Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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HispanicChurch Start / Planting

• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• North American Mission Board

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Overview

• Conference Description
• Introduction
• Hispanic USA
• Hispanic USA Lostness
• Vision Hispanic Missional Centers
• Strategy / Implementation

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Conference Description

• This conference will help you understand the
  Hispanics in the United States and lead you on
  how to go about reaching Hispanics in your area
  and starting / planting a church among them.

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Introduction

• Opportunities for evangelism and church planting
  in North America is in the area of Hispanic
  ministries.
• Southern Baptist witness to Hispanics dates to
  the latter 19th Century.

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Introduction

• We find more than 2,900 Hispanic Southern Baptist
  congregations with 150,000 members.
• This is but a beginning. Thousands of new
  Hispanic churches are needed today.

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Introduction

• The explosive growth of the Hispanic community
  poses an enormous challenge.
• Hispanics are now more receptive to the gospel
  than they have ever been in the history of this
  country.

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Introduction

• It is imperative to grasp the understanding of
  the diversity of the Hispanic Community
• its spirituality,
• religiosity, and
• cultural distinctive

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Introduction

• The church needs to answer questions such as
• Who is Hispanic?
• What are Hispanics like collectively?
• How diverse is this population?
• How can the church, association and state
  conventions develop the strategies that will
  reach Hispanics?

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So Whats in a Label?

• Who Is Hispanic?
• Websters Tenth New Colligate Dictionary traces
  the origin of the word Hispanic to Spains
  Hispania Iberian peninsula and defines as
  Hispanic any person of Latin American descent
  living in the United States, especially one of
  Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin.

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So Whats in a Label?

• In 1990, the Census Bureau used a more
  comprehensive definition. The Bureau included as
  Hispanic persons in the categories Spanish,
  Spaniard, Mexican American, Chicano, Puerto
  Rican, Cuban, and other.

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So Whats in a Label?

• Latino or Hispanic?
• Many times these two terms are used
  interchangeably.
• Today, Latino tends to be preferred by Hispanic
  consumers in some areas.
• Most of the time when we refer to a particular
  Hispanic group, the name of the country of origin
  is used.

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So Whats in a Label?

• Latino or Hispanic?
• The majority of time, when the term Latino is
  used, it is used to identify the peoples of Latin
  American, regardless of race.
• Presently there is no consensus with the Hispanic
  community as to how to refer to its members
  collectively.
• The term Hispanic is neither offensive nor
  preferable.

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So Whats in a Label?

• Latino or Hispanic?
• Foreign-born persons overwhelmingly identified
  themselves with their country of origin.
• The pattern of identification among the U.S.
  native-born seemed to have a stronger preference
  or Pan-ethnic labels, such as Latino or Hispanic.

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Census 2000 Hispanic or Latino
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23 Hispanic Categories
Caribbean Cuban Dominican Republic
Puerto Rican Central American Costa
Rican Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan
Panamanian Salvadoran North American
Hispanic American Mexican
South American Argentinean Bolivian
Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Paraguayan
Peruvian Uruguayan Venezuelan Other
Hispanic Spaniard Mauritanian Belize
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Where Do I Find Information?

• U.S Census Data
• City or County Planning Commissions
• School Boards
• Public Utilities
• Local Universities
• Lending Institutions

• Chambers of Commerce
• Radio Stations
• Public Libraries
• Real Estate Firms
• Newspapers
• Commercial Geodemographics

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HISPANIC USA
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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Population
• 44 millionThe estimated Hispanic population of
  the United States as of July 1, 2006, making
  people of Hispanic origin the nations largest
  race or ethnic minority. Hispanics constitute
  almost 15 percent of the nations total
  population. (This estimate does not include the
  3.9 million residents of Puerto Rico.)

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Population
• 102.6 millionThe projected Hispanic population
  of the United States as of July 1, 2050.
  According to this projection, Hispanics would
  constitute 24 percent of the nations total
  population on that date.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Population
• Nearly 67 million The number of people of
  Hispanic origin who would have been added to the
  nations population between 2000 and 2050,
  according to this projection. The projected
  percentage increase 188 percent would amount
  to a near tripling.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Population
• 50 The percentage of the Hispanic-origin
  population that lives in California and Texas.
  California is home to 11.9 million Hispanics and
  Texas to 7.3 million. More than 3-in-4 Hispanics
  live in seven states, which have Hispanic
  populations of 1 million or more. They are
  California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois,
  Arizona and New Jersey.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Population
• 43The proportion of New Mexicos population
  that is Hispanic, highest of any state.
  California and Texas are next, at 34 percent each.

