGER ALFORDThe Christian Index VIENNA, Ga. – Large numbers of Hispanics arriving in the Bible Belt in search of jobs and better lives are embracing evangelical Christianity with a zeal that is sparking spiritual revival. The […]
Julio Arriola, executive director of Hispanic relations and mobilization for the SBC Executive Committee, leads worship at the Hispanic Fellowship Celebration June 13. By Keila Diaz NASHVILLE (BP) – Hispanic Baptists showed up by the hundreds to the Hispanic Celebration ahead of the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting Sunday (June 13). The more than 800 Hispanic […]
“With one million Hispanics in Georgia, the mission field is great.”
“The devotions have been very well-received.”
La próxima Conferencia SPARK presentará varias sesiones que le ayudarán en el ministerio, de igual manera las plenarias principales serán traducidas o dirigidas en español.
“This will help mobilize Hispanics to accomplish the Great Commission.”
Javier Chavez, a vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention and pastor of Amistad Cristiana Internacional in Gainesville, began hosting meetings for Hispanic leaders last year. “We have stopped being many Hispanic churches and have become one Hispanic church,” he said. Photo courtesy of Javier Chavez By Keila Diaz GAINESVILLE (BP) — Though they haven’t […]
J.D. Fasolino, a 2020 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Week of Prayer missionary, baptizes a new believer at his church in Toronto, called Emmanuel Baptist Church East. As a church planting missionary, Fasolino focuses on the Hispanic population in the city. DANIEL DELGADO/NAMB
…Jackson would go on to become a missionary to the Japanese people he once fought…
Javier Chavez, pastor of Amistad Cristiana in Gainesville, baptizes a young girl in May of this year in Lake Lanier near Flowery Branch. The joint baptism service with two other churches was so heavily attended that more than 80 people were unable to witness it for lack of parking. AMISTAD CRISTIANA/Special National Hispanic Heritage […]
The Hispanic Network of North Georgia will be hosting the Hispanic Baptist Conference Saturday, April 20 at Amistad Cristiana International Church in Gainesville. The event will be the first of its kind held by the group in ten years, Amistad Cristiana Pastor Javier Chavez told The Index. “We will celebrate a ceremony of the seven […]
“I was expecting a good response, but not quite that good.”