Hispanic Ministries Evangelism Exchange
By Jeff Rogers
During the month of March, the Arizona Conference Hispanic Ministries Department participated in an evangelistic exchange with pastors from the Southeastern California Conference (SECC). Seven pastors from SECC came to seven of the Arizona churches to hold one-week evangelistic meetings. In addition to those seven events, other evangelistic meetings took place in Hispanic churches led by Arizona Conference personnel, including President Ed Keyes.
The partnership between churches and pastors resulted in over 90 baptisms at the conclusion of the meetings. With subsequent Bible studies and follow-up events with church lay members and pastors, the number of baptisms resulting from this collaborative event will continue to rise. To complete the “exchange,” Arizona Conference Hispanic Ministries pastors will travel to SECC in October to conduct one-week evangelistic meetings in churches there.
- Pastor Joel Armenta (right) of the Nogales Spanish church stands with several of the candidates for baptism. ↩︎
- Pastor Jose Jimenez of the Tucson Central Spanish church prepares to baptize one of several attendees to the evangelistic meetings that took place at his church. ↩︎
- Pastor Joshua Lopez of the Blythe Central Spanish church in SECC presents a message in Phoenix Deer Valley Spanish church as part of the evangelism exchange program.
↩︎ - Arizona Conference President Ed Keyes (left) preaches at the Tucson Esperanza Spanish church as part of the ongoing Hispanic Ministries evangelism program.
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