BY MARVIN JACOBO I remember the day I arrived home emotionally empty and mentally weary of ministry. With jolting words only a loving wife could say, she confronted me. “Look at you! Where is the man I married 15 years ago, who had a sparkle in his eye and a love for people? You can’t…

BETTY ALVAREZ HAM Betty Alavarez is a dynamic Latina who is the president of City Impact, an outreach to at-risk youth and families in Oxnard, California. She is boldly leaving her mark on the next generation through Las Angelitas, a mentoring program she was instrumental in starting. Las Angelitas is a program of City Impact…

BY WENDY CALDERON SHOUT: What are the key issues facing the Hispanic church? MIRANDA: Leadership! As leadership developers, we need to be more concerned about building character in our leaders; and leaders need to be more concerned about being men and women of character. Holistic leaders. Pastors who are relational, but who also have the…

BY ROGER FELIPE Three years ago I was wrestling with my future. I felt trapped between my aspirations to lead a church as a senior pastor and continuing to minister to the youth in my church. I also felt direction-less. Our youth ministry had programs and ministries, but not a vision to set the course.…

BY JEFFREY DE LEON En un entrenamiento, no hace muchos meses, una señorita encargada de un grupo de jóvenes local se me acercó y me contó sus frustraciones con relación a la famosa directiva. “Cada año cuando celebramos las elecciones, se convierte todo en una broma o en un juego de poder.” Ella notó que…

God is doing a new thing or maybe it’s an old thing but we are finally listening! God is bringing together Hispanic youth leaders to share their strengths and to elevate the view and effectiveness of Hispanic youth ministry! In an attempt to “fan into flame” this work of God, a Hispanic Youth Ministry Network…