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From the Editor
SHOUT is striving to be a resource for Latino youth leaders who are tired of youth ministry as usual and who desire to take youth ministry to the next level....
Can Life Partners Work Together?
BY HIRAM AND ELIZABETH RIOS Divorce and separation are rampant. Statistics show that over half of marriages today end in divorce. Unfortunately, these statistics are just as high for evangelicals...
Balancing Marriage and Ministry
BY CHARLIE AND BETTY RIVERA It was a beautiful sunny day and we had just arrived home from Sunday morning service. Our plans were to spend Sunday afternoon together in...
Bisexuality and Homosexuality: The Ultimate in Sexual Confusion
BY JACOB ARANZA After a high school assembly in Wichita, Kansas, a young attractive girl walked up to me after everyone else had left the gym. "Jacob," she said, "I...
More Singles in Ministry
BY DINA GONZALEZ "Love" is the word engraved on a ring that I wear on my hand. I cannot tell you how many rings I have given away to some...
Liderazgo en Acción: Wendy Calderon, Sonny Arguinzoni, Jr., and Richard Hinojosa
WENDY CALDERON Wendy Andrea Calderón, a Colombian-American, is an exceptional and well respected leader in the metropolitan New York Christian community. She accepted the Lord during her freshman year at...
Off the Record
BY DAN MONTEVERDE Youth today, especially the Hispanic youth we work with, love music. If we are not in agreement on this issue we will be hard pressed to agree...
Interview with Jaci Velasquez
To hear Jaci Velasquez share her vision is to be given hope again. To hear her sing it, as in the case of her message of abstinence (on "I Promise")...
Somewhat Out of Control
A Youth Pastor Shares His Story About How Sexual Sin Ruined His Life, Family and Ministry BY ANONYMOUS "We need to talk." These were the four most frightening words anyone...
Hispanic Teens and the Sexual Dilemma
BY LARRY ACOSTA, MARY ARIAS, AND CLAUDIA RAMOS The issue of teen sexuality in our Latino community has been one that is both culturally and spiritually difficult to deal with...
Pastor Gadget
BY MAX TORRES Early on in ministry, I remember sitting in meetings and watching effective leaders writing in their detailed, page-per-day calendars. I wish somebody would have asked me, "So...