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Where are the Ethnic Groups Concentrated at
Century End
Hispanic Population
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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Families
• 8.5 millionThe number of Hispanic families who
  reside in the United States. Of these families,
  63 percent include their own children under 18
  years old.
• 68The percentage of Hispanic families
  consisting of a married couple.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Families
• 44The percentage of Hispanic families
  consisting of a married couple with children
  under 18.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Spanish Language
• 29 millionThe number of U.S. residents age 5 and
  older who speak Spanish at home. Spanish speakers
  constitute a ratio of more than 1-in-10 U.S.
  residents. Among all those who speak Spanish at
  home, more than one-half say they speak English
  very well.
• 200 Dialects

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Coming to America
• 9.9 millionThe number of foreign-born people in
  2002 who were born in Mexico, by far more than
  any other Latin American country or any other
  country in the world for that matter. Other Latin
  American countries of origin with more than half
  a million foreign-born were Cuba (887,000), El
  Salvador (873,000), the Dominican Republic
  (654,000), Colombia (566,000) and Guatemala
  (511,000). Overall, there are 17.3 million
  foreign-born people from Latin American
  countries.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Income and Poverty
• 33,103The real median income of Hispanic
  households in 2002, down 2.9 percent from the
  previous year.
• 21.8The poverty rate among Hispanics in 2002,
  unchanged from 2001.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Education
• 57The percentage of Hispanics 25 and over who
  had at least a high school education in 2003, up
  from 53 percent a decade earlier.
• 11 The percentage of the Hispanic population 25
  and over with a bachelors degree or higher in
  2003, up from 9 percent a decade earlier. Native
  residents of Hispanic origin had much higher
  high-school completion rates (74 percent) and
  college completion rates (14 percent) in 2003
  than their foreign-born counterparts (45 percent
  and 10 percent, respectively).

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Education
• 2.6 millionThe number of Hispanics 18 and over
  who have at least a bachelors degree. This is
  more than double the number in 1990 (1.1
  million).

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Jobs
• 36,200The number of Hispanic physicians and
  surgeons. Latinos are represented in a wide
  variety of occupations. For instance, there are
  about 51,400 Hispanic postsecondary teachers
  34,700 chief executives of businesses 28,600
  lawyers 5,400 news analysts, reporters and
  correspondents and 650 legislators.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Jobs
• 22The percentage of Hispanics who work in
  service occupations. Another 21 percent work as
  operators and laborers and 14 percent in
  managerial and professional occupations. The
  percentages of Hispanics working in service
  occupations as operators and laborers were not
  statistically different.

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A Demographic Profile of Hispanic USA

• Proud to Serve
• 1.1 million The number of Latino veterans of the
  U.S. armed forces. About 63,000 Hispanic-origin
  people were on active duty in 2002 in the United
  States.

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A Religious Profile of Hispanic USA

• In 1990, two-thirds of all Hispanic adults (68)
  said the church they attended most frequently was
  Catholic in 2001 that proportion was down to
  just half (49). (2001)
• Three out of 10 Hispanic adults (30) are born
  again, compared to 47 of black adults and 41 of
  whites. (2004)
• Only three out of ten Hispanic adults (32)
  claims to be absolutely committed to the
  Christian faith, which is significantly below the
  56 of blacks and 53 of whites that reported
  likewise. (2004)

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A Religious Profile of Hispanic USA

• Hispanics are no different than adults nationwide
  when it comes to the importance of their faith
  plays in their daily life. 91 of Hispanics say
  that their faith is a very important part of
  their life compared to 87 of adults nationwide.
  (2004)
• 68 of Hispanics believe that the Bible is
  totally accurate in all of its teachings,
  compared to 60 adults nationwide, (2004)
• Like adults nationwide, 35 of Hispanics believe
  that they have a personal responsibility to share
  their religious beliefs with other people. (2004)

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A Religious Profile of Hispanic USA

• Hispanics are slightly less likely than the
  average adult to believe that you can earn your
  way to Heaven, with 53 of Hispanics believing
  that if a person is generally good, or does
  enough good things for others during their life,
  they will earn a place in Heaven, compared to 55
  of adults nationwide. (2004)
• Hispanics are significantly less likely than
  whites to contend that moral truth is absolute
  (15 to 26, respectively). (2001)

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HISPANIC USALOSTNESS
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Critical Issues for Understanding Lostness
The Magnitude
The Gap
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HISPANIC USA

• (US Census Bureau - May 10, 2006)
• USA Total Population 2006
• 300 million
• Hispanic Population
• July 1, 2004 ? 41.3 million
• July 1, 2005 ? 42.7 million
• July 1, 2006 ? 44 million

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HISPANIC USACHRISTIAN EVANGELICALS

• 500,000 Hispanic Southern Baptists
• 3,500,000 Hispanic Christian Evangelicals
• --------------------------------------------------
  --
• 4 million Hispanic Christian Evangelicals
• 44 million U.S. Hispanic Population
• 1-in-every-10 Hispanics

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HISPANIC USA LOSTNESS

• 40 million
• out of
• 240 million
• 17 of lostness in USA has a Hispanic name
• 9 out of 10 Hispanics

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If we start 300 churches this year...
The Hispanic USA populationwill increase by
1,700,000.
5,667 members per churchto equal the population
growth
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25-Years Hispanic Church Statistics

• Churches Members Baptism
  CP Mission
• 1980 1,400 90,958 9,142 698,460
  1,322,130
• 1990 2,612 140,030 11,312 1,573,694
  2,833,297
• 1998 1,975 93,361 8,159 1,327,413
  2,983,465
• 2000 2,195 108,757 8,114 3,912,202
• 2004 2,709 137,307 9,988 1,708,004
  7,390,421

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VISION1 Peter 29-10
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• Impacting the Missional Mindset
• of One Generation.
• Hispanics the Acts 18 People Group
• for Our Generation.
• Every Hispanic a multiplying disciple
• of Jesus Christ
• impacting the Spiritual health of
• the United States and the world.

