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Consultations on Hispanic ministries
will seek input from nonHispanic leaders

               by United Methodist News Service

     Regional consultations designed to gather input from
nonHispanic United Methodist church leaders involved in Hispanic
ministries are set for next January and February.
     The consultations will be in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas-Fort
Worth, Los Angeles and the New Jersey area.
     According to the Rev. Jose Palos, coordinator of the National
Plan for Hispanic Ministry, the consultations will gather
information on how the church leaders went about planning and
building such ministries and identify models, processes, methods
and resources that were helpful.
     Using the information, the National Committee on Hispanic
Ministries will formulate recommendations to the church's four
program agencies to help other nonHispanic local churches become
involved.
     The committee, which met Sept. 4-7 in Atlanta, also has
developed criteria for annual conference grants. Two conferences
already have completed the process and are to receive funding.
     An update on progress of the national plan's goals showed
that 80 new congregations have been formed and 66 congregations
revitalized, out of a goal of 100 each. For church school
extension programs, 236 of a goal of 500 have been created. In
addition, 538 faith communities have been started, 752 lay
missioners trained and 839 outreach ministries begun. The goals
for those programs were 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000, respectively.
     During the Atlanta meeting, seven Georgia pastors of diverse
ethnic and national origins talked about new ministries started
among the growing Hispanic population in that state.
     The Rev. Shirley Petty, an African-American seminary student
and pastor in College Park, and her congregation began an English
as a Second Language Class. The Rev. Daisy Coloma, originally from
the Philippines, began as a lay missioner and developed a
community of faith that later became a new Hispanic congregation
in Atlanta.
     The Rev. Angela Gilreath-Rivers, an Anglo-American, started a
multifaceted ministry, including a children's ministry, in a
shared-facility with an English-speaking congregation in Dalton.
The Rev. Hector Herrera works in South Georgia with Hispanic
migrants and immigrants. The Rev. Maria Colone and the Rev. Miguel
Velez serve as pastors of other Hispanic congregations.
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