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• The initial goal is
• 7,000 Hispanic congregations with 1,000,000
• Hispanic Southern Baptist
• by the year 2020.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Its clear that Hispanics with both their current
  population and their projected population have an
  increasingly significant influence on the
  cultural and spiritual health of the United
  States. Its extremely important, therefore,
  that Southern Baptists prayerfully join in Gods
  plan for starting new churches with the gospel of
  Jesus Christ among Hispanics.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Last year Southern Baptists started more than 300
  Hispanic churches. Southern Baptist Hispanic
  churches now number approximately 3,000. The
  membership for these churches is nearly 150,000.
  Unfortunately, these totals amount to less than
  1/2 percent of the 44 million Hispanics living in
  the US.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• If Southern Baptists are going to have greater
  eternal impact on Hispanics, they must put a face
  on lostness among Hispanics.
• Matthew 936 records that when Jesus saw the
  multitudes of people, He was moved by compassion
  for them. He saw that they were weary and
  scattered like sheep without a shepherd. What
  enabled Jesus to see the multitudes? He was with
  the people, walking among them day by day.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Likewise, Southern Baptists must get out among
  the Hispanics of their communities and see them,
  assess their needs and allow the Holy Spirit to
  move them with compassion for the sake of
  Hispanics who have yet to come to Christ.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• The North American Mission Board is working with
  state conventions, associations, churches and
  church planters to start many new Hispanic
  churches in 2006. You can be involved, too, right
  where you live, if Hispanics live in your
  community. Consider doing the following

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Find out which Hispanics are living in your
  community
• Begin praying for the Hispanics listed in your
  community.
• Invite your pastor to pray with you about
  reaching the Hispanics in your community.
• Inquire about any existing church planting or
  ministry opportunities among Hispanics. Call your
  Associational Director of Missions, State
  Director of Missions, State Language Director or
  the Hispanic National Missionary of NAMBs Church
  Planting Group.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Consider participating in an existing ministry
  with Hispanics.
• If no ministry exists, begin developing
  relationships with Hispanics to whom God leads
  you.
• Follow Christs model of discipleship.
• Pray constantly for them.

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The OpportunityTo Make An Impact

• Never doubt that God can use you as an individual
  or in partnership with others to make disciples
  of the Hispanic peoples living in your community.
  Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all
  people groups in Matthew 2819, and He will make
  it happen if we obey Him.

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PROJECTIONS

• YEAR PROJECTED RATIO
  CONGREGATIONS ANNUAL
• POPULATION GOAL
  NEEDED ADDITIONS
• 2005 41,300,000 14,750 2,800
• 2010 47,756,000 12,000 3,980
  250
• 2020 60,000,000 8,570 7,000
  300
• 2050 102,600,000 6,412 16,000
  300

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INTENTIONAL CHURCH START ? 2006 -
2020-Impacting the Missional Mindset of One
Generation-

• SFCStrategic Focus Cities
• TTraditional
• CtContemporary
• ClCell
• HHouse

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PROJECTIONS NEEDS

• Per Year 2020
• (1)
• Members / Baptism 45,357 635,000
• New Congregations 300 4,200
• New Pastors 300 4,200
• Lay Leaders (25) 7,500 105,000
• Worship Leaders (7) 2,100 29,400
• Small Groups (12) 3,600 50,400

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HISPANIC MISSIONAL CENTERS

• Hispanic Church Planting Centers
• Learning Laboratories
• Regional / Interactive Consultations
• Missional Multiplication
• Locating places for a new congregation
• Call and equipping leaders
• Among Hispanics and other people groups
• Week long Missional gatherings

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One More Note
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The Lostness

• Canada has an estimated population of 31 million
  people
• It is estimated that only 6 know Christ
• The lostness in Canada is about 29 million
• The United States and its territories have an
  estimated population of 44 million Hispanics
• The estimated lostness of Hispanics in the US is
  about 95 which is a lostness of more than 41
  million Hispanics in the United States

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Implication

• The lostness of Hispanics in the US is greater
  that the entire lostness of people in Canada
• The lostness of Hispanics will continue to be
  greater given the future population growth of
  Hispanics
• For ministry.

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• Impacting the Missional Mindset
• of One Generation.
• Hispanics the Acts 18 People Group
• for Our Generation.
• Every Hispanic a multiplying disciple
• of Jesus Christ
• impacting the Spiritual health of
• the United States and the world.

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Summary

• Conference Description
• Introduction
• Hispanic USA
• Hispanic USA Lostness
• Vision Hispanic Missional Centers
• Strategy / Implementation

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Hispanic Church Start / Planting

• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• North American Mission Board